Phylloscopus trochilus   Willow Warbler  Hofsanger
Willow Warbler
Hermanusdoorns, Oct 2018

A non-breeding summer visitor from the Palearctic, present between Oct and Apr. Widespread and fairly common, both across the Waterberg and in the surrounding thorn savanna (57% in, 44% out; recorded in 63% of the Waterberg pentads); occurs in any woodland where it frequents the canopies of well-foliaged trees; usually solitary, sometimes in small groups; unlike other Palearctic warblers it is not a skulking species.
Distribution of Willow Warbler, Waterberg
Willow Warbler
Lephalale, Oct 2016

Willow Warbler
Hermanusdoorns, Feb 2015

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