Blackcap – Dragon goes Wild https://padfoot.org.uk Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:23:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://padfoot.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-512a-32x32.jpg Blackcap – Dragon goes Wild https://padfoot.org.uk 32 32 Brown Blackcap https://padfoot.org.uk/2016/07/brown-blackcap/ https://padfoot.org.uk/2016/07/brown-blackcap/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2016 09:00:30 +0000 http://padfoot.org.uk/?p=686 Unlike the black ‘cap’ of the male Blackcap, the female actually has a brown cap, which makes it pretty easy to tell them apart. According to the RSPB, they eat berries and insects – this particular bird seemed to be trying to catch some flies on the wing, before heading over to the Berberis bush.

Dragon Goes Wild - Day 46 - Female Blackcap

I’m not sure the blackbird would be too eager to share the Berberis berries, but this little blackcap made sure she staked her claim on the garden – when she spotted us standing in the garden, she started shouting until we went back indoors!

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