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    Blackcap

    (Sylvia atricapilla)

    Alert Status: Green – 338% increase
     

    Identifying Features: The Blackcap is a warbler with a distinctive black or red-brown cap (crown and forehead), and a little smaller than a house sparrow. The male has grey-brown upper parts, pale grey underparts, and a glossy black cap. The female is similar but has browner upperparts, buff underparts and a red-brown cap.
    Average Length: 13 cm
    Average Lifespan: 2 years
    Average Wingspan: 20-23 cm

     

    Beak type: Insects
     

    Feeding:
    Natural: Caterpillars, flies, spiders, fruit and berries
    How to feed:  Bird tables, suet feeders
    What to feed:   They will sometimes visit bird tables in the winter, and they may feed from suet bars, especially those impregnated with dried flies.

     

    Nesting: The nest is a neat cup built by the female from vegetation and mud and is usually in a hedge, bush, or brambles, though they will use shelves in huts and other outbuildings.
     

    Where to see: Blackcap are best looked for in woodland, parks and gardens with plenty of trees and shrubs. In winter will readily come into gardens.

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    Eurasian Blackcap song by Ashley Fisher,
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