warbler, south-west Portugal (1 Viewer)

marnixR

WYSIWYG

• Sep 24, 2018

• #1

i saw the following bird in the reed beds near the Lagoas de Santo André e Sancha on the south-west coast of Portugal in the first half of september

don't know if the picture quality insufficient for a definite ID, but in the hope that it is, could anyone help ?

 

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Stuart Darbyshire

45th generation Northern

• Sep 24, 2018

• #2

Zitting Cisticola

 

marnixR

WYSIWYG

• Sep 24, 2018

• #3

any defining characteristics you could point out ?

 

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THE_FERN

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Opus Editor

• Sep 24, 2018

• #4

marnixR said:

any defining characteristics you could point out ?

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Shape, colour. Note esp. the beak shape. The shape of the bird is pretty unlike other warblers you're likely to encounter in the reed bed like reed warbler. Although still dissimilar, it's perhaps closer to wren but the sandy colour rules this out, and also makes it different from Cetti's warbler, for example.

 

marnixR

WYSIWYG

• Sep 24, 2018

• #5

thank you very much

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Sep 24, 2018

• #6

marnixR said:

any defining characteristics you could point out ?

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THE_FERN said:

Shape, colour. Note esp. the beak shape. The shape of the bird is pretty unlike other warblers you're likely to encounter in the reed bed like reed warbler. Although still dissimilar, it's perhaps closer to wren but the sandy colour rules this out, and also makes it different from Cetti's warbler, for example.

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And a strong tendency to fly bouncing up-and-down, calling
'...... zit .............. zit .............. zit .............. zit .............. zit .............. zit .............. zit .............. zit .............. zit .............. zit .............. zit .............. zit .....'
rather interminably!