#passerines

Sedge warbler Kent Coast.. by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) perched on wild rose bush on the Oare Marshes on the North Kent coastal path on the Swale estuary...AONB

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Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus @ Oare Coastal Marsh by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The sedge warbler is a medium-sized warbler of marshes, reedbeds and wetlands that can be spotted singing from perches on reeds and willow bushes.

Summer Migrant - Beautiful Sedge Warbler @ Oare Kent by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The Sedge Warbler can be found breeding around wetland and marshy habitat across Britain & Ireland. Numbers fluctuate year to year, which is thought to be related to rainfall affecting adult survival on this species' wintering grounds, south of the Sahara.Sedge Warblers arrive during April, can be heard in song through to August. Most leave their breeding locations during late August and early September, heading off on a long migration to trans-Saharan Africa

Eurasian reed warbler @ Oare Marshes Kent by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The common reed warbler or Eurasian reed-warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds across Europe into the temperate western Palaearctic where it is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa.

Early Morning @ Oare Marshes - Sedge Warbler by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Warbler Wander –walk at Oare Marshes Kent Coast..In the morning, I was lucky with some sedge warblers that ignored me completely; they sat close by and sang their hearts out. The reed warblers were also out and about

Warbler Wander a walk at Oare Marshes Kent by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: In summer reed-bunting, reed and sedge warbler, coot, moorhen, mallard and shoveler are common breeding species along the reed-lined dykes Waders such as lapwing, redshank and oystercatcher breed on the marshes.

Oare Marshes - Sedge Warbler - Acrocephalus schoenobaenus by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: At Oare Marshes—Summer in full swing, with the melodious song of Sedge Warblers filling the air.