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Nice to actually see it on a tree branch. Always in the reeds here!

Linda257 wrote: Sat May 09, 2026 9:02 am Nice to actually see it on a tree branch. Always in the reeds here!

Thanks Linda, it did help get the photo It was in an area with reeds.

Good one Snappy.

Thanks William

Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca) - Only the second time I have seen one.

Photo taken at: RSPB Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/fowlmere


Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... hitethroat

That's a really good spot, Snappy. Nice shot

PimperneBloke wrote: Sun May 10, 2026 7:58 am That's a really good spot, Snappy. Nice shot

Thanks PB When I first heard it (with the help of Merlin...) it was loud, but I couldn't see it. Only realise it was in a bush about 6 feet away when it flew up into a tree

Nice one Snappy.

Willpar wrote: Sun May 10, 2026 9:35 amNice one Snappy.

Thanks William

Am no sure of the difference with lesser and common...a. just see whitethroat but if PB thinks it's a good spot then aye well done