Getting to grips with warblers 2: Blackcap Vs Garden Warbler

In the second of our series of videos aimed at helping with the tricky task of identifying warblers, we take a look at Blackcap and Garden Warbler. BirdTrack reports show that Blackcaps are now here in significant numbers and garden warblers are just arriving so it's a good time to brush up on the songs and ID features of these two common species.

[@solitudeguard5688]

I have one of these beautiful boys in my garden, I saw him today and he sang for ages!

[@y2kbug58]

Good video. The Blackcap usually finishes its song with some very clear notes which the Garden Warbler never does. I often find that useful.

[@Phanta80]

A Garden Warbler has started visiting my tiny back garden every day in an urban area of Wirral.

[@82ndmoosey]

Just had a male in our garden for this first time on one of our peanut feeders, and even recorded it during the 1hr Birdwatch. Lovely to see. Seemed to be a bit lazy feeding! Hoovered up the bits of peanut that the other birds dropped to the bottom of the feeder.

[@madmurdock100]

I didn't hear the call of the Garden Warbler, why wasn't it included in the audio? Otherwise, a very helpful video.

[@patriciawhite619]

Have both visit my garden, lovely birds.. ps this is in western France

[@jay7920]

thanks for this great and very easy to follow vidio,,,,blessings!

[@SkylarkFields]

She talked right over the blackcap's song so still no idea what that sounds like.

[@Pippistrelle72]

The Blackcap makes more fluting, slightly slower tunes within it's song, more than the Garden Warbler does!

[@pikupstix56]

Ok well this would have been a lot more useful if you hadn't talked over all the examples of the birds singing!

[@janetkennewell2158]

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[@jonathanhavard2456]

Would nice to hear the birds, rather than just Su talking non-stop.