{"id":25345,"date":"2012-11-05T14:16:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:47","slug":"dunnock-prunella-modularis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/","title":{"rendered":"Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dunnock, Prunella modularis, is a small passerine bird found throughout temperate Europe and into Asia. It is a resident in the milder west and south of its range, but as an insectivore, must migrate south from the colder parts of its range.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Hedge Accentor\u00a0<i>Prunella\u00a0modularis<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-221-25345\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8636\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock_03.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock Prunella modularis\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock Prunella modularis\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock_03.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1592\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-9.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1591\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-8.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1590\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-7.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1589\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-6.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1588\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-5.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1587\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-4.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1586\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-3.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1585\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-2.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1584\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-13.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-13.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1583\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-12.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-12.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1582\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-11.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-11.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1581\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-10.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-10.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1580\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/dunnock-prunella-modularis-1.jpg\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Dunnock (Prunella modularis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/dunnock-prunella-modularis\/thumbs\/thumbs_dunnock-prunella-modularis-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Dunnock (Prunella modularis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dunnock, Prunella modularis, is a small passerine bird found throughout temperate Europe and into Asia. It is a resident in the milder west and south of its range, but as an insectivore, must migrate south from the colder parts of its range. Factsheet: Hedge Accentor\u00a0Prunella\u00a0modularis\u00a0 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":831369,"parent":17619,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[2147,2148],"class_list":["post-25345","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dunnock","tag-prunella-modularis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25345\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}