Returning blackcap

[Eva]

Finally "our" blackcap is back in the garden. We´ve been looking for weeks now but it was too cold so far. We even had a snow storm last week and still frosty nights.

This morning I was lying in bed when I heard its call and it got me up at once. And sure enough there it was - a beautiful male singing its heart out. It made my day at 6.30 am.

We have got a couple of bushes right underneath our balcony and we can watch the nesting activity quite well.

I´d like to think that every year it is the same bird that comes back. How likely is it? What is the lifespan of a blackcap? Could it be that one of the young ones from the year before come back in our garden?

Eva

[seb_seb]

with my limited knowledge..i think their lifespan is up to 7 years(ish). About same one returning, its possible...the only way to tell apart Dna,RINGING etc...is too try and make out certain characteristics(does this particular bird prefer singing from a certain place..or does it roost in the same place.