Wood Warbler - Phylloscopus sibilatrix

The attractive but unobtrusive Wood Warbler is the largest Phylloscopus warbler in Europe. It has bright yellow upper parts, throat and upper chest and white under parts.

Wood Warblers are found in deciduous woodland under closed canopies where there is little or no shrub layer. Much of the population in Europe is found in forested lowlands, though in the UK it is predominately found in upland western oak woods.

April to August.

Feeds mainly on insects and spiders.

Fairly frequent and widespread in Britain. The species reaches its highest densities in the UK in the western Oak woods of Wales.

A scarce migrant and a rare breeder in Leicestershire and Rutland.