Summer is the perfect season to photograph colorful birds.
Lesser whitethroat
The lesser whitethroat arrives in the UK in April and leaves again from mid-October to spend the winter in north-east Africa. It is a small, sleek warbler with dull grey-brown upperparts, and white underparts with a pink wash on the flanks. The head is dark grey with a white throat. The bill is black and the legs are blue-grey. Unlike many warblers, males and females look the same.
It is fairly secretive so can be difficult to spot. It skulks in tall, dense hedgerows and thickets, foraging for insects, berries and fruit. In flight it pulls its wings to the side and flies with rapid wing beats. It can be identified by its call which is a hard, clicking sound, and its song which is a low warble followed by a wooden rattle.
Lesser whitethroats breed in scrubby areas and the edges of forests. It produces 1 or 2 broods a season. Juveniles can be seen from early May.
The lesser whitethroat arrives in the UK in April and leaves again from mid-October to spend the winter in north-east Africa. It is a small, sleek warbler with dull grey-brown upperparts, and white underparts with a pink wash on the flanks. The head is dark grey with a white throat. The bill is black and the legs are blue-grey. Unlike many warblers, males and females look the same.
It is fairly secretive so can be difficult to spot. It skulks in tall, dense hedgerows and thickets, foraging for insects, berries and fruit. In flight it pulls its wings to the side and flies with rapid wing beats. It can be identified by its call which is a hard, clicking sound, and its song which is a low warble followed by a wooden rattle.
Lesser whitethroats breed in scrubby areas and the edges of forests. It produces 1 or 2 broods a season. Juveniles can be seen from early May.
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05 June 2022
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