Editing Thrush nightingale (section)

==Behaviour==
[[File:Luscinia luscinia -Gugny, Biebrza National Park, Poland-8.jpg|thumb|In Poland]]
[[File:Luscinia luscinia MWNH 1794.JPG|thumb|Eggs, Collection [[Museum Wiesbaden]], Germany]]
===Food and feeding===
The thrush nightingale feeds chiefly on the ground taking [[earthworm]]s, [[spider]]s and the adults, [[larva]]e and [[pupa]]e of insects such as [[beetle]]s, small [[moth]]s, [[ant]]s and [[Fly|flies]]. In the autumn, the berries of [[Ribes|currants]] (''Ribes'' spp.) and [[Sambucus|elders]] (''Sambucus'' spp.) are also eaten.<ref name=Witherby/> Before crossing the [[Sahara]] on its migration, thrush nightingales build up their fat reserves. It has been found experimentally that [[Earth's magnetic field|magnetic cues]] may stimulate the birds to do this. A simulation of the magnetic field found in northern Egypt encouraged birds preparing to migrate from Sweden to further build up their body fat.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Fransson, Thord |author2=Jakobsson, Sven |author3=Johansson, Patrik |author4=Kullberg, Cecilia |author5=Lind, Johan |author6=Vallin, Adrian |year=2001 |title=Bird migration: Magnetic cues trigger extensive refuelling |journal=Nature |volume=414 |issue=6859 |pages=35–36 |doi=10.1038/35102115 |pmid=11689932|bibcode=2001Natur.414...35F |s2cid=895903 }}</ref>

===Breeding===
The thrush nightingale breeds in damp forests, nesting on the ground, often in the middle of a bed of [[stinging nettle]]s (''Urtica dioica''). The nest rests on a platform of dead leaves and is composed of dead grass stalks, bents (''[[Agrostis]]'' spp.), sedges and stems, lined with finer material. It is built by the female which lays four or five (occasionally six) eggs. These are a milky-blue colour, usually plain but sometimes with a slight speckling of rusty-brown and measure an average of {{convert|21.7|x|16.2|mm}}. The hen [[Avian incubation|incubates]] the eggs which hatch in about thirteen days. The young are fed by both parents and [[fledge]] when about eleven days old, but are not fully independent for another twelve days or so.<ref name=Witherby/>