Always interesting with plastic song in birds. In this recording you will first hear a Robin singing and shortly thereafter a Blackcap obviously trying to mimick part of the Robin song. After a while you will hear the typical clear end notes of the Blackcap song.

Uppsala. May 27, 2025.
Tascam FRAV2 + mikro-Usi as tree ears

Blackcap mimicking Robin or Robin mimicking Blackcap?

Field sound recordist and archivist of vanishing sounds in natural Iandscapes. Highly commended in the Sound of the Year Awards 2024 - Best Natural Sound.

Blackcap mimicking Robin or Robin mimicking Blackcap?

Bo Söderström