For the past two days we’ve had a female blackbird hoping about on our lawn. There’s something wrong with it because occasionally as it’s hopping along it almost falls over sideways. I’ve seen it fly but only very little.
I’ve put food down for it & given it a shelter. I was thinking of taking it to a bird sanctuary tomorrow but then today I saw a male join it & give it food. Now I know she’s got her male visiting I wondering if I ought to leave it alone and do nothing.
I’ve become quite obsessed with the poor little thing & hate to think it’s suffering…
Ought I take it to the bird sanctuary?
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Personally I’d leave it alone.
I have a PeeWee in my garden every day with a crook leg but it has been around for the whole of summer. Like your Robin it now seems to have a mate.
I only occasionally put food out for the birds because it mostly gets taken by Rainbow Lorikeets but this one hangs around the garden for insects and the like.
Let nature take its course.
Carol, is it a chick,there are some fledglings about already.
I have had a lame rook visiting my garden for over three years .
Yes I would leave it and just put out food . Animals learn to live with disability like humans . Lovely that her mate is caring for her
Yes, leave it be, nature will sort it out, one way or another, sad, but it’s survival of the fittest, as Darwin said
We have several starlings on our lawn and a couple of blackbirds and they look like workmen using pneumatic drills. They are after leatherjackets under the surface of the grass.
Leave it be. Just keep an eye on it from a distance.
The catching, boxing up, and moving to a strange place without its mate would probably shock it too much and cause its demise.
It managed a short flight this afternoon but unfortunately as it was coming into land it bashed into the greenhouse & ended up on the floor. I put some food nearby & left it to recover (or not) 
Poor bird.
I wonder how it got injured in the first place? I suppose it could have got into a fight, or been clipped by a car, or someone’s cat nabbed it - lots of things I suppose.
Trouble is, wild birds so easily die of shock if caught and handled.
I hope it pulls round alright, Carol.
Like others have said, it could be a fledgling, they often can’t fly properly & if a parent is feeding it it’s being looked after. If it’s an adult just keep an eye on it. Not much else you can do. A vet would probably put it down anyway if it’s a sick adult.
We had a crow in our garden for a few weeks one Winter, it couldn’t fly & just hopped around, we called it Hoppy. I fed it, at dusk it would scramble up into our Damson tree for the night. I kept an eye on it & eventually it was able to fly again & left. No idea what had happened to it, it’s wings weren’t broken nor was there any blood on it, but it recovered on it’s own. Sometimes it is best to let nature take over.
