Hi,
thanks , Jane ,Colin , I did my best. I also like those you made, Jane -also the older ones. You wouldn´t like to see my first-well everyone has to start
I just found I still had the translation of the text, here it is. I could observe the bird for about 25 minutes before it finally flew off, but due to its movements in the grass it was about half of this time not very well visible. I don´t know if the description is of interest, but here it comes...
1.Warbler: Cullera Marshes, observed from 5 – 20 m distance
Size as Willow Warbler / Chiffchaff
2. Colour of bill: Do not remember exactly; dark?
3. light loam-yellowish coloured, sharp-bordered middle stripe on head, same colour as stripe above eyes, but narrower; a little bit of dark directly in front of eye, but no stripe from eye to base of bill
4. short thin stripes on feathers at the sides of breast, but inconspicuous; sides of breast/belly light brownish, lighter to the middle
5.Two clear conspicuous light stripes on back* (*similar colour as stripe above eye), between these stripes dark, getting lighter in direction to the tail, the lighter brown area above the tail has short dark stripes; those are clearest shortly above tail;
this bird is with much more contrasts in colours than Acrocephalus schoenobaenus or Acrocephalus melanopogon.
6. light stripes on back also conspicuous when bird flies; strange tail – pointed feathers?! look a bit like a treecreepers (Certhia) tail; no white in tail as would be with Cisticola juncidis
7. Legs seem to be light “brownish” / “meat coloured”
8. pointed tail
9. jumps and climbs alongside the grass stems, does not go onto ground, if goes into rice field, he sits sideways of the 15-20cm long stubbles; in the up to 70 cm maximum hight grass bushels at the roadside he often hangs with each leg on a different t grass stalk, sometimes short flights of several meters
--aquatic warbler Acrocephalus paludicola