Its urge to sing, however, is irrepressible and, edging stealthily forward to peer up through the branches, it soon reveals itself to be a small, chubby, grey bird with the neat black cap to which it ...

Birds are essential to the environment in many ways. Some species play a vital role in pollinating flowers, they help disperse seeds that lead to new plant populations, and even a ...

How obvious is the name of the bird featured above? He has a black cap on his head so with admirable ... as Blackcaps are rare visitors to our garden. Not so elsewhere apparently; the Blackcap ...

Small, narrow beak. Likes peanut feeders. Overall grey-brown above and cream colour below. It has a black cap and unlike and other garden birds it has a thick white stripe down the back of its neck.

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Researchers from the British Trust for Ornithology used data from a 12-year garden bird survey ... only the male has a jet-black cap, the female a chestnut one Until the 1950s, there were hardly ...