Monday 7 December 2015

A Male Blackcap

A male blackcap appeared in our garden this morning, the first time we've seen one in several years. We've had females visit - one only ten days ago, see here - but even they are rare.

The blackcap was feeding on some old sultanas we had put out, a food which, until today, only the blackbirds had tried, and then only half-heartedly. So we're hoping the blackcap will tell his friends and we'll see more of these very pretty birds.

The blackcap is a type of warbler, their normal food being insects, though they do eat fruit during the winter. But these ones shouldn't be here: their normal wintering spot is the Iberian peninsula or West Africa.

2 comments:

  1. Not sure how easy you can get mealworms, they would help keep your blackcap around a bit longer and if they're not around the robins won't let them go to waste.

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  2. Might get them in Fort William, but the robin is already grossly overfed! Jon

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