Where are the blackbirds?

For some time I have not seen any blackbirds. We are in November and ussually at this time there are many blackbirds about. But not this year. I know they ussually disappear from the garden for sometime around August. Any ideas? What is your experience this year? I live in Mid Suffolk near Ipswich.

  • Hi Marjo, I live not too far away from you just south of Bury St Edmunds and have not seen any blackies about the garden for some weeks. This week we are now starting to see a few about in the mornings and once I start putting ground food out I guess we might see more, but as Alan has said there are many birds on the move at the moment and possibly have not made decisions yet on where to spend the winter. We have also not seen finches on our feeders for some time but again this week they are beginning to appear. If you have food out they will appear.