ML630803200

Observation details

I had entered the recording on Xeno Canto as a Sedge Warbler (I had just observed several Segde Warblers in the area and no Reed Warblers, so I didn't think any further). Ulf Elman pointed out to me that the sound was more reminiscent of an Acrocephalus scirpaceus/baeticatus. Ulf's remark did indeed make me doubt (thanks to him) and in hindsight, I recognize that the song is more reminiscent of a reed warbler than a sedge warbler, but I can't find the usual raspy notes of scirpaceus. I'm a bit confused by the different ssp within scirpaceus group and baeticatus group, but the relatively fluttery/whistled notes (especially towards the end of the recording) point me more towards a bird from the “African Reed Warbler group”. I can't say for sure! So all your opinions are welcome! (bird not seen, recorder placed for a few minutes in a shrub in the middle of the water at the edge of a large shallow wetland).