We rarely (here in Ascot UK) see a thrush, except in very cold winter but there have been a pair here this week taking advantage of our extra food. Although we can nearly always see a red kite or two soaring overhead we haven't been able to add them to our BTO survey data as they haven't been in the garden. We were please yesterday when one, mobbed by jackdaws, settled in one of our trees for a few seconds, so counted as a Garden Birdwatch sighting.
RtS