Blackbird Turdus merula

Blackbird - male
Blackbird - male - singing
One of the most common garden/countryside birds, the male (Common) Blackbird has black plumage and a yellow/orange beak and yellow eyeliner. He sings beautifully.
Blackbird - female
Blackbird - female
The female Blackbird is not black but dark brown, usually with a dark brown beak; she has a speckled breast, sometimes darkly speckled and hardly noticeable and sometimes almost thrushlike.
Blackbird male
Blackbird female
Blackbird light plumage
Also called the Common or Eurasian Blackbird to distinguish from American species, they are common through much of Europe and parts of North Africa and western Asia.
Blackbird
Blackbird  
Blackbird in snow
In the UK, some Blackbirds are resident all year round. Others migrate to the UK in winter from northeast and central Europe where the winters are harder and food supply limited.
Blackbird
Blackbird
Blackbird
The female Blackbird's beak varies from all brown to degrees of brown and yellow and even all yellow, though not as bright as the male's orange bill.
Blackbird
Blackbird
Blackbird
The female Blackbird's speckled front can look almost thrush-like.
Blackbird with pink legs
Blackbird with black legs
Blackbird with black legs
The Blackbird's legs can be pink or black.
Blackbird
Blackbird
Blackbird
The first year young adult male has dark brown, especially in the wing feathers, but usually an orange or part-orange bill.
young Blackbird
young Blackbird
young Blackbird
The fledgling and juvenile Blackbird are quite speckled.