Warbler at Aylesbeare (1 Viewer)

[Steve.Jonesy]

Can you help me ID this warbler I took at RSPB Aylesbeare yesterday
Many thanks Steve

 

[KenM]

Chiffchaff….and it has a yellow fore-super….😮….although conventional wisdom might suggest otherwise, however the wings look short to me.

Cheers

 

[Steve.Jonesy]

Chiffchaff….and it has a yellow fore-super….😮….although conventional wisdom might suggest otherwise, however the wings look short to me.

Cheers

Yeah I thought Chiff but the yellow 🤷

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Very pink legs for a Chiffchaff

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

This looks like Sulphur-bellied Warbler to me, based on these pictures.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,

I hesitate to comment, but as I fully agree with Andrew, that is excellent to post this bird on the rare-birds forum to alert others (still no thank you button on BF ...). I think the choice is between a Chiffchaff and a WW (I havent seen SBW),

I would expect to see warm, pale orange/brown eyes in this if this would be a Dunnock and a more spikey, down-curved bill for this.

At first I thought, this surely has to be a Willow Wabler, but the wings seems stubby. And although pp cant be judged with these pictures, I cant loose the feeling, that pp is to short for a WW.

Any more pictures? And I hope for more comments and I hope this turns out to be a SBW for all british birders!

 

[Andy Adcock]

It really looks like SbW!

 

[Steve.Jonesy]

On reviewing I fioumd another pic where the bird turned slightly and the yellow-ness disappeared. So I think it was a strong sun reflection on a Chiffchaff🤷

 

[ApusApus]

And the legs, well the one you can see, now look dark!


Shane

 

[Butty]

And the legs, well the one you can see, now look dark!

We can see two: one pal(ish), in the sun; one looking darker, because it's in the shade.