White-throated Dipper
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Fast clean upland streams.
Diet: Aquatic invertebrates.
Best time to spot: Walks underwater.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Common SandpiperUncommon · Upland streams
- Grey WagtailCommon · Fast streams
- GoosanderUncommon · Upland rivers
- KingfisherUncommon · Slow clean rivers
- Harlequin Duck · Fast rivers (very rare vagrant)
- Ring OuzelRare · Upland moorland
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