Male yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) standing on blackthorn flowers (Prunus spinosa), cleaning its proboscis, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Blackthorn fruit sloes (Prunus spinosa). Sark, British Channel Islands, UK

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). West coast, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). West coast, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) on flowering blackthorn branch, Solms, Hesse, Germany, Europe

European robin (Erithacus rubecula) sits on a branch (Prunus spinosa) , Solms, Hesse

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant purple sloe berries growing on a shrub in the autumn in the New Forest.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant purple sloe berries growing on a shrub in the autumn in the New Forest.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant harvest of purple sloe berries and a few leaves from the shrub in the autumn.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant harvest of purple sloe berries in the autumn.

Great Tit perched on a Blackthorn in winter, GB

Goldfinch on sloe berries, Midlands UK

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), adult standing on a Blackthorn branch, Campania, Italy

Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), adult perched on a Blackthorn branch with flowers, Campania, Italy

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), adult perched on a Bluethorn branch, Campania, Italy

Goldfinch perched in a Blackthorn in spring, GB

Goldfinch on sloe berries, Midlands UK