Savi's Warbler
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Locustella luscinioides
Very rare Summer visitors from April-August up to 5 pairs in Britain & Winters in tropical Africa.
Breeds across Europe from Mid April-August/September.
The upper parts are a uniform dark reddish-brown, sometimes with a slight greenish tinge.
It has indistinct buff eye-stripes, dark lores and pale brown ear-coverts.
The chin, throat and belly are whitish-buff and the rest of the underparts sandy brown.
The legs are brown.
The song is a trill very similar to that of the Grasshopper Warbler but slightly lower pitched and less prolonged.
It is often preceded by a series of low ticks which gradually merge into the trill.
The bird sings from high on a reed head with open beak and vibrating throat.