Denmark. Siberian chiffchaff? (1 Viewer)

[testoduro]

Hi, last week, this bird (I think the same in the two pictures) has some unusual features for a chiffchaff: quite pale legs, absence of green or yellow, noticeable eye ring.
I wonder if it fits into Siberian.
Thanks!

 

[maplekong]

Hi, as an observer it looks ok, but I will leave it to others with more knowledge than me. Are there any other culprits (lil' brown things that dart off into bushes and leave you annoyed) where you saw them? Warblers all look the same to me.

 

[testoduro]

Hi, as an observer it looks ok, but I will leave it to others.

Thanks, maplekong. Someone in another forum suggested Willow Warbler, northern variation. He may be right.

 

[Butty]

Someone in another forum suggested Willow Warbler

Nope (primary projection).

 

[testoduro]

Nope (primary projection).

So, if it's not a WW, what might it be?
And... isn't there a long primary projection visible in pic 1? Or is it just a shade?

 

[KenM]

The pp you refer to in pic1. is quite short testoduro, the problem with Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler is that their respective “dress codes” can be extremely variable and overlap somewhat.
Your bird looks to be a Chiffchaff on pp, had the images been sharper, you might well have been able to count the emarginations- 4 for Chiffchaff and 3 for Willow Warbler.
It’s a pity that the images weren’t clearer, because pale to white legged Chiffs…I’ve certainly never come across and I see quite a few.👍

 

[Butty]

pale to white legged Chiffs

The toes are pale. Given the low quality of the photos (no offence) it's impossible to be sure about the tarsus ('leg') colour, but it's fairly clearly dark - certainly not white.