Belongs to: warblers

Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Noisy little bird of reed beds and bushy margins

Habitat: reed beds, marshes, ditches and dykes

Summer visitor widespread near fresh water

Bold eyebrow contrasts with black eyestripe; pale underparts with buff flanks; 12–13cm

Often well hidden in vegetation but sometimes perches openly

Feeds mostly on small insects, also beetles, spiders, caterpillars, small dragonflies

Nest is a cup of grass lined with hair hidden in waterside vegetation, on or near ground

1, sometimes 2, broods May to July; 5–6 pale green eggs, speckled buff