Bird school
• Brambling
• Blue tit
• Bullfinch
• Blackbird
• Barn swallow
• Bohemian waxwing
• Black woodpecker
• Black redstart
• Blackcap
• Chaffinch
• Chiffchaff
• Crow
• Coal tit
• Crested tit
• Common swift
• Common treecreeper
• Dunnock
• Fieldfare
• Greenfinch
• Goldfinch
• Greater woodpecker
• Garden warbler
• Great tit
• Green woodpecker
• House martin
• House sparrow
• Hawfinch
• Jackdaw
• Linnet
• Long-tailed tit
• Lesser whitethroat
• Lesser spotted woodpecker
• Marsh tit
• Magpie
• Mistle thrush
• Nightingale
• Nuthatch
• Pheasant
• Pied flycatcher
• Redpoll
• Rook
• Redstart
• Robin
• Spotted flycatcher
• Siskin
• Starling
• Song thrush
• Yellowhammer
• Winter wren
• Willow
• Tree sparrow
• Wood pigeon
• White wagtail
• Willow tit
• Whitethroat
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The redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
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| Length: |
14 cm |
| Breeding: |
End of May |
| Maximum age: |
10 years |
| Eggs and clutches: |
Incubation two weeks. 6 - 8 eggs. Often two clutches. |
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Did you know?
First up of all birds, in the very first light of the day, the redstart begins to sing from the top of a tall tree or a TV antenna. When the redstart returns from its stay in Africa in the winter most of the nesting boxes are already occupied, so it has to be happy with what it can find.
Appearance
A slender bird that has a brick red colour underneath. The male has beautiful plumage with a black throat and cheek, and a white forehead. The female is a light yellow-white underneath and greyish brown on top.
Similar bird
The robin and the linnet are also red on their breasts but lack the black throat and white eyes.
Sounds and song
Somewhat melancholy song with a varying finish. Will start singing around midnight.
Food and bird tables
Insects and larvae. Will catch them in flight or on the ground.
The nest and hollows
Likes nesting in hollows. The nest is usually placed in tree hollows or on the ground.
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You can find birds here during the following seasons:
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During migration |
All year round |
Winter |
Summer |
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