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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hannu" data-source="post: 1254821" data-attributes="member: 19244">I don't know does it very prudent to give opinion to the case, which looks rather contradictory. First of all, it looks very interesting individual, which has at least almost a full grown wings. Thus that indicate that the bill is also almost full length too. Even this bird has a little bit phyllocs face (especially very rounded head, which perhaps due to adjusted neck), Phyllosc-option can rule out e.g. the number of primary tips (this case has obviously 9, phyllocs has 7 or so), the supposed shape of tail (most propably rounded), the eye size (looks relatively bigger than small sized Phyllosc eyes), the lenght of primary projection (looks relative long, almost same lenght as the lenght of tertials, which can be also in Willow, but tail projection perhaps too long for Willow), obvious one emargination (p8) etc.According to the Garden Warbler, the shape of bill does not fit to that species (should be heavier base than this case and more curved upper edge of upper mandible), neither tail projection (tail looks too long compared to the length of the trailing edge of wing), the number of primary tips is usually at most 8 in this species, etc…So I think that Reed Warbler is a good option for this case. Only one disturbing detail for Reed is perhaps the colour of legs, which should be paler in juvenile, but it can due to photo too…</blockquote>