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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hotspur" data-source="post: 1291825" data-attributes="member: 11053"><p>Sorry, been away from the computer a lot but it was next to a Garden Warbler and was only 2/3 the size. There was a DIRECT comparison. This leaves confusion with Phylloscs possible. Well no because the colour - was very washed out grey-brown rules out everything bar WW. So why wasnt it a Willow Warbler? The super was too indistinct not strong behind the eye, the eye was very isolated not close to the bill and it was a very elgant and rangy bird when compared with a WW albeit the same size. For me the bill felt too straight for WW coming off a steep forhead giving a hippo/acro feel. The undersides had no colouring and were white. I cant remember much about the primary projection and the photos are poor and blurred so im not prepared to use that as Hard evidence but am able to appreciate that it doesnt support Booted. When we were there it was being touted as Eastern Olivaceous which I immediately felt was wrong. I also looked at the photo of the Sykes warbler on Portland and that bird had a much longer bill than the flamboro bird. This leaves Paddyfield of the rare birds to be ruled out. As I have said it was very washed out without the richer brown tones a Paddyfield would be expected to have so Im confident with Booted as the ID. As for jizz it didnt move like a phyllosc, moree akin to the garden warblers it was with but more active. Its tail movements were up and down very slowly and deliberately, no flicking.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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