Fast and scratchy
This Common or Greater Whitethroat has a grey head and a very white throat. That means it’s a male. It’s fast and …
Greater Whitethroat
One of the most distinctive features of the Greater Whitethroat, or Common Whitethroat, or just Whitethroat, is, well, yes, its white throat, …
South of the Sahara to here
I’m in Oxfordshire, and a photograph of a Greater Whitethroat in deep pink cherry blossom is my aim. Especially if I can …
The Nettle-Creeper
Last year, when I was in Oxfordshire, chicken-sitting for my friends, a Greater Whitethroat was in the garden scratching its beautiful/ugly song …
Singing again
Our resident Common Whitethroat is still singing for as much of the day as he can manage. The garden at the house …
Common Whitethroat scratching incessantly
We’re in Oxfordshire house-sitting for my friends. The weather is stunning and there’s a dizzying number of places here we can sit …
Whitethroat
There’s a bird I think is a Common Whitethroat, Curruca communis, in the bushes here in Capri. The light here is so …
Whitethroat
Here are a couple of photographs of a Common Whitethroat, Curruca communis, which I took last summer. It’s a chunky warbler with …