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Cetti's Warbler

Bill Oddie presents the Cetti's warbler.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Bill Oddie presents the Cetti's warbler. Until the 1960s, Cetti's warblers were unknown in the UK but on the Continent they were common in marshy areas, especially dense scrub and the edge of reed-beds and ditches. They first bred in these habitats in south-east England in the early 1970s and by the end of the century their loud and sudden song-bursts were startling people from southern England and South Wales and northwards as far as Yorkshire.

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Tue 23 Jan 2024 05:58

Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti)

Webpage image courtesy of David Tipling (rspb-images.com)

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  • Thu 26 Mar 2015 05:58
  • Mon 28 Nov 2016 05:58
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  • Thu 3 Sep 2020 05:58
  • Mon 4 Apr 2022 05:58
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