Showing posts with label Blackcap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blackcap. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Woodland Birds

 A selection of the birds feeding and singing in the car park. It rained on and off while taking these and the light was poor so 6,400 ISO for many with noise reduction applied. Although I have photographed Chaffinches before, I have never noticed the black feather frill above the beak.The Blackcap was very vocal. Apparently males will sing even when incubating - this one shows his brood patch.


Friday, April 30, 2021

Sunset Walk Around Local Pond

 A Blackcap enjoyed the last light of the day and, while a female Moorhen protected her offspring, the male delivered various morsels to her. They are nesting in Bog bean (Menyanthese trifoliata) a good native plant that forms floating mats providing nesting sites for birds and egg laying sites for dragonflies. 

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Paxton Pits RPS Field Trip

 On Saturday, we had our second Field trip of 2021 for the RPS Nature Group, a general natural history day at Paxton Pits. We saw a wide variety of birds and insects on a warm very bright sunny day. It was not the best conditions to get photos but certainly made the whole day very enjoyable. The Willow Warblers were singing very prominently from many perches along with Blackcaps. The bees are mining bees Andrena nitida and Andrena nigroaenea with a Blood bee (Sphecodes) that is a parasite of bees laying its egg in their brood chambers


Monday, April 5, 2021

Spring Migrants Arrive at Paxton

Last week's warm southerly obviously brought in lots of summer visitors. Paxton Pits was full of singing Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps, and a short burst of Nightingale was heard together with sightings of Swallow and Sedge Warbler. The Grebes are still working on their nest site but making little progress with the high water level. 

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Garden and Local Birds

Our Dunnocks are paired up and displaying while a pair of Blackcaps come to our feeders. Already Bluetits are inspecting the nestbox. A Buzzard regularly uses the fallen stump in the field next to the house along with a Jay. The Stonechat may be passing through as not seen before.


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