A recent visit to see a Marsh Warbler was a success with the bird giving great views despite the wind, singing from the top of an Elder bush. As usual, a frenetic song, threaded with mimicry, with the songs and calls of Great Tit, Blackbird, Swallow, Common Tern, Quail and Bee-eater all delivered with great skill. There were undoubtedly other calls in there that I didn't recognise, perhaps of birds heard on the bird's migration or during the winter in Africa.
Typically, a dull grey-brown Acro, with contrasty tertials and nice pale primary tips. A well-marked head-pattern with distinct pale supercilum extending well past the eye, with an obvious dark eye-stripe and a white throat.
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