Not a great photo as the blackbird was about 30m away and nearly hidden by a tree in the foreground, but interesting behaviour with the bird spreading out its wing and tail feathers in the sun yesterday.
It could have possibly been anting (I think that is the term where a bird sits on an ant's nest where it is believed that the ant's formic acid sprayed on the feathers help protect against parasites), but here I get the impression it was just enjoying the heat from the rare sun this summer.
I watched it for a minute before it got up, walked a short distance before it flew off, showing some slightly lighter feathers.
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