Bernard Castelein / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male bathing, Brasschaat, Belgium. April

Bernard Castelein / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male and female bathing, Brasschaat, Belgium. April

Bernard Castelein / Blackbird (Turdus merula) female bathing, Brasschaat, Belgium. April

Ernie Janes / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male feeding on an earth worm on a garden lawn. Norfolk, England, UK. March.

Loic Poidevin / Common blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding on Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) berries, Leon, Spain, February.

Ernie Janes / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male feeding young, England, UK. June.

Holger Duty/ BIA / Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) male in winter, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Markus Varesvuo / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male perched on snow covered branch. Helsinki, Finland. January.

Nick Upton / Blackbird (Turdus merula) foraging, turning over leaves, Somerset, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding on Crab apple (Malus sylvestris), Wiltshire garden, UK, November.

Fabrice Cahez / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) fighting with blackbird (Turdus merula) over apple in winter, Vosges, France, March.

Andy Sands / Blackbird (Turdus merula) on ground in the snow, Hertfordshire, England, UK, March