Warbler ID, UK (1 Viewer)

Chalky W

Well-known member

• Jun 21, 2009

• #1

I'm guessing at a Juv Willow Warbler, can I ask the experts to confirm or enlighten me please.

Thanks in advance.

 

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Robert Williamson

• Jun 21, 2009

• #2

Im not 100% sure but I think its a Willow to.

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Jun 21, 2009

• #3

Looks like a Reed warbler to me.

 

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Th_SQ

Well-known member

• Jun 21, 2009

• #4

+1 for Reed W.

 

ian hamilton

mackem born and bred

• Jun 21, 2009

• #5

yeah reed for me too

 

Chalky W

Well-known member

• Jun 21, 2009

• #6

Thanks peeps, a Reed Warbler makes sense as it was on the edge of some scrub which was on the edge of a large reed bed. I've never seen a Juv Reed before and the books weren't much help either.

Thanks again for the ID.

 

Cristian Mihai

Cristian Mihai

• Jun 21, 2009

• #7

Why it isn't a Marsh Warbler?

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Jun 21, 2009

• #8

probability

 

Selsey Birder

Well-known member

• Jun 21, 2009

• #9

Agreed, especially as a young bird would mean breeding!

 

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Steven Astley

Well-known member

• Jun 21, 2009

• #10

Just I though but you can ID by nest which looks more like a Reed Warblers than Willow

 

lou salomon

the birdonist

• Jun 22, 2009

• #11

cristian,

by probability jane meant that marsh warbler has just a couple of breeding pairs in england, between 11 and 34 bp according to EBCC (in 2000), while reed warbler is common. don't know if we can trust in the estimation of a half million breeding pairs of marsh warbler in romania though. but then, why not.
btw. to me the acrocephalus you posted recently looked like a marsh warbler also. it had a short and blunt bill, dull colours.

this bird is not young, but an adult near its nest.

 

Cristian Mihai

Cristian Mihai

• Jun 22, 2009

• #12

lou salomon said:

cristian,

by probability jane meant that marsh warbler has just a couple of breeding pairs in england, between 11 and 34 bp according to EBCC (in 2000), while reed warbler is common. don't know if we can trust in the estimation of a half million breeding pairs of marsh warbler in romania though. but then, why not.
btw. to me the acrocephalus you posted recently looked like a marsh warbler also. it had a short and blunt bill, dull colours.

this bird is not young, but an adult near its nest.

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Interesting, I really didn't know that Marsh Warbler is a rare species in UK. I think that it isn't a very common species in Romania too (rather a common one) - the idea is that Great Reed, Reed, and Sedge are obviously more common species here, in the southern part of the country.
I agree with you that the bird from the next link it is probably a Marsh Warbler.
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=144560

 

lou salomon

the birdonist

• Jun 22, 2009

• #13

yes, that's the one. also vegetation is slightly in favour of marsh. reed prefers reed in romania usually, less so in western europe. and yes, RW, GRW and sedge are the more numerous acros in romania (although i think the numbers are overestimated, esp. in EBCC 2000.), there are more marshs in transilvania i guess.

sorry for this off-topic excurse, chalky w., and your bird is a reed warbler.