Callicarpa - Blackcaps only? | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology

Several people have written into the GBW Team recently to suggest that only Blackcaps eat the purple berries of callicarpa ('beauty berry') bushes. Is this really the case, we wonder (gbw [at] bto.org)? Thanks to Nigel Harris (London), Ken Fielding (Berkshire) and Terry Hancock (Herefordshire - photo below) for these intriguing observations. For tips on planting callicarpa, see this Gardeners' World video.

Blackcap on callicarpa (Terry Hancock) — Callicarpa berries - Blackcap only?

BirdTrack migration blog – early spring

It may still feel like winter but for some species, the increasing temperatures and lengthening days have already kick-started spring migration, with birds starting to arrive and depart across Britain and Ireland.