Garden Warbler Taken at  Baron's Haugh on 19th May 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Warbler - Garden Species : Order: Family: Local names: Sylvia borin. Passeriformes. Sylviidae Site Of Nest: Food: Plumage: Breeding Period: Eggs: Migration: Open woodland with dense low cover for nesting. Insects are the main food in the breeding season, although fruit predominates when birds are fattening prior to migration, figs being a particular favourite where available Brown upperparts and dull white underparts; the sexes are similar and juveniles resemble the adults. The first eggs are laid in late April in southern Germany, early May in northwest Europe, and late May in Finland. Four or five blotched cream or white eggs. The southward migration starts in mid-July, with larger numbers departing in August and peaking in early September. Most adults have gone by mid-September, although juveniles may linger for another month. Voice