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What lovely photos,
Jean!

It could be a young blackbird. We've had several broods visiting our garden accompanied by their parents. When I've gone out into the garden the adults fly off but the babies often stay put and I've been able to get very close to them before they fly away.
I don't know if the babies have little fear of humans or if they instinctively keep still in the hope that they won't be spotted when danger threatens. Either way, it's easy to see why so many do fall victim to cats and other predators.

Whatever he is it certainly sounds like he's made himself feel at home!

Hi, hubby thinks its a Thrush. I hope that it recovers soon.

Go on then. Dig him up some worms....

This bird looks like a song thrush to me Jean. It doesn't matter how bedraggled he/she looks, their partner still loves them all the same. Lovely pictures.

The colouring suggests that he's a thrush, but then that may change as he matures. The beak looks a little curved - does that mean his diet includes insects?

After looking up bird pics on the web, I've decided she is a female blackbird. It was the red brown colouring that did it. Thrushes are much paler.

We missed her for a couple of days, then yesterday she was back with a friend. This one was clearly in the same family but was much more active. While our own poor soul huddled under my skimmiia, the other was hopping about the lawn and rooting for worms. I think ours, which looks fatter, might be younger and hasn't learnt how to fend for herself properly.

Hope the bird survives Jean. Your story reminds me of the magpie we almost raised to adulthood last year (different species to UK magpies but the colouring is the same). Gretel unfortunately didn't quite make it in the end but she was a great little character.