How are the blackbirds doing round your way?

[Yamadori]

We've seen very few of them this year, it's a bit worrying really. Their population really does seem to be declining round here (home counties north of London), and I was wondering how far this virus is spreading.

I'm seeing one fairly regularly and pretty well every time I use my Merlin app it picks them up (various locations). But not sure about comparison to earlier years as I'm new to the app and dip in and out of birdwatching a bit.

They're all in my garden eating my pond snails. I'm in Scotland though.

Absolutely loads here. North West England.

Plenty in my hedges and trees (North Notts). Along with crows, robins, blue tits, an owl and babies, a woodpecker (bloody) wood pigeons and a cuckoo (that’ll be gone soon).

We hear them all the time here in London. Beautiful.

Mine haven’t appeared in my garden this year (which is unheard of). Really hoping they don’t have that new virus that’s going round (usutu). I’m feeling very sad that they’re not here.

I'm in a city in Ireland -- they're very plentiful in my garden and surrounding ones.

I'm in west London, and I can't remember the last time I saw a blackbird. Or a sparrow. Plenty of magpies,crows,starlings and wood pigeons though, and the odd wagtail. And loads of parakeets. Maybe they've scared the blackbirds away? I've heard that they can be quite terrotorial and aggressive.

I hardly saw any last year, and same again this year. Previously there were always lots of them about. I live NE London, near Epping Forest. It's very sad not to see them around as much as before.

Loads round here (East Anglia). We've seen multiple adults collecting food for their babies and then seen them bringing the newly fledged youngsters to our feeder 😍

Rural Dorset. They are everywhere. A pair nesting in a neighbouring garden have been bringing their two large "babies" into our garden and feeding them with seeds from the bird table.

They are usually ground feeders, but one of them is landing on the bird table and taking seeds from there. I've only seen them feeding worms to babies in previous years, but we've had an unusually dry Spring and there may be fewer worms about. I have put water out for them but keep meaning to keep a section of lawn watered to help them find worms. They are also singing beautifully this year.

I love the blackbirds that nest under my hedge, I call Mr (my boy 😂 ) his wife is lovely too, DH has been forbidden to go anywhere near the hedge when he’s gardening. East Anglia.

Nesting in my hedge and raising chicks, East Midlands.

Ours successfully raised two chicks this year; they brought them into the garden to feed. Mr. Blackbird is currently singing on the roof and I can hear two other males answering.
Don't seem to have as many bees as usual though. I'm only seeing four or five at a time, instead of a dozen or more.

I'm in Ireland, semi-rural. We have lots of lovely blackbirds, some in the front garden and some in the back. I'm delighted to have them.

I'm glad there are still plenty elsewhere. We used to get them all the time here, and could nearly always hear one or two in singing competitions with each other, but I have only seen one all this week. A male on his own. No females at all and no youngsters.

i have a pair who i feed meal worms

We have a couple in our garden which is about usual (South west). I did look at the BTO Blackbird survey but I don't know if I would be able to recognise whether they are the same blackbirds. I love the sound of a blackbird.

Several in our garden, East Midlands, including chicks being fed. Cute.

Plenty here, NW. One of ours has a white patch on his cheek.

Plenty in my garden and babies in my hedge 😊

I hardly ever see a blackbird anymore. I used to see them every day.
I work in the countryside but I still don't see any 😔
South East.

North Hampshire & I've been wondering why we have SO many this year! I've never seen so many!!

I'm in Derbyshire and I have four regular ones. They are very tame and I can sit a foot away from them feeding and they don't bother. Regularly have a whistling contest with one. Also have one that has 3 white feathers......we have called him speckles

Loads here in Northern Ireland, have got more common if anything.
Thrushes seem to be in decline though. We have oak trees at the end of our street and there were quite a few nesting in them a few years ago, but the magpies wouldn't leave the nests alone.