British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Conservation Status: RED
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline,
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
RED
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern: RED (Recent Decline)
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
Average Day of First Arrival:
European Population Size:
Summer: Trend in Numbers )
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe mapped by the EBCC Atlas
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: Bern(III), Bonn(II)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
5.55 ± 0.85 (3 - 7) N = 119
Incubation:
14.07 ± 0.59 (13 - 15.5) N = 119
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
11.77 ± 0.93 (10 - 13) N = 183
as:
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
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Number Ringed: Annual Totals
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
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Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
63.6 ± 1.7
Range
57.0 - 70.0 mm, (N = 790)
Juvenile:
64.1 ± 1.6
Range
57.0 - 70.0 mm, (N = 13185)
Male:
64.5 ± 1.6
Range
59.0 - 70.0 mm, (N = 221)
Female:
63.3 ± 1.6
Range
60.0 - 68.0 mm, (N = 95)
Weight
Adult:
13.26 ± 1.13
Range
9.60 - 17.30 g , (N =725)
Juvenile:
13.0 ± 1.0
Range
9.0 - 17.2 . , (N =12786)
Male:
13.11 ± 0.93
Range
10.20 - 16.60 g , (N =193)
Female:
13.46 ± 1.46
Range
10.70 - 16.70 g , (N =85)
Seasonal:
Summer 13.15 ± 1.03 (N = 1500)
Autumn 13.51 ± 1.04 (N = 925)
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Gaelic:
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Danish: Græshoppesanger
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Irish: Ceolaire Casarnaí
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Portuguese:
Spanish: Buscarla pintoja
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Order:
Passeriformes
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