Wash and brush up

Earlier this thrush was spotted bouncing around the garden. He then perched on the larch with the intention to 'have a good cleanup', an active pursuit with little time to stand and stare. You can see here where his beak was tidying and cleaning showing the darker down underneath the front feathers. A busy few minutes before other duties call.

From the internet:
A familiar and popular garden songbird whose numbers are declining seriously, especially on farmland making it a Red List species. Smaller and browner than a mistle thrush with smaller spotting. The sexes are similar with warm brown upper parts, pale buff underparts with dark speckles and a tinge of golden brown on the breast. The belly is almost white with fewer, smaller dark spots than the Mistle Thrush. They have relatively large eyes, as do Robins and other woodland ground feeding birds, and pale pink legs. The bill is brown in colour.