150/365 The squire of the spire

30 Thursday May 2019

Posted by sconzani in 365DaysWildin2019, birds, nature

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#365DaysWild, birding, birdwatching, blackbird, blackbird on church spire, British birds, singing blackbird, Turdus merula

I know Blackbirds like to find a nice high location from which to sing their lovely warbling melody but this local Blackbird has shunned the chimney pots and tree tops to seek out the highest possible spot he can find, the top of the only church spire in town. Several times a day he’s up there, announcing his presence, advertising his territory, spreading joy to all who hear him … except, perhaps, other male Blackbirds.

Four and twenty blackbirds

23 Saturday Dec 2017

Posted by sconzani in birds, nature

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birding birdwatching, birds in culture, birds in society, blackbird, British birds, Turdus merula

This is not a pie recipe! This is a visual celebration of one of our most common birds; one that almost every person can recognise and name; one that loves to sing its happy tune in our gardens and parks. There have been songs entitled ‘Blackbird’ (the Beatles, 1968 song, for example); films and plays, books, poems and short stories (too numerous to mention); people with the Blackbird surname; places named Blackbird (in England and the United States); planes, yachts and locomotives with the Blackbird name; even sports teams and personal computers (Hewlett Packard’s Blackbird 002). What a contribution this humble bird has made to the world!