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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Blackbird

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Gaelic: Lòn-dubh

Photograph © Suzanne Harris
Garenin - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
November 11th, 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)

 

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)

 

 

Other local bird photographs

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