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Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus scirpaceus

 

The Reed Warbler is a medium-sized warbler of reedbeds. A summer visitor to the UK, it weaves its nest as a sling between two or three reed stems, and lays three to five eggs in it. Forming monogamous pairs, both parents raise the chicks.

 

Reed Warblers are common victims of brood-parasitism by Cuckoos.

 

It is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa.

 

Population:

 

UK breeding:

130,000 pairs

 

 

 

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Uploaded on May 8, 2019
Taken on May 1, 2019