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adult European distribution adult bird ascending trunk

Identification

The Common Treecreeper is like a feathered mouse which discretely climbs in spirals up the trunk of one tree before flying down to start on the next one. Its speckled brown plumage provides excellent camouflage but the silvery-white underparts may give it away. Other features to look for are its long pale eyestripes, slender down-curved bill and black-edged golden wing-bar sometimes glimpsed as it flies.

Habitat

Breeds and winters in both coniferous and broad-leaved woodlands and parkland.

Behaviour

Being so small, Treecreepers are particularly susceptible to heat loss on cold winter's nights but it has been shown that sometimes they may save heat by roosting communally to 'keep each other warm'.

Migration

A sedentary bird, particularly in Britain but some birds migrate from breeding areas further north.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Common Treecreeper is classed as Common: common species, including species that are certain or probable escapees from captivity when occurring in the British Isles. (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance.)

undisc. site, Herefs 08/03/2009	Grindleford, Derbys 18/08/2010	Liverpool, Lancs 15/08/2010	Bavelaw Marsh, Lothian 15/08/2010	Bavelaw Marsh, Lothian 15/08/2010
Bavelaw Marsh, Lothian 15/08/2010	Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs 18/07/2010	Redgrave Fen, Suffolk 31/07/2010	undisc. site, Herefs 08/03/2009	undisc. site, Herefs 08/03/2009

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Common Treecreeper breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Britain
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine

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