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Turdus merula
The Common Blackbird is a species of true Thrush. The male is completely black with a yellow ring round its eye and a yellow beak. The adult female and young are dark brown.
They breed in woodland and gardens. This one is a regular visitor too my friends garden and is collecting a lot of food at the moment so I suspect it may have some young quite close.
Spotted on May 8, 2011
Submitted on May 8, 2011
6 Comments
This is one I saw in the UK several years ago.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/617...
Thank you Malcolm for your link to your spotting, keeping my eyes peeled.
Here is one I saw here in Valencia 3 months ago:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/619...
Thank you Malcolm and Laura, I didn't know there were other variations. I will look out to see if I can find one here. Look forward to seeing a photo.
Very lovely picture of a very friendly bird! And on the same vein as Malcolm, there's a blackbird about where I live that has one pure white tail feather. I would love to get a photo of him!
Normally the male is completely black but occasionally there are a few with variable white patches on the wings and I have seen these both in the UK and in Spain. I will try to find a picture of one I saw in Valencia a while back and post it.