Thrush Nightingale
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Wet scrub (rare passage).
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Slightly browner; rolling song.
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 NightingaleUncommon · Dense scrub (S. England summer)
- Aquatic Warbler · Sedge marsh (rare passage)
- Asian Brown Flycatcher · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Blyth's Pipit · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Blyth's Reed Warbler · Coastal scrub (very rare)
- Brown Flycatcher · Coastal scrub (very rare vagrant)
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