Sedge Warbler

I’ve got a lot of love and appreciation for Sedge Warblers. They’re one of the first birds I took decent photographs of on a trip to Somerset:

“Look for singing birds perched on the outside of a bush.”

Here on Westray they have a very different, distinctly windy life. I’ve been enjoying stopping at the the Bay of Tuquoy to watch a family feeding one of their chicks. A perch and backdrop of Dock, with long-legged prey, made a cheerful scene.

Sedge Warbler - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

It’s still hard to comprehend that such a small body will fly to Africa south of the Sahara. Sedge Warbler males nest within 50m of where they nested the previous year. 

I hope to see you or your mate next year.

More Sedge Warblers

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