Publish date: 02/07/2016. As always, the walk had a hidden birding agenda with ever optimistic thoughts of Red-footed Falcon possibilities, following the current UK influx. Secondly, if I hadn't recently joined the Nocmig world, I wouldn't have my sound recording equipment, so essential to confirming the identification! Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) bird calls and sounds on dibird.com. Nature Soundmap tweets in more ways than one! Found in forest edges, bushes, marsh edges, and parks, but not particularly associated with water. After seeing your Berry Head bird, never did I think I'd find my own just under 2 miles walk from home! I have just returned from another somewhat impromptu visit to St Martin's Isles of Scilly! At this stage the bird was still definitely a Marsh Warbler and definitely a Blyth's Reed, depending which trench you had helped dig.I now felt pretty sure it was a Blyth's, but beyond photos and recordings my experience of the species is nil.I was here to learn, and hopefully to collect evidence. Surprised to find a very late Whinchat during a coastal walk near Otterton this afternoon. at 9pm the bird appeared in the holly tree. Photos: eerokiuru, alexmani97, Kevin B Agar, as_kannan, Svenni and his Icelandic birds., hirenjoshi13 Flickr.com. By now it was around 5pm and I had to leave. Listen to Blyth's Reed-Warbler on british-birdsongs.uk, which is a comprehensive collection of English bird songs and bird calls. Song is varied with many repetitions and lots of mimicry; call is a high-pitched and loud "tek." To be fair, she too was intrigued by the song. Make a Comment Cancel reply. It breeds in temperate Asia and easternmost Europe. Superb work. All birders have birds in mind that we might find at a given site or even a bit of habitat, thank goodness birding is not that predictable... A Blyth's Reed Warbler in a holly bush, next to woodland and farmland in Devon and in spring would have been about as far away from any prediction as you could have got! It turns out the recording was not too bad despite the loud distortion of the wind, though I wish I, had used my "dead cat" wind diffuser! Notes: Two Blyth’s Reed Warblers belt out their rich song in the dark of night near Estonia’s Soomaa National park. Blyth's Reed Warbler getting more arboreal in its song perches singing up to 10m up now in the ash but still feeding down in the nettles and umbellifers as fellas up in the trees --Posted by Graham Catley at 5:41:00 pm. Email This BlogThis! I also must mention friends, The Devon lane where we found the Blyth's Reed Warbler, Devon lane where we found the Blyth's Reed Warbler and the Holly tree, Blyth's Reed Warbler, East Devon 23rd May 2020, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly - 23rd to 30th October. More info. Therefore, I was relieved to hear the bird still singing in the hedge bank and amazingly it actually sang continuously for around 2 -3 minutes, giving the best song I had heard. The FULL VERSION can be heard below, You can hear the "teck" call which it gave at around 9pm. I have been feeling a little delirious since to be honest Steve! How many one day megas like this are missed whilst we all flog the coast and see mostly bugger all. In the rush I forgot my headphones and I just had to hope the microphone was pointing at the correct spot! Once back at home, I grabbed my sound recording gear and headed back to the site. I would like to say particular thanks to my Estonian friend and Bird Guide, Tarvo Valker who hears many Blyth's Reed Warblers in his home country. A Song thrush can be heard in the background, enhancing the qui I returned again in the afternoon for three hours and again in the evening, but sadly it seemed the bird had moved on. I was disappointed that the warbler had not stayed so I could share this exciting bird for Devon with other birders. The habitat is different from the reed beds favoured by reed warbler or the rank vegetation of marsh warbler, this species choosing trees or bushes as songposts. As I said on twitter Chris - just remarkable and well done! More importantly, the bird called about 10 times giving a fairly soft "teck" that I managed to record on my phone and reminded me of birds I have heard on their wintering grounds in Sri Lanka. Birds and other wildlife at home in the UK and Overseas. Thanks again Mike. Nature Soundmap Tweets. June 2016 (1) September 2015 (1) … It just shows what is out there doesn't it! The following morning I returned at 05.30hrs and watched and listened until 10am with no luck. So the walk was cut short and we headed home. Here is one last photograph of the Blyth's Reed Warbler that sang and held a territory for a couple of weeks at Far Ings in Lincolnshire. Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. Then. Song is varied with many repetitions and lots of mimicry; call is a high-pitched and loud "tek." Despite the narrow lane and restricted viewing being very poor for social distancing, I felt confident that I could have arranged access to the adjacent private field to view the hedge where the bird had been frequenting. Usually sings from bushes and trees, not in reeds or herbage. I didn't have my phone with me, so asked Helen to try and get a recording on her phone. ... Blyth's Reed Warbler Knee tremblers part 2 - the lunchbox that got away! Blyth's Reed Warbler, Winchelsea, E Sussex, 17 June 2016 (Video: Mike Russell). Little did I know just how things were to turn out! It has certainly been an incredible week for me with the recent excitement of the patch Bee-eaters (. Archives. About halfway round the walk, taking one of the many narrow Devon tracks that we have been exploring during lockdown, an odd bird song had us both stop and listen. 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At this point the bird appeared in a holly tree very briefly and gave me enough of a view to see it was an. Singing Blyth's Reed Warbler in East Sussex. At this point I have to say how lucky I am to have Helen as my partner! A Blyth's Reed Warbler in a holly bush, next to woodland and farmland in Devon and in spring would have been about as far away from any prediction as you could have got! It then went quiet again! It was still very windy, not ideal for sound recording and I was under pressure to be home for a Zoom chat with the family that I could not miss! You can hear the measured rhythm of a Reed Warbler but with diagnostic repeated fluty whistles interspersed with, clicks and tecks. Plus the odd pudding or cake! The video capturing the call, the sound recording of song and even photos in near darkness show your thoroughness in securing the record of a tricky and rare Devon bird. Sign up for our mailing list to get latest updates and offers. Breeding in Eurasia: c and nc Europe to c Russia and south to the Middle East; can be seen in 70 countries. Needless to say, the sound recording gear is always with me now and I now wonder how I survived without it! It was still very windy but I was hoping the bird would still be singing as the species is known to sing during the night, but all was quiet.

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