It is not always understood that lots of blackbirds migrate to the UK from Scandinavia. On a rowan tree at the back of my garden there are about five or six males and a female all vying for position. This is far more than would be resident around our small area.
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| Selecting a juicy ripe one |
I quite like their dark colours contrasting with the bright red berries from a photography point of view.
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| They get greedy for them |
They have evolved to be very flexible in their diet and feed on mainly worms in the summer months. Come the winter months when "needs must" they readily switch to a berry diet. I suppose it is this flexibility that contributes to them being such a common bird.
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Disappearing fast!
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They always seem to take them from the top down. I guess they must ripen in this order. I always hope that there will be some left for the visiting Redwings or even a few Waxwings.
Not this year though as they will all be gone in the next few days!
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