Odd passerine from Priorat, Catalonia, Spain (1 Viewer)

[BirdBoyBen]

Taken on a school trip. Might not be possible to ID due to picture quality, but any ideas appreciated!

 

[John Cantelo]

Superficially it looks most like a female Blackcap, but the colouration is 'off', the bill looks too short and stubby, the cheeks too white and the shape doesn't look at all right. Shape-wise it looks rather tit-like and I suppose it could be an aberrant Marsh Tit, but the pale wing bar and its general 'feel' suggests it might just be an extremely odd 'leucistic'(?) Great Tit

 

[AllanM]

Struggling with the photo but the nearest thing I can guess is Marsh Tit although i think this would be at the southern limit of it's range. Just an idea.

 

[BirdBoyBen]

Thanks guys, sadly I didn't see it any better than the picture shows as (disgracefully) I forgot my binoculars.

 

[Allen S. Moore]

I think that it is over exposed photo of a female blackcap, quite a common species in Catalunya. Priorat is too far south in Catalunya for marsh tits according to the atlases that I have.

BTW, Priorat is a novel place for a school trip!

 

[Mark Lew1s]

I think that it is over exposed photo of a female blackcap, quite a common species in Catalunya. Priorat is too far south in Catalunya for marsh tits according to the atlases that I have.

BTW, Priorat is a novel place for a school trip!

Agree - with the ID anyway! Don't know anything about Priorat...

 

[Allen S. Moore]

Agree - with the ID anyway! Don't know anything about Priorat...

Priorat red wine is even better than Rioja (my opinion, anyway!), so maybe the venue was chosen with the staff members in mind!

 

[P.Sunesen]

Priorat red wine is even better than Rioja (my opinion, anyway!), so maybe the venue was chosen with the staff members in mind!

:t:

 

[phil baber]

Blasted capture. But Marsh Tit for me...

 

[Nutcracker]

Blackcap for me too; doesn't look like a Marsh Tit at all.