Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) with insect prey, perched on Rosebay willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium), Perthshire, Scotland, UK, June.

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) adult perched in Blackthorn hedgerow with insect prey for young, Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire, UK, May

Alan Williams / Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) male singing perched on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Essex, UK, May

Bengt Lundberg / Sparrowhawk (female) with Whitethroat prey, Sweden

Colin Seddon / Hand feeding a young Whitethroat chick

Robin Chittenden / Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) perched, Norfolk, England, UK, September.

Paul Hobson / Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) male singing, perched on Hawthorn twig. Sheffield, England, UK. May.

Matthew Maran / Bird ringer weighing Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis) after ringing. East Devon, England, UK, May.

Matthew Maran / Ringing Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis) in the Otter Estuary to improve understanding of their ecology and life cycle. Devon, England, UK, May.

Matthew Maran / Birding ringer checking the fat store of Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis) after ringing. East Devon, UK, May.

Matthew Maran / Catching a Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis) caught in mist bed reedbeds on the Otter Estuary to improve understanding of their ecology and life cycle. Devon UK

David Kjaer / Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) male perched on Willow branch in spring, Wiltshire, England, UK, April.