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Blackcap

Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla. 

A distinctive greyish warbler, the male has a black cap, and the female a chestnut one. Its delightful fluting song has earned it the name ‘northern nightingale’. Although primarily a summer visitor birds from Germany and north-east Europe are increasingly spending the winter in the UK. They eat insects and berries.

Photo: © Kevin B Agar