Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

Status at Longham Lakes

Uncommon passage migrant.

All records:
1. 1 alongside the Hampreston Fields, 19th August 2002.
2. 1 along Green Lane, 13th September 2004.
3. 1 singing from The Thicket, 23rd April 2007.
4. 1 singing from The Thicket, 1st May 2007.
5. 1 on 13th April 2009 (thick bushes around Longham Reservoir North).
6. 1 on 22nd April 2009 (The Thicket).
7. 1 on 10th May 2009 (Chris Parnell).
8. 1 on 7th September 2009 and another on 16th.
9. 1 singing male on 14th May 2010, south end.
10. 1 migrant on 8th September 2010, alongside Longham Reservoir North.
11. 1 singing on 3rd May 2011 (Hampreston Fields).
12. 1 on 10th July 2011 (George Green).
13. 1 in the ringing nets at the Old Settling Marsh on 19th August 2011 (Roger Peart).
14. 1 on 23rd July 2012 (George Green).
15. 1 ringed on 14th August 2013 (Roger Peart).
16. 1 on 22nd September 2013 (Chris Parnell).

Ringing:
2011: See 12 above.

Lesser Whitethroat, Longham Lakes, August 2011 (Roger Peart)