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Lesser
Whitethroat Sylvia
curruca

Totteridge
Valley, Middlesex, England 51°
37' 20.6'' N 00° 11' 59.9'' W
4 May
2009
Territorial
song phrase; short twitter followed by longer dry rattle.
Uttered
from within 2.5m high dense blackthorn hedge.
[File
name: lesserwhitethroat040509totteridge02]

Totteridge
Valley, Middlesex, England 51°
37' 20.6'' N 00° 11' 59.9'' W
4 May
2009
Territorial
song phrase; lacking introductory twitter.
Uttered
from within 2.5m high dense blackthorn hedge.
[File
name: lesserwhitethroat040509totteridge03]

Totteridge
Valley, Middlesex, England 51°
37' 20.6'' N 00° 11' 59.9'' W
4 May
2009
Rarer
fast, twittering/warbling song; extended version lasting
c11 seconds.
Uttered
from within 2.5m high dense blackthorn hedge.
[File
name: lesserwhitethroat040509totteridge01]

River
Lee Country Park, Herts/Essex 2
May
2009
Territorial song
phrase from concealed location in overgrown hawthorn.
Composed of a quiet, fast warble followed by a dry rattle
lasting c1.5 sec.
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