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Dunnock
Dunnock
The Dunnock (Prunella modularis) AKA: Hedge sparrow, Accentor is a small chestnut brown and slate grey bird.  If you look carefully it has deep amber coloured eyes.

Usually it is quiet and inobtrusive, it is often seen on its own, skulking along the edge of a flower bed or near to a bush, moving with a rather nervous, shuffling gait, often flicking its wings as it goes.

When two rival males come together they become animated with lots of wing-flicking and loud calling.  It does have a melodious song particularly in the Spring time.

 
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