A short post today, starting with a couple of shots of a male blackcap which is one of the few warblers I can confidently identify without resorting to books and search engines. They are mainly a summer visitor (from northern Europe), but a small number do winter in the UK. 
Although the blackcap is hardly rare, it cannot compete in terms of numbers with the mighty wren, one of our most numerous birds (as well as being one of the smallest). 
The final shot tonight holds the promise of more chicks in the coming weeks. It's a herring gull nesting on a roof at work. She's the same gull who featured last year, her 'territory' being of almost no range at all. She's a year round resident.
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
derWandersmann
5 May 2012Nice shots of the blackcaps, esp. #2, and the first wren is a delight. Nice to see a herring gull up close; all the gulls around here are ring-bills.
Words
6 May 2012dW, thanks. I managed a good sequence of the blackcap. It perched there for about half a minute just a matter of feet away from me. I'll be monitoring the gull regularly from now on.
gdare
6 May 2012Blackcap, cute little bird :yes:
serola
7 May 2012I like that first picture of a wren very much :happy: Others are good shots as well.
Words
7 May 2012Darko, thanks! The blackcap is a pretty little thing.
Words
7 May 2012Sami, thanks! Wrens are always nice to photograph when they come out into the open.
SittingFox
9 May 2012Great shots of the blackcap :up:
Words
11 May 2012Adele, thanks. I was pleased with those. I never normally get anything like so close to them.