Kim Taylor / Slow motion clip of a male Common blackbird (Turdus merula) bathing in a birdbath, Surrey, England, UK, October.

Dave Bevan / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) catching European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers as they migrate up a waterfall, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, July.

Dave Bevan / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) catching European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers as they migrate up a waterfall, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, July.

Konrad Wothe / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) singing, Bavaria, Germany, April.

Dave Bevan / Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding chicks at nest, removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Bence Mate / Blackbird (Turdus merula) fighting, splashing water, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male perched on branch with berries after heavy snowfall, Helsinki, Finland, Scandinavia, December.

Pal Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Blackbird (Turdus merula) nest with eggs in motor of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, May

Laurent Geslin / Female blackbird (Turdus merula) catching worms on an urban lawn in London, UK

Bence Mate / Two male blackbirds ( Turdus merula) fighting, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

David Pattyn / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male in flight during snowfall, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands. January

David Pattyn,David Pattyn / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male in flight during snowfall, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands. January