nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos

Famous songster more often heard than seen

Habitat: open woodland with dense low ground cover, such as coppiced woods

Uncommon summer visitor in marked decline

Warm brown back, rust-red tail; 16–17 cm

Nearly always hidden deep in vegetation

Feeds on insects

Nest is a cup well hidden close to ground, such as in a bramble patch

1 brood May to June

4–5 mottled reddish eggs