Hello. i took this at the weekend. i know its a warbler but what type is It?
I would be greatful for any help given
Thanks
It looks very much like a Chiffchaff.
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I agree with Buzzard Its a chiffchaff
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Buzzard said: It looks very much like a Chiffchaff. Regards Buzzard
I struggle with warblers. How did you distinguish this from a willow warbler, Buzzard?
TJ
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Hi,
as it has pale legs and a good supercilium without an obvious full eye ring I am happy it's a Willow Warbler :)
S
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seymouraves said:as it has pale legs and a good supercilium without an obvious full eye ring I am happy it's a Willow Warbler :)
I'm glad you said that seymour. I was beginning to lose confidence as I'd initially thought willow warbler.
Unknown said: as it has pale legs and a good supercilium without an obvious full eye ring I am happy it's a Willow Warbler :) I'm glad you said that seymour. I was beginning to lose confidence as I'd initially thought willow warbler. TJ [/quote] Hi TJ I based it been a Chiffchaff. As I thought I could see a broken eye-ring, lower eye-lid appeared white. As Seymour has mentioned the leg, at my end it appears dark ( what tiny bit is showing ) so again I was more inclined to go Chiffchaff. The Supercilium is medium long, but in some Chiffchaff it is not very prominent. The lores appeared dark and the bill appeared fine and dark. The thin pale stripe over the eye. This is what I used to base the identification for a Chiffchaff. There are a number of other criteria, but again the easiest is the call and song of both species. If you are confident with your id go with your gut instinct, I'm often wrong on the forum as trying to make an identification from a photo can be very misleading. The colours can be over exposed or under exposed, my pc is old so I often have to copy photo's and brighten them to see if it makes it easier to make an id. The other thing to remember is that Mother Nature likes to throw abnormalies in as well, this weekend for instance when ringing a Bluetit. The wing length of this bird was 75mm which would be the wing length for a Male. The bird was a Female as it had a brood patch and was in the stages of laying. Regards Buzzard Nature Is Amazing - Let Us Keep It That Way
Hi TJ
I based it been a Chiffchaff. As I thought I could see a broken eye-ring, lower eye-lid appeared white.
As Seymour has mentioned the leg, at my end it appears dark ( what tiny bit is showing ) so again I was more inclined to go Chiffchaff.
The Supercilium is medium long, but in some Chiffchaff it is not very prominent.
The lores appeared dark and the bill appeared fine and dark.
The thin pale stripe over the eye.
This is what I used to base the identification for a Chiffchaff. There are a number of other criteria, but again the easiest is the call and song of both species.
If you are confident with your id go with your gut instinct, I'm often wrong on the forum as trying to make an identification from a photo can be very misleading. The colours can be over exposed or under exposed, my pc is old so I often have to copy photo's and brighten them to see if it makes it easier to make an id.
The other thing to remember is that Mother Nature likes to throw abnormalies in as well, this weekend for instance when ringing a Bluetit. The wing length of this bird was 75mm which would be the wing length for a Male. The bird was a Female as it had a brood patch and was in the stages of laying.
i forgot to mention that it had a different song to the distict song of the chiffchaff.
wildlifegirl21 said: i forgot to mention that it had a different song to the distict song of the chiffchaff.
That was a fairly crucial piece of information. Go on admit it, you've been teasing us. LOL
seymouraves said: Hi, as it has pale legs and a good supercilium without an obvious full eye ring I am happy it's a Willow Warbler :) S
The face pattern almost exactly matches the spring Willow Warbler illustration in the large format Collins Guide- Killian did a great job as usual :)
Hi Wildlifegirl21,
I have had another view of the photo and brightened it up a bit, I can now see the buff - white to pale yellow underside. I can also just make out the pale yellowish brown leg.
Now you have provided the additional information, I would therefore be more inclined to agree with TJ and Seymouraves that it is a Willow Warbler.