Blackbird
(Turdus merula merula)
The Blackbird is a resident 25cm long. One of our more familiar birds, Diet is mainly Worms, snails, grubs, fruit and insects. The hen lays 4 to 6 greenish-blue eggs speckled with warm brown, between March - July. The nest is of grass, mud and rootlets, lined with finer grass, in a bush, creeper or tree.