Eurasian Blackcap (m)
Eurasian Blackcap / sylvia atricapilla. Long Eaton, Derbyshire. 16/04/22.
'FLUTY.'
The Blackcap is sometimes nicknamed the Northern Nightingale because of its fluty, pleasantly melodic song. It's one of my favourite Spring bird songs but more often than not, I hear it rather than see the bird delivering it. Blackcaps have a preference for singing whilst partially or completely concealed by twigs and foliage.
This Spring I've dedicated a lot of time to photographing Blackcaps out in the open. The bird shown is holding a typical singing posture, head raised, beak open and throat swelling outwards. It looks very proud and self-assured, although in reality they are quite nervous, fidgety, skulking birds.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Eurasian Blackcap (m)
Eurasian Blackcap / sylvia atricapilla. Long Eaton, Derbyshire. 16/04/22.
'FLUTY.'
The Blackcap is sometimes nicknamed the Northern Nightingale because of its fluty, pleasantly melodic song. It's one of my favourite Spring bird songs but more often than not, I hear it rather than see the bird delivering it. Blackcaps have a preference for singing whilst partially or completely concealed by twigs and foliage.
This Spring I've dedicated a lot of time to photographing Blackcaps out in the open. The bird shown is holding a typical singing posture, head raised, beak open and throat swelling outwards. It looks very proud and self-assured, although in reality they are quite nervous, fidgety, skulking birds.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.