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                      | Image Description: | 
                      A Grasshopper Warbler rests on the rocks | 
                     
                     
                      | Image notes:  | 
                      Nesting was suspected at Virkie in 1988 and was the only recorded breeding attempt in Shetland. | 
                     
                     
                      | Species in Image:  | 
                      Grasshopper Warbler | 
                     
                     
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                      | Old Haa Image Reference Number: | 
                      btc02049 | 
                     
                   
 
 
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| Common Name | 
Grasshopper Warbler | 
 
 
| Latin Name | 
Locustella naevia | 
 
 
| Latin Group Name | 
Passeriformes | 
 
 
| Latin Family Name | 
Sylviidae | 
 
 
| Common Family Name | 
Warblers | 
 
 
| Description | 
Fairly rare passage migrant.  In 1988 a pair were thought to have nested.
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