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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Fledgling Blackbird

Blackbird Fledgling

Turdus merula

Gaelic: Lòn-dubh

Photography © Kim Park
Gisla - Uig - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
May 22nd, 2006

 

Some of our Blackbird photographs

Blackbird male adult	Blackbird fledgling	Blackbird leucistic

 

• Blackbird
• Turdus merula
• Gaelic: Lòn-dubh
• WI: Fairly common resident breeder (100-999 breeding pairs), and Passage Visitor (low numbers)

 

A fledgling is a young bird from the time it first leaves the nest until it is independent of the care of it's parents.

 

Blackbird records in the Western Isles

Fairly common resident breeder (100-999 breeding pairs), and Passage Visitor (low numbers)
Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001)

On the chart below the darker the shade of blue the more abundant the Blackbird is during a month or the more likely you are to see it.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

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www.bigbigskies.co.uk

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