Our Wintering Male Blackcap

16th January 2025

Still confined to barracks waiting for this seemingly neverending gloom to lift so that I can get out and visit some of my favourite sites with the camera. I keep my eye on the feeders with are still attracting good numbers of Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Chaffinches and up to six Ring-necked Parakeets. We have had up to 14 Greenfinches which is a great sign after their number were decimated by the disease Trichomonosis but would appear to be making a comeback.

Then out of the apple tree popped our wintering male Blackcap and started to feed on the sunflower hearts. They are of course normally insect-eaters, but in the middle of January you can't be fussy. Apologies in advancefor the quality of the photos but they were taken through glass at ISO-5000.