The Blackbird is also known as the Common Blackbird and can be seen throughout England.

The male Blackbird is black, like the name suggests, but the female is brown with dark brown markings on the chest. The male can easily be recognised by an orange-yellow ring around each eye and its orange-yellow beak. The female has a dark brown beak. The song of the Blackbird can be heard between March and July. Blackbirds can be seen in gardens, fields, meadows, farmlands and woodlandsMany of the Blackbirds seen in England are resident and are not seen in flocks. However, flocks of migrating Blackbirds can be seen in autumn. Migrating Blackbirds can fly long distances, whereas resident Blackbirds can only fly short distances. Blackbirds are very vocal and loud birds, especially when they roost together at dusk.
Near human habitation the main predator of the Common Blackbird is the domestic cat, with newly-fledged young especially vulnerable. Foxes and predatory birds, such as the Sparrowhawk and otheraccipiters, also take this species when the opportunity arises. The Common Blackbird breeds in temperate Eurasia, North Africa, the Canary Islands, and South Asia. It has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand. Populations are sedentary in the south and west of the range, although northern birds migrate south as far as northern Africa and tropical Asia in winter. Urban males are more likely to overwinter in cooler climes than rural males, an adaptation made feasible by the warmer microclimate and relatively abundant food that allow the birds to establish territories and start reproducing earlier in the year. The Common Blackbird is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, earthworms, seeds and berries. ISmall vertebrates such as frogs, tadpoles and lizards are occasionally hunted. Terdus merula.
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Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Aves

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

Turdidae

Genus:

Turdus

Species:

T. merula