Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
Distribution:
Local Atlases )
British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Conservation Status: GREEN
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern: GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Also common in:
And found in:
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
Average Day of First Arrival:
European Population Size:
Summer: Trend in Numbers )
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: Bern(III), Bonn(II)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
4.32 ± 0.71 (2 - 6) N = 579
Incubation:
11.30 ± 1.22 (9.5 - 13.5) N = 579
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
11.52 ± 1.19 (9 - 13) N = 869
as:
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed: Annual Totals )
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
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Maximum Recorded Age:
Summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
77.9 ± 2.0
Range
75 - 81 mm, N =6566
Juvenile:
77.0 ± 2.1
74 - 81 mm, N =8124
Male:
78.0 ± 2.1
75 - 81 mm, N =1017
Female:
77.7 ± 1.9
75 - 81 mm, N =1859
Weight
Adult:
17.24 ± 1.62
Range
15.20 - 20.40 g , N =5834
Juvenile:
18.48 ± 2.35
15.40 - 23.00 g , N =7512
Male:
16.69 ± 1.07
15.20 - 18.50 g , N =894
Female:
17.51 ± 1.59
15.40 - 20.50 g , N =1612
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
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Books and Monographs:
Garcia, E. 1989 The Blackcap and the Garden Warbler Shire Publications, Princes Risborough
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