| Re: The decline of the thrush (and rise of the blackbird)
Our resident back garden blackbirds successfully raised three chicks last summer, and the family stayed together and foraged in the garden apparently happily as a group until about a month ago. Since then it is only the original adults we see - the youngsters have all gone. Don't know whether they have voluntarily left to find alternative territories or have been driven off by the adults. We had a pair of song thrushes nesting nearby last year as well, for the first time in about 5 years. No sign of them over the winter, but we're hoping they will return to nest again. |