General
Lanceolated Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with streaked grey-yellow body. Sexes are similar.
Range and Habitat
Lanceolated Warbler: Rare vagrant to the UK. Mainly an Asian species. Breeds from the central Urals in Russia east across Asia to Kamchatka, northern Japan and northeastern China. Prefers dense vegetation and often found in reeds, rushes, and grassy meadows.
Breeding and Nesting
Lanceolated Warbler: Three to five white eggs with grey or red brown spots are laid in a ground nest, usually next to the base of a bush or in a small hollow of dried grass and leaves.
Foraging and Feeding
Lanceolated Warbler: Feeds on insects and other invertebrates.
Readily Eats
Fruit, Suet
Vocalisation
Lanceolated Warbler: Song is a thin, insect-like reeling sound, similar to a grasshopper. Distinctive call is a metallic "rink-tink-tink", delivered infrequently; also an explosive "pwit" and excited "chack" when disturbed.
Similar Species
Lanceolated Warbler: Aquatic Warbler has dark crown and eyeline. Wren holds its tail upwards. Dunnock has grey undersides., Lanceolated Warbler: Aquatic Warbler has dark crown and eyeline. Wren holds its tail upwards. Dunnock has grey undersides.