Common Whitethroat
The Common Whitethroat is a common and widespread Sylvia warbler. It is one of several Sylvia species that has distinct male and female plumages. Both sexes are mainly brown above and buff below with chestnut fringes to the wings. The adult male has a grey head and a white throat. The female lacks the grey head and the throat is duller. The song is fast and scratchy with a scolding tone.
The Common Whitethroat breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate west Asia where it can be found in areas of open countryside and cultivation with bushes for nesting. It is strongly migratory and winters in tropical Africa, Arabia and Pakistan.
In the UK, it is a summer visitor from April to October and a passage migrant. It breeds widely throughout the country although avoids urban and mountainous areas.
Like most warblers, the Common Whitethroat is insectivorous but it will also eat berries and other soft fruit.
Date: 11th May 2022
Location: Laindon, Essex
The Common Whitethroat breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate west Asia where it can be found in areas of open countryside and cultivation with bushes for nesting. It is strongly migratory and winters in tropical Africa, Arabia and Pakistan.
In the UK, it is a summer visitor from April to October and a passage migrant. It breeds widely throughout the country although avoids urban and mountainous areas.
Like most warblers, the Common Whitethroat is insectivorous but it will also eat berries and other soft fruit.
Date: 11th May 2022
Location: Laindon, Essex
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