We have a blackbird nesting very near by - it was in the hedge until next door cut it down over the winter. It's obviously come back to nest again and found another site close by. It sings at stupid times in the morning too, almost exactly an hour before I see any sign of dawn.

It was magical to walk to Easter dawn Mass and have the whole world silent (no mean feat in London)except for the sound of a blackbird greeting the re-creation of the new day.

LTS