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It takes a lot of patience, vast intelligence, qulaity guile (and high spelling error tolerance) to still be reading these blogs after a year. But there are a few of you who've managed it, and you folk might be remembering my joy this time last year, when a bird returned from it's winter break in Sub-Saharan Africa......
Well today, I'm very pleased to announce the re-return of that bird to Fish Island!!
YES BOSS, THE WHITETHORAT HAS MADE IT BACK TO FISH ISLAND FROM IT'S AFRICAN HOLIDAYS!!!! AND IT'S SINGING LIKE A DREAM IN THE BUSHES RIGHT BELOW FORT GIOVANNA!!!!
The Whitethorat (Sylvia Communis) is a medium-sized warbler, about the size of a great tit.
It has quite a long tail which it flicks and cocks as it darts rapidly in and out of cover. The male has a grey head, a white throat and a brown back, and is buff underneath.
It is a summer visitor and passage migrant, with birds breeding widely, although it avoids urban and mountainous areas. It winters in Africa, south of the Sahara.
More info here...
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