Reed Bunting / Escribano palustre
Maximum size: 15 cm
They live in wetlands, ponds, reedbeds, rivers and dams. They spend
the winter in the lagoons in the south of Europe.
They can be seen amongst the reed where they spend the night.
They fly over the meadows, near the reedbeds, looking for food.
They can group with the common sparrows in large flocks. They feed
on insects and seeds.
They can be told apart from the sparrows because their chirpy, trill-call
is shorter and guttural, although they are both very similar.