The Sedge Warbler is a small passerine with a breeding range that covers much of Europe and western Asia. They are strongly migratory, with migrating birds flying over the vast Sahara desert on their way to wintering grounds in central and southern Africa.

Where do sedge warblers go in winter?

All sedge warblers spend winter in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east, and as far south as the eastern Cape Province of South Africa and northern Namibia. The route taken on the southward migration, and eventual wintering grounds, correspond to the birds' breeding grounds.

Do warblers migrate?

Long distance migrant. ... Like many other migrating songbirds, Yellow Warblers from eastern North America fly across the Gulf of Mexico in a single nonstop journey; some Yellow Warblers in fall take an overland route around the Gulf.