A secretive Eurasian warbler whose song is a high-pitched mechanical-sounding trill.
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Genus Locustella, family Sylviidae: several species, in particular the widespread L. naevia
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Insect life is increasing rapidly, encouraging birds such as snipe, curlew, grasshopper warbler, sedge warbler, and whinchat.
The grasshopper warbler is a widely distributed but fairly scarce summer visitor, arriving in May and leaving in August.
The other species that have been put on the list are the marsh tit, willow tit, ring ouzel, grasshopper warbler, Savi's warbler, lesser spotted woodpecker and yellowhammer.
The whitethroat is also quite common, while as many as six grasshopper warblers were heard in song on one count - quite a high number for this very skulking species which likes long wet grass and scrub.
The swamp is home to nesting reed buntings, sedge warblers and grasshopper warblers.