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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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 Gary
Well done to you, and something to be proud about {thumbs up}
RSPB Leighton Moss is one of the better Reserves and those are the best places to see these birds. I have not beern there but heard lots about it from various people.
Your picture is fabulous anyday!
Regards
Kathy and Dave
Hi again Gary,
Hope you don't mind but I'm going to make the most of your thread to get an ID on a warbler I photographed at the Annandale water services! I took it to be a sedge as I think they are the most 'likely' to be seen but it would be good to know for sure! :-)
Thanks!
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Afraid I can't help as warblers are so tricky to identify but I just wanted to say what a lovely picture it is. You even caught it singing. Fantastic!
There is something new to learn everyday...
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I agree with that, brilliant photo.
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
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Hi MarJus
I would say a Chiff Chaff based on the striking cream eye stripe. The background Woodland is it forte and that is where it belongs. It is as happy as a Warbler can be.
Anyway it is one in a million pictures and I would be proud to own it anyday
Thanks SB! Thanks Squirrel!
Thanks Blackbird - can say with certitude that it wasn't a chiff chaff as it didn't 'chiff chaff'!! Lol! It was warbler type of song, quite beautiful but hard to describe! Need to listen to the RSPB sounds I think!! The tree is was in was at the edge of the 'lake' at the services!
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.
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).
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!!
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......
Every day a little more irate about bird of prey persecution, and I have a cat - Got a problem with that?
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