Eurasian reed warbler
reed warbler
acrocephalus scirpaceus latin

At 14 days old, it is about 3 times the size of the adult reed warblers.

The reed warbler does not notice, and carries on looking after the eggs.

They occupy a similar ecological niche to some reed warblers.

It occupies a similar ecological niche to some reed warblers.

It is more widespread than the reed warbler but undergoing a slight decline.

This species can only be safely distinguished from the Reed Warbler in the hand.

There he examined a specimen of a large-billed reed warbler.

Opposite A pair of reed warblers work flat out to keep the young cuckoo satisfied.

Very early one morning a great reed warbler, which would usually hunt for insects, swooped down to scoop up a fish.

The mother cuckoo lays each egg in the nest of another species such as the reed warbler.