gropper
(UK, informal, birdwatching) The grasshopper warbler.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, informal, birdwatching) The grasshopper warbler.
Enjoyed a wide range of Sedge warblers, heard a gropper, and saw a spoonbill, and our first house martins and swifts of the year. The avocets were grand (nearly 50 of them) and not as argumentative as usual at his time of the year.
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