Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield. Grasshopper Warblers instead, although occupying similar habitats, don't have the very white throat and are more diminutive and make a distinctive grasshopper-like noise. Sedge Warblers, also similar habitat, instead have a distinctive supercilium. Males and females look alike.

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (10/05/2009) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield. Grasshopper Warblers instead, although occupying similar habitats, don't have the very white throat and are more diminutive and make a distinctive grasshopper-like noise. Sedge Warblers, also similar habitat, instead have a distinctive supercilium. Males and females look alike.

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (31/05/2008) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield. Probably two males having a face-off!

Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield. Incredibly tricky to photograph especially when wielding a 500mm lens! They almost always skulk around in the reeds, hence the name!

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (31/05/2008) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield. Incredibly tricky to photograph especially when wielding a 500mm lens! They almost always skulk around in the reeds, hence the name!

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (31/05/2008) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield.

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (10/05/2009) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield.

Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield. Its song is very different from a Grasshopper Warbler (or "Gropper" as us birdwatchers like to say!).

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (10/05/2009) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield. Its song is very different from a Grasshopper Warbler (or "Gropper" as us birdwatchers like to say!).

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (10/05/2009) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield.

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (10/05/2009) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield. This one for a change was more out in the open.

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (10/05/2009) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield.

Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield. But this is the usual view when trying to photograph one!

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (10/05/2009) Woods Mill Nature Reserve, Small Dole, Henfield. But this is the usual view when trying to photograph one!