More winter whitethroat news

Pete Lamber wrote today:

 Terry relocated the Whitethroat this morning on the footpath east of Walthamstow Res at 1030 today.  The footpath runs from Blackhorse Lane just north of Lockwood Way.  If you come in there and walk along the footpath, on the right hand side you reach some allotments.  The bird was on the left hand side of the path there.  I saw it at 1215pm for a while.  It was feeding on the grass mostly and sometimes hopping up into vegetation.  It flew into the allotments as I got nearer.  The bill and legs all look right for a Common Whitethroat and it does look about the right size for this.  An odd feature is that the underside of the tail is pale with a dark tip.  I don’t remember seeing this on Common Whitethroats, but can’t say I’ve ever noticed the undertail.  Still no calls from the bird. 

DMC