Wooded areas, coppices, hedgerows, orchards and calcareous grasslands (GB)
Rocky steppe with Quercus pubescens and Geranium sanguineum (CZ)
Open deciduous woodland, pastures, calcareous grasslands, parklands, disused gravel pits and gardens (EU).
It nests in the soil solitary or in small aggregations (Osysthnjuk et al. 2008).