reed warbler

This is my best reedy yet, I'm well chuffed!!!

Had a great day down at Aust with Ken and Alan for the Whitethroats.Sadly the Whitethroats didnt show very well for us but this guy performed brilliantly.It was then on to Dipper Falls where they really showed well. Cheers Ken for a brill day,see you soon for some Pied Flycatchers my friend ;).

Well Peeps, The weather stopped me from getting out yesterday, and looks like its going to do the same today. Very wet here, so its three more from last June for y'all today. Not sure if this uns a juve or not?

Summer and its visitors seem so far back now so this is a little reminder.

I thought it was perhaps a wren when I first spotted it, with that stumpy tail, but then the adults came hurrying over and all became clear.

Reed Warbler

Reed Warbler

R.Warbler

There were what seemed to be several little groups, presumably with parents introducing their young to the Big Wide World.

Reed Warbler at Attenborough Gravel Pits. Nottinghamshire.

R.Warbler

Just out the nest I'd say as it's lacking a fair few feathers. It was pottering around on the edge of the reeds, waiting for its parents to bring it some food.

Another from the Reservoirs.

From the Reservoirs the other week. I'm saving my last upload again, as there's been two failed attacks again this morning. The first was the Raptor that scares everything (still not had a decent view of it). The second was a male Sparrowhawk that was on the fence just long enough for me to...

From a memorable morning with Ken and Rod,cheers guys ;).

I was hoping to catch the juvenile Magpies today, but next door's brats are in the garden, so little chance of that. Actually, I think they're out there digging up all the Peanut Trees that the Squirrels planted for them earlier in the year.|=)| So here's another Reed Warbler (I've still got...

The two juvenile Magpies won't leave the tree long enough for me to get pictures, so here's another Reed Warbler instead. I seem to remember this was a juvenile, but I can't make out any yellow in the gape.

It's certainly a warbler, and it's definitely in the reeds. I think the call was about as described in my bird book, but that could have been from some other bird nearby, and I'm not sure I know how to "read" those call descriptions anyway. So if somebody wants to correct my ID of this...

I posted this, and another picture, a while back in the main forum. A few people responded, but I'm still not 100% sure what I'm looking at here. It's a juvenile Reed Warbler, but: Is it's leg deformed and wrapped around it's throat? Or is it just scratching in an odd way (apparently they...

For a few years now I've been going to a local nature reserve, trying to spot (and hopefully photograph) one of the many Reed Warblers which breed there in the reedbeds. The little blighters were always only about 2-4 metres away but I could never see any of them. Anyways, I got lucky on Sunday...