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Image details: |
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Image Description: |
A Blackbird sits on the snow |
Image notes: |
This picture was taken in April when the birds would be nesting. |
Species in Image: |
Blackbird |
Date: |
1985 |
Area: |
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Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01845 |
General details: |
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Common Name |
Blackbird |
Latin Name |
Turdus merula |
Latin Group Name |
Passeriformes |
Latin Family Name |
Turdidae |
Common Family Name |
Chats and Thrushes |
Description |
Common breeding resident. It is only since the 1870s that they have colonised Shetland. On some of the outer islands such as Out Skerries, breeding was first recorded about 1950. |
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