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Bird Library
Blackbird
Turdus Merula
One of the easiest garden birds to identify. The males Blackbird is black with the females being brown.
Blackcap
Sylvia Atricapillla
A species with one of the nicest songs. They usually migrate in winters but lately they have been over wintering in the UK. The Blackcap is attracted to Mistletoe berries in the winter.
Blue Tit
Parus Caeruleus
This delightful and entertaining small bird is a frequent visitor to garden bird feeders and tables, performing skilful acrobatics to obtain a meal of peanuts or fat. They are thought to be intelligent as they will investigate new sources of food such as stealing the “top of the milk”, learn from each other and use great dexterity of beak and foot. They are easily recognised by their blue cap and wings, white cheeks and yellow body.
Brambling
Fringilla Montifringilla
They are a very migratory bird and are only here in the winter months however some have been known to stay through the summer period. To be found in beech woodlands and near to wooded areas.
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Bullfinch
Pyrrhula Pyrrhula
One of the most colourful native British species. The Bullfinch can easily pass unnoticed in the garden as it prefers thick foliage. You can consider yourself lucky if these colourful birds visit your garden. When their winter seed supply runs out, they will eat tree buds although these contain little nourishment. The Bullfinch’s song is a quiet warbling and their call a distinctive whistle deu-deu, which can be heard even when the birds are hidden.
