Cetti's Warbler
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Dense waterside scrub.
Diet: Insects.
Best time to spot: Explosive song; rarely seen.
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.
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Similar birds
- Common NightingaleUncommon · Dense scrub (S. England summer)
- Grey Catbird · Dense scrub (very rare vagrant)
- Sardinian WarblerRare · Dense Med scrub
- Lesser WhitethroatUncommon · Hedges
- Garden WarblerUncommon · Scrub
- American Yellow Warbler · Coastal scrub (vagrant)
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