10th May 2017

Had a male Whitethroat in a song flight on the way home today, my first in Yeovil since a pair stayed at the Openspace for 4 days in 2014 (excluding one I heard only along the river Yeo last year). This has become quite a scarce species in Yeovil since most of the suitable breeding habitat in north Yeovil was cut back several years ago. Certainly it's had fewer records than lesser whitethroat here in recent years (3 commons over the last 3 years compared to 3 lessers last year alone) so a good species to see here again!