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 Lesser Whitethroat  Sylvia curruca


 

 Sonogram of Lesser Whitethroat song

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]

    Lesser Whitethroat

Sonogram of Lesser Whitethroat song

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]

    Lesser Whitethroat

Sonogram of Lesser Whitethroat song

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]

    Lesser Whitethroat

Sonogram of Lesser Whitethroat song

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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