For ID only Please

[tarric]

This little chap flew into our window the other night so took it in and kept it over night in the morning its flying wasn't to good so took it to the local wildlife sanctuary I was just wondering if any one had any idea what it might be. my first thoughts was juvenile goldcrest due to its small size only 3-4 inches or one of the warblers.


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[Big Andy]

Looks like a warbler of some sort to me, Sedge or Willow looking at the eye stripe. But I'm not the best at these little brown jobbies.

 

[Neil B]

Good work rescuing the little Chiffchaff

 

[Big Andy]

Good work rescuing the little Chiffchaff

Did say I'm not much good for LBJs.

 

[mark richards]

not sure what it is?...but its not a chiffchaff...

 

[Sir Bluto]

Reed Warbler I think

 

[mex]

It does'nt look like a phyllosc to me, the bill appears too heavy and the tail looks too long, reed warbler would be my shout.

 

[tarric]

Well the good news is that it has survived and was released earlier today. To help with the ID I live in the center of a small town in south west Scotland. I now that these are quite hard to ID a lot of them are very similar.

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[jerry12953]

My guess would be chiffchaff, judging by the leg colour.

Bearing in mind it was in the centre of a town reed warbler would be most unlikely, even on migration. I think the supercilium rules reed warbler out too.

 

[Pablosammy]

Another vote for chiffchaff