Garden Wildlife UK

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

Photo taken at: RSPB Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/fowlmere


Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/blackcap

Doing his best to get away from the camera I guess

Linda257 wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2026 6:59 am Doing his best to get away from the camera I guess

Probably It failed, thanks Linda.

SnappyMac wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2026 7:00 am

Linda257 wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2026 6:59 am Doing his best to get away from the camera I guess

Probably It failed, thanks Linda.

That's only because of your lightning fast reaction times Snappy I quite like the feather blur effect

Great capture Snappy.

A different Blackcap to that we are all used to. Strangely alluring.

PimperneBloke wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2026 7:12 am That's only because of your lightning fast reaction times Snappy I quite like the feather blur effect

That will be it PB

Willpar wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2026 8:20 am Great capture Snappy.

Thanks William

Jacksparrow wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2026 7:49 pm A different Blackcap to that we are all used to. Strangely alluring.

Thanks Jack, this one is probably the female with a brown cap.

Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

Photo taken at: Botallack, Cornwall https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/ ... /botallack


Dunnock (Prunella modularis) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/dunnock