Breeding of the Moustached Warbler in Britain

Abstract

Conclusive evidence produced by R. A. Hinde and A. S. Thorn (British Birds, 40, No. 4; April 1947) shows that the first recorded breeding of the moustached warbler (Lusciniola melanopogon) in the British Isles took place in Cambridgeshire in 1946. The evidence was compounded from observations made by a group of distinguished ornithologists, and the dark crown and superciliary stripe, as well as the cocking of the tail, leave no doubt that this Mediterranean bird, the nearest part of whose normal range is the south of France and whose sole previous claim to a place in the British list rested on a single occurrence, must now be added to the list of birds which have been known to breed in Britain.