It was Alfred, Lord Tennyson that wrote of a young man's fancy lightly turning to thoughts of love in the spring in his poem titled "Locksley Hall" but it's not only the young men as it's also the time when the birds build their nests ready for their new brood. I saw this blackbird today as it foraged at the side of a path presumably looking for nest building material.
Now I know that male blackbirds are in fact black while females are coloured brown but this particular bird was mainly black but had a brown tinge on its wings. Further investigation on the RSPB site (link)suggests that it is not as clear cut as I first thought so I'll leave you to make your mind up.
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