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Common redstart
The redstart arrives in the UK in April and leaves again in October, wintering in central Africa and Arabia. It is a slender chat about the same size as a robin, with a distinctive, quivering red tail. The male has a grey back, rufous breast, dark wings, and a rusty orange rump. The forehead is white, the throat is black, and the face is black and partially obscured by brown feather fringes. The female has pale orange underparts and lacks the black face mask and white forehead.
It pursues insects in flight and flutters around the front of trees and vegetation in order to catch prey. It will also forage in bushes and low branches. Its song is a quick, squeaky warble, and its call a soft whistle occasionally punctuated with a sharp ‘tic’.
It breeds in a variety of habitats including woodland, parks, orchards, stone walls, quarries, heaths, and farmland. They will also use open-fronted nest boxes. During migration it can be found near the coast. Redstarts produce 2 broods a season. Juveniles can be seen from May.
The redstart arrives in the UK in April and leaves again in October, wintering in central Africa and Arabia. It is a slender chat about the same size as a robin, with a distinctive, quivering red tail. The male has a grey back, rufous breast, dark wings, and a rusty orange rump. The forehead is white, the throat is black, and the face is black and partially obscured by brown feather fringes. The female has pale orange underparts and lacks the black face mask and white forehead.
It pursues insects in flight and flutters around the front of trees and vegetation in order to catch prey. It will also forage in bushes and low branches. Its song is a quick, squeaky warble, and its call a soft whistle occasionally punctuated with a sharp ‘tic’.
It breeds in a variety of habitats including woodland, parks, orchards, stone walls, quarries, heaths, and farmland. They will also use open-fronted nest boxes. During migration it can be found near the coast. Redstarts produce 2 broods a season. Juveniles can be seen from May.
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05 June 2022
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