Blackbird

Turdus merula

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One of the most common garden/countryside birds, the male (Common) Blackbird has black plumage and a yellow/orange beak and yellow eyeliner. He sings beautifully.
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The female Blackbird is not black but dark brown, usually with a dark brown beak; she has a speckled breast, sometimes darkly speckled and hardly noticeable and sometimes almost Thrushlike.
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Some Blackbirds are resident all year round Others migrate to the UK in winter from northeast Europe where the winters are harder and food supply limited
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The female Blackbird's beak varies from all brown to degrees of brown and yellow and even all yellow, though not as bright as the male's orange bill
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The first year young adult male has dark brown, especially in the wing feathers, but usually an orange or part orange bill
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  The fledgling and juvenile Blackbird are quite speckled

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feeding young
Feeding the young		 gathering nesting
Behaviour and other photos