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20-04-2011, 09:08 PM
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| | | Grasshopper Warbler - Seen my first one
To be honest I have never heard of the bird until yesterday and today I managed to get a glimps of one as it was kind enough to come out of the shrubs enough to get a shap shot.
I actually heard these a few days ago and thought it was a very loud cricket. I have heard atleast 4 in the area. 
I also managed to get a video of it making its grasshopper sound which I may put on YouTube later. |
20-04-2011, 09:12 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper Warbler - Seen my first one
Cracking shot - well done! 
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20-04-2011, 10:20 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper Warbler - Seen my first one
I posted here a couple of days ago, as heard a call like a Nightjar, but during the day, and it was identified here as a Grasshopper Warbler. I too had never heard of them before. Sadly we didn't see it - read on another site that they are very hard to see as their call tends to have "ventriloqual" qualities and it difficult to pinpoint where the sound is coming from, so well done for catching the shot! |
20-04-2011, 10:44 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper Warbler - Seen my first one
congratulations, I'd love to see some, you're very lucky |
21-04-2011, 05:42 AM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper Warbler - Seen my first one
Excellent. I know how pleased you must be because I would be too.
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21-04-2011, 07:15 AM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper Warbler - Seen my first one
Nice one StRoRo. A bird I'm hoping to see this year
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21-04-2011, 01:22 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper Warbler - Seen my first one
great pic. iv'e been hoping to get some pics of a grass hopper warbler as there are some at rainham marshes at the moment as of yet i,ve no photo,s only fleeting glimpes but with the holiday coming up hope to be able to spend a little more time there. i,ll be well pleased if i can get a pic anywhere near as good as yours well done.
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21-04-2011, 07:04 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper Warbler - Seen my first one
Quote:
Originally Posted by StRoRo  To be honest I have never heard of the bird until yesterday and today I managed to get a glimps of one as it was kind enough to come out of the shrubs enough to get a shap shot.
I actually heard these a few days ago and thought it was a very loud cricket. I have heard atleast 4 in the area.
. | you can really go off people you know, they're normally a right xexexexexexe to see being nothing but a noise coming from the middle of some really dense undergrowth |
22-04-2011, 09:57 AM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper Warbler - Seen my first one
Quote:
Originally Posted by gregA great pic. iv'e been hoping to get some pics of a grass hopper warbler as there are some at rainham marshes at the moment as of yet i,ve no photo,s only fleeting glimpes but with the holiday coming up hope to be able to spend a little more time there. | Had superd views of one at Rainham yesterday - singing in full view from the top of a dead umbellifer stem (no camera with me though, and to be honest it would have been a bit distant - but great through a scope). |
22-04-2011, 02:02 PM
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| | | Re: Grasshopper Warbler - Seen my first one
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Originally Posted by htcdude Nice one StRoRo. A bird I'm hoping to see this year
Nige | well done stRoRo
and its one i WANT to see this year.. 
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