Overview

Family -Warblers and allies (Sylviidae).

A small, rather nondescript bird, Cetti's warbler (pronounced chetty) is a skulking bird and can prove very difficult to see. It usually makes its presence known with loud bursts of song and the first glimpse will probably be of a dark, rather stocky warbler with short wings and a full, rounded tail, diving for cover. It is one of the UK's most recent colonists, first breeding here in 1973.

Comment

These are very elusive birds and this is all I've managed so far in terms of a photograph.  Hopefully spring 2010 will bring more success.