Song Bird

I have googled my delicious little song bird and am not really any wiser. I think it could possibly be a black cap but I couldn't see a cap on its head. Hopefully I will get a clearer view of it some time. I have seen black caps on my feeding station but was looking at this bird against the sun and I do not have binoculars.

 

The female has a brown cap so maybe against the sun difficult to see.

 

That is what I wondered.
The weather has been so foul the last few days no self respecting bird would bother to sit in a tree to sing so haven't seen or heard it. I thought blackcaps were summer visitors but they come to my feeding station regularly during the winter. Much easier to see them then but easy to mix them up with the various tits that come in.

 

While you said a small bird could it be a song thrush? They herald wet weather and will hide away in the bushes/trees and sing to their hearts content throughout the rain.

 

Not a chance.
It is much smaller than a thrush, about the size of a sparrow or tit. I very rarely see thrushes in my garden but see them regularly when I walk the dog around the village green. I have occasionally heard a bird knocking seven bells out of a snail close by but have never been sure if it was a thrush or a blackbird.

 

One of the many types of warbler?
I occasionally get one or two in the garden and I can never ID them properly, but we have quite a lot of willow and birch round here, so I think it's probably willow warblers that I see when I'm out, and also in the garden when they visit.

 

There is a huge area of goat willow next to my garden so I wondered if it was a willow warbler. I have tried listening to sound tracks on You Tube but my bird has a different kind of song. So many different cords etc. but maybe it is a particularly skilled songster.
There is a local blackbird who I am sure imitates a phone ring and a few other sounds, squeaky hinge lawn mower, strimmer etc., in amongst its song.
I have stopped wondering and just sit and enjoy.

 

Give a try to BirdNet, tends to be pretty good at identifying bird song BirdNET Sound ID – The easiest way to identify birds by sound.

 

If it sounds like a mix of Robin and Blackbird and loud it is probably a Blackcap.

 

What is a blackjack please? It sound descriptive reminds me of our Grackle.

 

Blackcap seems likely to me, I have started hearing one in the last few days. I also hear a blackbird making a phone sound. There was a news story a couple of months ago about a blackbird living near a site where they tested the sirens for police cars, and it was doing a perfect impression.

Bird mimicking police siren leaves inspector fooled at Bicester station

 

Thanks but I am a very ancient wrinklie who does not own a mobile phone and doesn't use Apps.
Yes, it is possible to live life without these modern conveniences.
My little song bird does have a very loud song compared to its size. It was back yesterday briefly, enjoying the break in the weather.

 

It's a choice you make...that one is an interesting academia based project that tends to do a good job in my experience. I'm useless at the English names of birds.

 

@Goldenlily26 we don't use apps either but we do use the internet and the RSPB do have some good sources of bird songs that you can listen to...if you want to.

 

Yes, I listened to some recordings, cannot remember which ones, its my age you know! One didn't sound at all like my bird but another did which is why I think my little visitor is probably a blackcap.