The thicker the undergrowth of nettles and wild parsley, rushes and rough grasses, the more the whitethroat likes the spot. |
The whitethroat sings with crest erect, and attitudes of warning and defiance. |
The whitethroat population appears to have bounced back, but other species such as spotted flycatcher and turtle dove have not. |
A whitethroat launches into the sky to deliver his scratchy song, before parachuting down to his hidden nest along the banks of a canal. |
The whitethroat, reed warbler and lesser whitethroat I saw at the weekend may be the last I see until April. |
A Canada whitethroat called sweetly, sadly, from the forest in the sunset glow. |