Blackbirds- Numbers in your area.

[Charlesbeams]

Must have seen about 40 today on my hour long walk today, not all at once, so some could have easily been the same ones. There was loads about either way.

[ellen h]

Originally Posted by Billabong Karen

I've got loads!

Love your picture, Ellen...

Lol,got a few more of this fella in my image Gallery....he was playing peekaboo!!

[p-crackers]

I'm sitting in the lounge looking out watching the snow come down and..... still no Blackbirds.
I keep saying it but not seen one in the garden for many months now.

PC

[Wild-Woman]

We've go just one male thats been around for a few days. The females haven't been in the garden for weeks now. Much higher starling numbers this year in this area.

[artdemole]

2 regular Blackbirds on track in snow showed up well.

[SheffieldLass]

Plenty in my garden. Can hardly move for them and the robins. They have tiny territories right now, they seem to radiate like spokes from our gardens as it is just a small terrace of houses surrounded by woods and countryside. It went quiet in the autumn though as there was a huge abundance of berries for them out in the countryside.

Many of mine now will be immigrants from eastern Europe (stealing all our resident birds' food, housing and jobs no doubt ) though I'm sure one of the males is a year long local that has been around for at least two years. He hogs the prime spot, just outside my back door. His mate nests in the evergreen near the door, and his territory follows me around the garden as he is by far the tamest blackbird so it means he can invade the other blackbirds' territories without fear fo being chased off by them as they won't come quite as close to me. He must have remembered from last year that when the white stuff appears then I appear with food for them. For when the first touch of snow arrived when I opened the door he flew over to me, landed within a couple of feet and then very deliberately flew to the spot I fed them last winter and looked at me very pointedly. It worked ... Up until the snow he was around, mainly sitting in the hedge singing his subsong, and quite content with the natural food that was around, so not hassling me for it, not even following me around when I was gardening ...

[barquar]

Just 2 visiting my garden today.Cut some sultanas in half put them out for the Blackbirds they scoffed the lot so put some more out.Its now snowing must go uncover the Sultanas as they are buried in the snow.
Barquar

[ellen h]

Had the first female blackbird feeding in our garden in a long time today.....
ellen

[Shrike]

Had a rare brief visit of 2 blackbirds today in the garden , didn't stay long so i've fashioned together a temporary bird table to try and encourage them as previously only had feeders.

[tigertom]

the recent snow and cold weather as brought a few black birds to my garden had four at same time today and song thrush noticed as well not as many berrys left on hawthorns now so hope they start coming every day now,
MIKE