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Fledgling blackbird

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Fledgling blackbird

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Postby 6Tricia » March 17th, 2019, 4:54 pm

The first fledgling of the season, a blackbird, has been ground feeding under my feeder station today. I didn't know that blackbirds breed so early! Bluetits are still checking out the nesting box and surprisingly, two male and a female blackcap are still here. They are usually gone by now, arriving in October but leaving some time in February. Spring is certainly in the air :) .

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Re: Fledgling blackbird

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Postby Breelander » March 17th, 2019, 5:22 pm

6Tricia wrote:...I didn't know that blackbirds breed so early!


Apparently so...

The breeding season lasts from early March...


...and the mild spring must have helped.

Warm or cold spells in spring can bring the breeding season forward or delay it by several days...
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... /breeding/

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Re: Fledgling blackbird

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Postby sg31 » March 17th, 2019, 5:37 pm

It does seem early for a blackbird to fledge but the weather in February was particularly mild.

I sowed grass seed in the warm period* which is now through and will pick up as this month progresses.

* I knew it was a risk but we had a large area levelled by a big digger and the chance was too good to miss. The risk was having to resow later at the cost of another 40kg of seed.


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