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Mistle Thrush Egg
The Mistle Thrush will nest in a variety of places from trees and bushes to cliffs or on the ground. They build bulky nests of roots, twigs and moss cemented together with mud. They lay up to two clutches of four or five eggs a year. They are usually pale ceamy blue speckled with reddy brown and grey spots and blotches.
These eggs are inscribed with the numbers 294. From notes accompanying these eggs we know that they were collected in May 1870 from Hackness in Scarborough.
Accession numbers SHRCM Z.03130.001-.003