Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

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The sedge warbler is a small, quite plump, warbler with a striking broad creamy stripe above its eye, and greyish brown legs. It is brown above with blackish streaks and creamy white underneath. It is a summer visitor, and winters in Africa, south of the Sahara Desert. Its song is a noisy, rambling warble compared to the more rhythmic song of the reed warbler. Found across the UK. They inhabit reedbeds or a damp wetland, they are active at dawn and dusk.

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Location: Norfolk England UK
Photo credit: © Ernie Janes / Alamy / Afripics
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