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Good day out on Saturday - I got there in time tojoin a very pleasent guided walk (a million apologies, the name of the excellent ex-navy guy escapes me). There wasn't a great deal around, lots of Sedge Warblers, Reed Buntings (and Warblers) and a trio of raptors, Kestrels, Buzzards and a Peregrine...

Hello everyone! I have a blackbirds nest in my garden, very well hidden in the honeysuckle on a climber. Unfortunately yesterday, next doors cat saw mum fly into the honeysuckle and from that moment on mum and dad didn't get a moments peace. My husband and I went out to move the cat, but each...

The weather was fantastic today with clear blue sky and bright sunshine so headed out to Neumann's Flash and Marbury Country Park areas, Nr. Northwhich, Cheshire. I was lucky enough to be able to tick a few more birds off my wish list as hubby and I took 5 and half hours wandering around this amazing...

Hi...I'm new to this forum but would welcome some advice. 'Betty' made her nest over easter while we were away on holiday, in a disused hanging basket outside our kitchen door. We made every effort to ensure that despite her proximity to the house we were not a threat, indeed she then...

i am still happily feeding bird seed variations to my garden visitors but would like any advice on trying some natural foods? i have been given lots of ideas like bacon and meat roast fat strips, obviously bread and others.....anyone got anything they`ve tried and had luck with? someone recently told...

i have just taken this with my compact, not bad for a beginner hey lol

I was going to pull down my small old shed during the winter but, as I was also having a drastic trim of my trees and hedges, I decided to make it available to any birds wanting to start a family. The trees in the corner where the shed stands seemed to be very attractive to blackbirds they have at least...

Apart from the Coot fight, the Nuthatch and the Grey Wagtail, I did see many other birds. Pied Wagtail Wren Mandarin Duck Song Thrush Little Grebe Robin Treecreeper There were at least 4 different Chiffchaff feeding on the insects on...

Not tidying. Now there's something that comes easily to me! As my long-suffering Mum and girlfriend will no doubt attest to! It’s not that I don’t prefer to be tidy, but there’s always something more interesting to do. However, when it comes to wildlife gardening, being slow to...

Took this picture today, This youung blackbird comes to my garden with his dad and another one chick.They go into my garage for food, as ive left a pot full of food for them, and its safer there.

This is my friendly blackbird's young form this years brood.

Hi, I'm being told this is an Albino Blackbird. We have seen it regularly for the last 3-4weeks here on Bankside in London.

Just taken this in my back garden, I couldn't believe it had to get my camera & get a photo of it. Has anyone else seen one? Or any ideas why it is bald?

You might think that it’s the calm before the storm out there in your garden. That the blackbirds and robins are quietly going about their business in readiness for the upcoming breeding season. But, believe it or not, some birds will actually be putting the finishing touches to nests and settling...

W ell, it’s finally here. The big weekend. You’ve done the preparation, you can only sit back and watch. Which is exactly what we want you to do! For just one hour on either Saturday or Sunday please sit down, take a look out of the window and count the birds in your garden. Oh, and then...

A Blackbird braving the snow in our garden at Brownshill Green, Coventry. Photo taken on 6th January 2010.

Blackbird photographed at Lochwinnoch nature reserve

Blackbird photographed at Lochwinnoch nature reserve

Juvenile blackbird in the back garden.

a friendly visitor in our garden

A popular enquiry recently has been about 'odd' looking blackbirds ; either missing feathers through being in moult (when they can look very scruffy and give the false impression of disease), or having 'unusual' colouring - usually patches of white where the normal pigment would occur...

18 months ago, I planted a tree in my garden . It's had a tough time since. This most spindly of saplings has been bent double by autumn gales and prompted more than one bout of emergency midnight ‘staking’ in my dressing gown and slippers. But, against the odds, it has survived through...

Here at the RSPB, we often get enquiries from puzzled 'garden watchers' who have seen an odd bird in their garden. 'It looks like a blackbird , but it's got a white head.' 'One of the starlings on my feeder is all white! Is it a different species?' Some people are a bit disappointed...

It’s all too easy to take some birds for granted. It could be robins , starlings , chaffinches , blue tits , dunnocks - whatever it is that you see all the time. Then, something happens that makes you think ‘oh! Perhaps I should look a bit more carefully next time I see one’. Recently...