Yellow-browed Warbler
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Coastal woodland (autumn).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Increasing autumn migrant from Siberia.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. Numbers peak in May. See the May birding guide for what else is about. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Where to see it
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Similar birds
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerRare · Coastal scrub (late autumn)
- Dusky Warbler · Coastal scrub (autumn vagrant)
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- Bonelli's WarblerRare · Open oak / pine woodland
- Arctic Warbler · Coastal scrub (vagrant)
- Common ChiffchaffCommon · Woodland
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