nesting bird ID

[Jay-ell]

There was an unusual bird flitting about and singing in the trees in front of my house a couple of days ago. But I couldn't say it sounded lovely. More like the very loud squeaking of rusty machinery. In fact that's what I thought it was until I went outside and saw the bird. It turned out to be a stray Australian king parrot.

Strange what you get used to as normal. After living in London for years, having a flock of green parakeets living near the allotment in Newcastle. Oystercatchers on the lawn, however, had me fascinated.

[muddled]

Does she look like the female blackbird in the photo here?

Blackbird (f) photo - Gary Martin photos at pbase.com

It says underneath the pic, "females are brown often with spots and streaks on their breasts."

No, she's nothing like that Zelenina.
She's much lighter brown, very smooth and has a creamy coloured throat. There are no speckles whatsoever. I really think she is a nightinghale.
However, I don't think she's nesting here now.

I've just seen mummy blackbird going to the nest and she looks exactly as a blackbird should (daddy blackbird watching from the fence)
And the sparrow family have been back and forth all day.

Miss nightingale, it seems, was just visiting. Taking the bits and pieces we leave out for the birds (we put out dog and horse hair and mealworms).
She looked just like this...
White-rumped Shama: Nightingales, Goldfinches, White-capped Shamas & Other Songbirds by Axel Voltz

[Kirk]

You also have the option of song thrush or a mistle thrush.
If there is colour on the throat/breast then maybe a redstart or another option is a fieldfare.

There are a few that match the general description and a female blackbird is brown with a speckled pale front.

You need a photograph, although I doubt that a picture will be conclusive one way or another. There tends to be a bit of overlap in appearance that takes a resonable level of experience/knowledge to sort out.

[muddled]

there's no colour on the throat and no speckles anywhere...