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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacNara" data-source="post: 4178179" data-attributes="member: 23290">I know (for regulars) that I may be sounding like a very broken repeating record on this point, but......why not adjust your photos before posting to get the best possible chance of a good ID?This washed-out photo, even as posted on the internet (and not the original on the poster's computer) still had enough information left to produce the attached photo with a bit of adjustment of 'levels'.And it's also simple to post a full-scale thumbnail rather than the square thing which sometimes doesn't even show the bird at all, and often doesn't show the important features for an ID.[ATTACH]1381598[/ATTACH]I don't much know your European birds, even in their African migration stage, but I would go for Whitethroat on the basis of my adjustment of the OP's photo because of the white eye-ring alone leaving out the fact that the rest of the plumage and pp seem to support this ID.</blockquote>