Belongs to: chats

Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Trim bird with a cheerful warbling song

Habitat: open woodland and parkland with mature trees, occasionally gardens

Uncommon summer visitor

Orange-red tail, male has white forehead/black face, female buff brown; 13–14 cm

Perches openly, flying to the ground to pounce on food

Feeds on insects

Nest is a cup in a hole in a tree or occasionally a bank

2 broods May to June

6–7 pale blue eggs