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blackcap

Male (bottom) and female blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla).

Common warbler (Sylvia atricapilla, family Sylviidae) from Europe and North Africa to central Asia. It is about 6 in. (14 cm) long and has brownish upper parts, gray underparts and face, and a black (male) or reddish brown (female) crown. Common in woodland borders and rough hedges, it has a rich song.

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No fussing over blackcaps' diet ; Warm sunshine after rain, steam rising from damp soil as blackcap song bursts joyously from just inside the wood edge. In this region I always associate blackcaps with holly in woodlands. Wherever one hears their melodious offering, look around and one finds a holly tree growing nearby. At least I find it is so, especially where ivy grows up trees.
Apr 24, 2008; Warm sunshine after rain, steam rising from damp soil as blackcap song bursts joyously from just inside the wood edge. In this...
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Outdoors: Blackcaps are on the increase.(Features)
Feb 26, 2000; The Farrells of Shebeag in Fermanagh were interested in the recent blackcap story. They tell me that they have a pair of these...
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OUTDOORS: Blackcaps are being sighted again.(Features)
Feb 05, 2000; Blackcaps, the small, striking warblers with a distinct black crown, (male), are uncommon breeding birds, but they can still be...
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Story-telling round the bird table ; Old friend and reader Herb Rendell of Hooe, Plymouth, tells me of male and female blackcaps feeding and bathing in his garden. He has also had a pair of song thrushes about since Christmas as well as many commoner birds, so birdlife in Herb's area seems very good indeed.
Feb 11, 2009; Old friend and reader Herb Rendell of Hooe, Plymouth, tells me of male and female blackcaps feeding and bathing in his garden. He...
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Black raspberries deserve a revival; Breeders want blackcaps to bear all summer long
Jul 18, 2004; A hundred years ago, black raspberries were at least as popular, perhaps more so, than red raspberries. Sometimes called...
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