Common Whitethroat
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Sylvia communis
Locally common Summer visitors from April-October with 930,000 breeding pairs in Britain plus 95,000 birds in Ireland.
Winters in tropical & South Africa.
Both sexes are mainly brown above and buff below, with chestnut fringes to the secondary remiges.
The Adult Male has a grey head and a white throat.
The Female lacks the grey head, and the throat is duller.
Juveniles are similar to Adult Females.
The song is fast and scratchy, with a scolding tone.
The hoarse, slightly nasal, call sounds like wed-wed or woid-woid.
The warning cry is long-pulled, rough tschehr which resembles that of the Dartford Warbler.