‘BROWN’ WARBLERS

At-a-glance ID guide to UK birds

Reed Warbler

● Reedbed dweller

● Plain, warm brown upperparts

● Buff/white white underparts

● ‘High’ crown, own, plain face

● Long thin bill

● Rhythmic stuttering song

Sedge Warbler

● Reedbed dweller

● Streaked ed brown upperparts

● Buff/white underparts

● ‘Flat’ crown; broad, pale supercilium

● Medium thin bill

● Virtuoso, rapid song

Grasshopper Warbler

● Reedbed/rank vegetation dweller (skulks)

● Streaked brown upperparts

● Buff/underparts (streaked undertail)

● ‘Flat’ crown, relatively plain face

● Medium thin bill

● Insect-like ‘reeling’ song

Cetti’s Warbler

● Waterside vegetation dweller (skulks)

● Plain, rufous-brown upperparts

● Grey/ buff underparts ● Wren-like face; narrow, pale supercilium

● Short, thin bill

● Explosive ‘chip! chippa chippa!’ song

Garden Warbler

● Woodland/parkland dweller

● Plain, grey brown upperparts

● Buff/white underparts

● Rounded head, plain, grey neck sides

● Medium, robust bill

● Beautiful, fluty, bubbling song