Is anyone able to identify which this is. The photo was taken at Attingham Park in Shropshire today
Hi Alan , no picture has uploaded on either of your posts
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AlanP-439978630 said:Sorry about that. Hard to help me out without a picture! I'll try the download again
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Thanks for that. Interesting about the shape. There were at least 2 similar birds amongst a mixed flock of tits. I have another photo from shortly afterwards which I don't think is the same bird but I assumed is the same species.
I read somewhere that all identification features overlap somewhat between marsh and willow except for the calls. I tried to find that article but I came across this instead which says that even the calls can be misleading. I didn't read the whole thing but near the end there's a table of the different ID features and how reliable they are. Applying that table to the second picture you posted I see ''No contrast between whitish cheek and whitish neck side" (willow) and "Whitish marks on proximal area of upper mandible" (marsh) and these two are high reliability indicators.
I always assume such things are marsh tits because they are commoner and I have yet to hear one make a willow tit call.