Grasshopper warbler on my local patch!

[RockyRacoon]

I was walking the dog this morning and could hear a Grasshopper warbler singing in the undergrowth. Hopefully I'll check it out tonight...

[RockyRacoon]

I was walking the dog this morning and could hear a Grasshopper warbler singing in the undergrowth. Hopefully I'll check it out tonight...

I checked it out and heard someone apparently saw it singing from a perch for a few minutes just before I got there. I waited for 2 hours by where it was singing from, but it did not appear...v :C

[robinm]

Bad luck Jake. They can be very elusive. Good bird to hear though.

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Jake,

Keep trying - you'll get it yet!

Very early morning is best, they sing from exposed perches much more often then

Michael

[very boring banned member]

Locustella naevia is common in Finland, but this year Locustellas seem to have some kind of an invasion, at least my corners: naevias and fluviatilises commoner as previous years, and also several luscinioideses in S Finland.

[RockyRacoon]

Locustella naevia is common in Finland, but this year Locustellas seem to have some kind of an invasion, at least my corners: naevias and fluviatilises commoner as previous years, and also several luscinioideses in S Finland.

Hi Karwin, you are lucky to have Grasshopper warblers, Locustella naevia, common. The one on the local patch moved on this morning, my local patch can be a gem sometimes, even a maybe firecrest way back!