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| Male Blackcap |
Step up with the BTO!
I’ve had both male and female Blackcaps in
the garden this month, a female just this afternoon. They like my homemade fat cake
at the moment!
Garden Blackcap Survey - welcome!
Blackcaps are becoming increasingly regular
visitors to garden feeding stations during winter, their numbers having risen remakeably since the 1970's Our garden offerings seem to be supporting a
change in the migratory behaviour of those Blackcaps that breed in central
Europe and traditionally wintered around the Mediterranean. If you spot a
Blackcap in your garden during January 2013, please let us know what
it's eating, if it's male or female and whether it's chasing off other birds.
**THIS SURVEY WILL
RUN DURING JANUARY 2013**
Blackcaps are an
increasingly common sight at garden feeding stations during winter and are
spotted most often early in the New Year. The foods that we provide seem to be
having a profound effect on the ecology of these birds, changing their
migratory patterns and subsequent nesting habits.
With your help, we
want to find out more about the behaviour of Blackcaps in winter gardens.
Choose one day this January to help us answer these three key questions:
1 1) Which foods are
Blackcaps eating?
2) Are there equal numbers of male and female Blackcaps?
3) Are the Blackcaps aggressive with other, similar sized birds?
2) Are there equal numbers of male and female Blackcaps?
3) Are the Blackcaps aggressive with other, similar sized birds?
LAURA
2 comments:
Hi Laura,
I have a redhead on the birdtable feeding on seeds and fatball. Robin isnt happy!
It will interesting to see how many are recorded in Liverpool during the survey.
Chris
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