Andy Rouse / Stonechat, (Saxicola rubicola) male shaking head, blurred motion. UK

Marie Read / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) male fluttering wings while perched on cherry (Prunus sp.) branch in spring, New York, USA, April.

Marie Read / American Robin (Turdus migratorius), feeding on winterberry (Ilex) fruits in winter, New York, USA, December.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi) feeding on berries, Texas

Hermann Brehm / Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos ) singing, Germany, April.

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.

David Tipling / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) in garden in freezing weather with snow on the ground Norfolk, England, UK. february

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.

David Tipling / Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) singing, Camargue Provence France May