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Description: | The song of the male reed warbler, recorded on Cley Marshes, Norfolk. The rasping, repetitive 'churring' song of this warbler is very characteristic of wetland areas and reed beds during the summer months. It is here that this modest brown bird searches for its favourite food of insects, spiders, slugs and berries. As with the dunnock and meadow pipit, this bird may fall victim to the parasitic cuckoo, whose eggs can closely resemble the colouration and markings of the reed warblers own clutch. The nest is a carefully woven construction, often found suspended between reed stems. It is formed into a deep cup so as to prevent any eggs from falling out, particularly during strong winds. Young warblers often leave the nest before they can fly, moving with relative ease amongst the tangle of vegetation. A summer visitor, the Reed warbler leaves Britain in October to over-winter in southern Africa. In Britain the bird is found mostly in the south and east of England. It is absent from Scotland and most of Ireland. Its distribution is gradually spreading and numbers currently stand at 40,000 - 80,000 breeding pairs. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Bird Marsh Wildlife sounds Freshwater | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Shove, Lawrence | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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