garden warbler

noun

1. any of several small brownish-grey European songbirds of the genus Sylvia (warblers), esp S. borin, common in woods and hedges: in some parts of Europe they are esteemed as a delicacy

Example Sentences

The programming began on Sunday's International Dawn Chorus Day, as cuckoos, nightingales and garden warbler were featured on the weekend breakfast show.

From BBC

But the station must make new recordings of species like the nightingale, the greenfinch and the garden warbler because of gaps in its archive.

From BBC

He incorporated bird song, including the tune of the garden warbler, more subtly in his Piece for Piano and String Quartet, which opens the concert on Sunday.

From New York Times

Pettichaps, Petty-Chaps, pet′i-chaps, n. the garden warbler, the willow-warbler, chiff-chaff.

From Project Gutenberg

Firstly, Cornwall is remotely situated—one of the extreme points of Western Europe—and, whether the fact be dependent on food conditions or not, we find that there are several species of bird, common in other parts of England, which do not occur within the county, such as the nightingale, the wood warbler, garden warbler, redstart, and others.

From Project Gutenberg