I am sorting through the hundreds of pictures taken over the summer, I think this is a Sedge Warbler, but not sure, can anyone help? Sorry picture quality not great as it was very much a quick snapshot.
Thanks Gary.
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hi MarJus
Did you catch its call at all? Love to know what it sounded like?
I heard a Garden Warbler for the first time this year and its calls where fabulous to hear - like a speeded up Blackcap. Might even be a Whitethroat.
At what time of the year was the picture taken?
There are good ways of working our Warblers. Birds like Willow Warblers love to sit on an end of a branch. So that makes them easy to photogrpah and Digi-scope. Same applies to Whitethroats to a point. Getting to know their habits helps in identifying them. It is good for photographic reasons too.
Regards
Kathy and Dave
Yes it was in full song when I took the photo! Listening to the RSPB calls, I reckon it must have been a sedge warbler! The picture was taken in May at Annandale Water Services, a service station on the A74(M).
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Its hard to make a case for anything else! I've have been trying to find another option, no luck! believe your ears and eyes.
John
For viewing or photography right place right time is everything. I'd rather be in the right place with poor kit than have the best kit and be in the wrong place.
The picture is Brill by the way!! ;-)
Thank you John! :-) It's true that we should sometimes trust our instincts!!
Hi MarJus
Thank you for your information about the Sedge Warbler. It is interesting where we see all species of birds and it helps others to find them too {smile}
It was springtime when I saw one and they are one of the most vocal birds I have heard. They where always on the move too - fltting about. I think it was a male protecting its territory.
Maybe it is a much quieter bird species other times of the year.
Oh dear... I hate to rain on anyone's parades but I'm not seeing the streakiness on the upperparts I'd normally associate with a Sedge Warbler. It looks a fairly uniform buff to me which kind of shouts Reed Warbler. The clincher for a Sedge is usually the wide white eye stripe that extends almost to the back of the head. Are we absolutely sure we're not looking at a bit of seedhead fluff or something on the sedge/reed stem that is giving the impression of a long eye stripe? Reeds have a bit of white between the base of the bill and the eye.
I'd not go to the wire on this one but, I has me doubts......
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In photographs, and even in the field, the sedge warbler's mantle can appear surprisingly unstreaked and uniformly brown. This bird is indeed a sedge warbler.
More information about them can be found here.
However, if Gary now tells us that he took the photograph in Poland, I withdraw my identification and instead propose that it is either a sedge warbler or an aquatic warbler!
Best wishes,
Darren
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Hi Darren
Thanks for the information, now confident that it is indeed a Sedge Warbler, not sure where 'Poland' came from as I saw it at Leighton Moss, but thanks anyway
regards
Gary