Bird Sighting
Whitethroat
Curruca communis · Sylviidae (Sylviid Warblers)
17/04/2022 · Fields Farm Flash, Central area
- Date
- 17/04/2022
- Location
- Fields Farm Flash
- Recording area
- Central area
- Grid reference
- SJ 7288 5932
- Observer
- admin
Grid reference: SJ 7288 5932 53.13039, -2.40670 Open in OpenStreetMap
Whitethroat in our records
- Records
- 6
- First recorded
- 17/04/2021
- Last recorded
- 09/04/2026
- Places
- Maw Green Tip, Fields Farm Flash
Other recent records
About the Whitethroat
The greater whitethroat or common whitethroat (Curruca communis) is a common and widespread Old World warbler which breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate western Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, and winters in tropical Africa, Arabia, and Pakistan.
- Conservation status (IUCN)
- Least Concern
- Wingspan
- 20 cm
- Weight
- 1.8–14.5 g
Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5 
Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer, Museum Wiesbaden, CC BY-SA 3.0 
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