Common Blackbird

A familiar garden and woodland-edge thrush across Europe, usually seen foraging on lawns and turning over leaf litter for worms and insects, often with a distinctive tail-flick when alert. Males deliver a rich, fluting song from rooftops or high perches, especially at dawn and dusk in spring, making early morning the best time to hear it in full voice. It is active through most of the day but especially conspicuous around twilight, when it often gives a sharp alarm call before going to roost.