Psilos Bird Photography

Whitethroat

Sylvia communis

Also known as Common whitethroat this bird is very widespread and can be found in most places there there are hedges, trees, woodlands and open scrub areas. Can be seen from mid-April to early October. It winters in Africa, south of the Sahara. Its diet consists of insects, and berries and fruit being eaten in the autumn. Its song is a lively, hurried, scratchy warble. It is quite an easy bird to find when it is singing with its throat shining bright on a sunny day.