nettle-creeper

The bird spends the day searching for food in such places -- hence its name nettle-creeper -- creeping along the hedges, under brambles and thorns, and builds its nest in the locality to which it is accustomed.

Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Richard Jefferies 1867

Country boys set some value on the eggs of the nettle-creeper or whitethroat because the nest is difficult to find, and the eggs curiously marked.

Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Richard Jefferies 1867

Down among the stalks of the umbelliferous plants, where the grasses were knotted together, the nettle-creeper concealed her treasure, having selected a hollow by the bank so that the scythe should pass over.

The Life of the Fields Richard Jefferies 1867

In these the nettle-creeper (white-throat) hides her nest, and they have so encroached that the footpath is almost threatened.

The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867