dwatsonbirder
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As per the title, my understanding from previous experience of singing Marsh and Blyth's reed (the latter somewhat limited admittedly) is that this must be an abberant Reed warbler - the typical "chonky", plodding tempo song was also heard, but some of this is quite far beyond what I've heard Reed warbler produce before. The longer recordings contain a standard sounding reed warbler too, and you can hear this individual switch back to the expected song type in these.
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Bird was seen in a ditch adjacent to scrub, and was singing from phragmites, not ruderal vegetation. It was definitely an unstreaked acro, but I couldn't get detail on the primaries or colour of the upperparts.
Do I need to get out more?!
XC725058 Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Same individual as https://xeno-canto.org/724924, https://xeno-canto.org/725055, https://xeno-canto.org/725057 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

XC725061 Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Same individual as https://xeno-canto.org/724924, https://xeno-canto.org/725055, https://xeno-canto.org/725057, https://xeno-canto.org/725058 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

XC725057 Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Same individual as https://xeno-canto.org/724924 and https://xeno-canto.org/725055 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

XC725055 Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Same individual as https://xeno-canto.org/724924 bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

XC724924 Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Very unusual song, with phrases sounding almost like Marsh and Blyth's reed at times, with a fair amount of mimicry (Swallow, Goldfinch, Avocet, Blackbird). Another recording to be linked. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no

Bird was seen in a ditch adjacent to scrub, and was singing from phragmites, not ruderal vegetation. It was definitely an unstreaked acro, but I couldn't get detail on the primaries or colour of the upperparts.