Chiffchaff (Apr, Herts).
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Willow Warbler (May, Cumbria, 1979).
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The third Phylloscopus warbler, the Wood Warbler, has two different song types (June, Suffolk, 1979).
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The Blackcap and Garden Warbler are closely related species. The Blackcap song usually begins with scratchy notes that transform into a rich melody, whereas the Garden Warbler is a sustained rich warble.
Blackcap (April, Herts).
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This more sustained song has a blackbird imitation (25s), and resolves at the end with the sweeter notes typical of Blackcap. I listen for these notes to separate the song from the similar Garden Warbler (May, Herts, 1979).
Garden Warbler (May, Essex)
(May, Herts, 1979).
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This more extended version of the song was in close vicinity of a female (May, Essex).
The Whitethroat song is scratchy, and also often includes mimicry, especially in frequent short song flights, as at the beginning of this recording (May, Herts).
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The Lesser Whitethroat song is a more simple trill, often introduced by a few scratchy notes (May, Herts, 1979).
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The Grasshopper Warbler song is a continuous reeling sound and often heard at night. The intensity starts off subdued and then varies as the bird turns its head (May, Herts)
(May, Herts, 1979).
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The Sedge Warbler song differs from the similar Reed Warbler song in its frequent changes in pace and greater degree of mimicry (May, Essex).
(June, Herts, 1979).
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Reed Warbler (several together in Phragmites, May, Essex).
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Cetti's Warbler has an explosive song uttered from a bird hidden in marsh vegetation. There is a usually a considerable time interval between phrases.
(6.00am, Apr, Suffolk)
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(May, Essex).
Recordings from 1979 have been digitised from cassette tape.
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many thanks for this beautiful website, and for making all your research available to us,
Chris
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