Id please.. fife scotland. (2 Viewers)

[F1F3R]

hello

i was out for a walk for an hour today and noticed this bird in the dense trees.

i couldnt get anywhere near them , so this picture is cropped hopefully its clear enough too ID it.

i will be going back too get a clearer picture as i now know where too find these. :t:

im 100% sure its another species for my evergrowing list. :t:

 

[jforgham]

hello

i was out for a walk for an hour today and noticed this bird in the dense trees.

i couldnt get anywhere near them , so this picture is cropped hopefully its clear enough too ID it.

i will be going back too get a clearer picture as i now know where too find these. :t:

im 100% sure its another species for my evergrowing list. :t:

I'd go for male blackcap.
Jono

 

[Woodchatshrike]

Looks like a Male Blackcap to me.

 

[michielk]

It looks like a male blackcap to me

 

[tamandua]

correct...lokks like a male blackcap to me,too.

 

[F1F3R]

hi,
thanx for the ultra quick reply :clap:

are these common birds around Fife ?
this is my first time off ever seeing these .. and i spotted around 5 off them.

now that i know where they are i will be going back too try get a better picture..
( without my 3 year old daughter this time , so i can get closer too them without her scaring them off :'D )

 

[F1F3R]

ps... 1 more too add too my list

 

[aythya_hybrid]

They are fairly common in Fife, though probably not as common as down here in East Anglia. They have quite a distinctive fluty song, which, once learnt, you will start hearing quite a lot!

 

[Capercaillie71]

are these common birds around Fife ?

The further north you go in Scotland, the scarcer they become. They can also be very difficult to catch sight of, so you have done very well to get this photo. Later in the season, once the trees and shrubs have their leaves they can become almost impossible to see as they can be reluctant to leave dense cover.

 

[Steve G]

Don't know which end of Fife you're at but breeding Blackcap are much more common in West Fife than in the east. Numbers seem to have been increasing in Fife generally however.
Winter Blackcap are most often seen in the east of Fife -apparently these birds mainly come from east-central Europe.

 

[F1F3R]

hi
thanx all for the ID's, comment ( Capercaillie71 ) and info ( Steve G ).
it is much appreciated.

i was surprised too see them, i have walked that path loads off times and never seen any .. today i seen possibly 5. strange . |8.|

hopefully i will get a better , clearer picture soon . :t: