Lovely picture Traveller. As you know about birds can you answer this. For about 7 years we have had a blackbird and his mate visiting. He seems to limit his visits to just three gardens one of which is mine. He is quite tame really and never minds how close he might be although the mate is rather shy. However, this year the blackbird has appeared again this year but it doesn't look like the same one. This one seems younger, is so black and and the yellow very bright. He is incredibly bold and is so fine he looks like a model. I haven't seen any mate yet, but that is usually much later in the year. Could it be a different one and what will have happened to the old couple.