Chestnut and Black birds!

My title refers of course to Blackcaps and very welcome they are too! A female arrived for a fleeting visit a week ago and since the snow arrived I have had the pleasure of the male and female in my garden on seperate occasions. They used to be regular Winter visitors from early December but the last few years I have hardly recorded them. So it was uplifting to see my garden still attracts these super little Warblers! The Mahonia shrubs have been favoured by the male Blackcap also a small Callicarpa plant that has metallic-purple berries! The female Blackcap up until now favours apples that I have spiked on branches. I believe i have found a way to stop the Squirrels taking the apples wholesale off the trees! More on that in another post maybe, trials are still ongoing! The images were taking from indoors so as not to startle the birds, they need to feed!