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Male Blackcap, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Male Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), a warbler which mostly migrates to Africa for the winter, but a few stay in the UK, or migrate to the UK from Scandinavia for the winter. Taken in a Glasgow garden in January by David Palmar. Despite being insectivorous in the summer, they are attracted to the garden in winter by sunflower seed and fat balls with seeds embedded in them.
30 January 2022
Male Blackcap in a garden, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Male Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in a garden in Kelvindale, Glasgow, a record shot taken by David Palmar on a dull day through a window. The bird was coming to fat balls and sunflower seed. Warblers normally migrate south to Africa, but some Blackcaps overwinter here, or may have migrated here south-west from Scandinavia, as the winter weather is milder.
24 January 2022
Female blackcap, Hogganfield Loch
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Juvenile female blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in the hand at Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow. The female has a brown head despite its name - only the male has a black cap.
19 September 2021
Blackcap Being Measured, Hogganfield Loch
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Juvenile female blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in the process of getting its wings measured after being ringed. This was during a ringing event at Hogganfield Loch in Glasgow, held by the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) and the Friends of Glasgow's Local Nature Reserves. Notice the brown cap on the female.
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), a summer visiting warbler, Ken-Dee Marshes RSPB Reserve. This is a male, as can be seen by its black cap. The female has a brown cap.
26 May 2014
Whitethroat, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis), a summer visiting and breeding warbler on Great Cumbrae.
06 June 2009
Sardinian Warbler
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St Abb's
A male Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) at the Mire Loch, St Abb's. Although common in the Mediterranean, these appear only rarely in Scotland, blown in by south-easterly winds.
19 October 2013
female Blackcap in conifer tree in winter, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Blackcaps, while not common in the winter in Scotland, have become commoner than they used to be in winter. They may be migrants from Scandinavia, while "our" breeding blackcaps have migrated to warmer climes.
15 December 2010
Garden Warbler, Low Barns
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Northumbria and Durham
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) on an Alder tree at Low Barns Nature Reserve, County Durham.
