Warbler

foxtail
Meadow foxtail and field maple at Alverthorpe Meadows.

A warbler signs its scratchy song from the branches of a willow at the balancing ponds at Alverthorpe Meadows. I record it to check out the song later but on my recording its drowned out by a louder, more melodious blackbird.

Foxtail grass
Meadow Foxtail

The warbler is very plain, so we’re torn between garden warbler and whitethroat. We need to get a closer look . . . and a clearer recording