Garden Warbler or Blackcap! (1 Viewer)

[sooseee]

Out walking and listening- song increasing in volume and 'depth' to full throated wables and chirrups- song quiet and almost scratchy or reedy at start . Bird in midst of hawthorn - saw outline- robin sized- and thin beak.

 

[luke]

not good with bird song but idon't think a garden warbler starts of scratchy, blackcap start of scratchyish then change to a louder more err? blck birdy sort of thing.
i did say i am not to good on bird song so theres my effort.

 

[London Birder]

agreed ... the scratchier elements at the beginning indicate Blackcap more than Garden as does the intensity of the song (starting relatively quiet then building up in volume)... though I have heard Garden sound remarkably similar to Blackcap a couple of times.

 

[sooseee]

not good with bird song but idon't think a garden warbler starts of scratchy, blackcap start of scratchyish then change to a louder more err? blck birdy sort of thing.
i did say i am not to good on bird song so theres my effort.

thanks ,luke that helps- going for blackcap!

 

[sooseee]

thanks- the full throated warbly bits sounded similar when I listened to recordings.