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 Blackcap  Sylvia atricapilla


 

    Sonogram of Backcap song

Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain  36° 9' 35.16" N  5° 34' 55.40" W  

15 Apr 2019

Territorial song from cork oak woodland. Comprised of short strophes of melodic, fluty phrases. This bird sounding vaguely Blackbird-like in tone.

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     Sonogram of Backcap song

Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain  36° 9' 35.16" N  5° 34' 55.40" W  

15 Apr 2019

Typical territorial song from cork oak woodland.

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     Sonogram of Backcap song

Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain  36° 9' 35.16" N  5° 34' 55.40" W  

15 Apr 2019

Extended 'twittering' song uttered in several long bouts (in total nearly three minutes) from cork oak woodland.

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Sonogram of Backcap song

Kindrogan, Perthshire, Scotland  56° 44' 54.3'' N  03° 32' 55.1'' W  16 June 2010  0529h

Territorial song from Yews beside walled garden.

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Sonogram of Backcap fledgling calls

Kindrogan, Perthshire, Scotland  56° 44' 47.58" N  03° 32' 38.41" W  13 June 2018

Calls from a recently fledged brood of Blackcaps in regenerating Rhododendron scrub on the bank of the River Ardle. Calls consisting of a polyphonic wheeze and an adult-like tack.

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Sonogram of Backcap song

Puerto de Honduras, Extremadura, Spain  40° 13' 42.8" N  05° 50' 03.2"W  17 June 2013

Territorial song from open oak hillside at tree line.

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 Sonogram of Blackcap song

Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls de L'Empordà, Catalunya, Spain  June 2000

Territorial song

 

 

 

 

Sonogram of Blackcap song

Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain  17 April 2009

Territorial song from open cork oak woodland with scubby understory on asphodel slopes.

 

 

 

 

Sonogram of Blackcap call

River Lee Country Park, Herts/Essex 2 May 2009

 Contact or alarm calls.

 

 

 


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