Blackbird

The black bird is a common visitor to gardens, orchards and parkland. Generally blackbirds are ground feeders and enjoy feeding from a ground bird feeder.

They can be enticed to the bird table by offering a half cut apple. You will often see them in the garden rustling through leaves in search of insects, caterpillars,  worms and spiders.

The blackbird nests two or three times a year between midwinter and midsummer. It is possible to provide nest-boxes for blackbirds in your garden and blackbirds will often use an open-fronted style of nest-box or universal nest-box.