The Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Features

The sedge warbler has a habit of singing when in flight. It is a bird that is active during the daytime and it nests here in May and June.

Species	Bird
Living space	Lake, Rivers, Swamp
Size	11.5 - 13 cm
Weight	12 grams

Description

They have brownish or greyish white stripes and a dark stripe running across their eyes and the top of their heads are also dark. Their throats and breasts are dirty white and their hips are light brown along with the bases of their tails. Their tails and the upper sides of their tails are cinnamon brown, their backs are grayish brown, and their wings are dark and light brown with stripes. Their wingspans range from 17 to 21 cm. The sedge warblers live among the reeds and stands of forest stands or sedges by rivers and lakes or in swamps. The sedge warbler is a migrant bird that winters in Africa, south of the Sahara. They leave in autumn, September or October, and return to us with the arrival of spring.