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| Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus [Linnaeus, 1758] | |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Sylviidae |
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BTO Codes:
QW , GRRWA
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EURING No: 12530 | |
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Number in Britain:
4 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
arundinaceus recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
20 cm
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Wingspan: 26 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 33 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: akros=pointed + kephale=head and L.: arundo=reed + -aceus=resembling |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS, Europe, c Asia, nw Africa, WINTERS: tropical & s Africa |
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Habitat:
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Reedbed |
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Diet:
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Mostly insects, some spiders, snails, small vertebrates, fruits |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
Northumberland, 1847
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
201
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
May/June
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Angus & Dundee
(1997),
Borders
(1997),
Fife
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Highland
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Lothian
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Northeast
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Orkney
(2004),
Shetland
(2002),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2002),
Durham
(1995),
Northumberland
(1998),
East Yorkshire
(1993),
North Yorkshire
(1984),
West Yorkshire
(1999),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
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Lancashire
(2003),
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English Midlands:
Leicestershire
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Northamptonshire
(2000),
Nottinghamshire
(1997),
Shropshire
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Warwickshire
(1979),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
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Essex
(2004),
Hertfordshire
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Lincolnshire
(2001),
Norfolk
(1998),
Suffolk
(1998),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1990),
Hampshire
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Kent
(2003),
Surrey
(2002),
East Sussex
(1998),
West Sussex
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South-west England:
Cornwall
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Devon
(2004),
Dorset
(2002),
Gloucestershire
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Somerset
(1969),
Isles of Scilly
(1997),
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Wales:
Gwynedd
(1991),
Pembrokeshire
(2002),
Powys
(1988),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Telor Mawr y Cyrs |
| Danish: Drosselrørsanger | Dutch: Grote karekiet |
| Finnish: Rastaskerttunen | French: Rousserolle turdoïde |
| German: Drosselrohrsänger | Hungarian: Nádirigó |
| Icelandic: Reyrsöngvari | Irish: Mórcheolaire Giolcaí |
| Italian: Cannareccione | Norwegian: Trostesanger |
| Polish: Trzciniak zwyczajny | Portuguese: Rouxinol-grande-dos-caniços |
| Spanish: Carricero tordal | Swedish: Trastsångare |
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