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larvse, are aquatic. Like the Reed Warbler, it is only- 

 known as a summer visitor. 



The Grasshopper 

 Locustella naevia naevia (Boddaert). Warbler is dis- 

 tinctly a marsh 

 bird, but is nowhere abundant in Cheshire. It probably 

 nests in the marshy part of Harper's Bank, where its 

 curious reeling note ma}' constantly be heard in spring. 



Of the warblers of the 

 Sylvia comvmnis Latham. genus Sylvia, four of 



which occur regularly 

 in the woods, only one, the Common Whitethroat, can be 

 said to be aquatic in its habits. It is sometimes common 

 in spring in the osier beds at the Gale Bog and the south 

 end of the mere. 



The Song Thrush 

 Turdus inerula merula Linnaeus. nests occasionally 



close to the water's 

 edge and even on the ground in the osier beds, but of all 

 the thrushes the Blackbird is the most frequent as a 

 waterside feeder. In winter a few may be generally met 

 with feeding along the landward edge of the reed fringe. 



The Whinchat, an in- 

 Saxicola riibetra (Linnaeus), sectivorous summer vis- 

 itor, nests regularly in 

 the osier beds and feeds on the margin of the mere 

 amongst the aquatic vegetation. 



The chief reason 

 Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus) for including the 



Wren as a factor 

 in the regulation of the numbers of aquatic insects is that 

 few of the woodland birds are more frequently to be met 

 with in the reeds. Not only does it haunt the reed-beds 

 for food, but it may be met with seeking insects amongst 



