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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gander" data-source="post: 3477855" data-attributes="member: 138487">Little Bunting vs Reed Bunting is something that I have had cause to study up on recently. Photo quality makes this hard because I can't quite pick out if the culmen is straight or not. And of course the crown is not shown. In favour of Little Bunting however, is the distinct whitish wing bar with the greyish patch above it. Also, the legs appear nice and pink; typical of adult summer/first winter. Again hard to tell from the photo, but to my eye, there does appear to be a fine eye ring.Face markings and colouring are a little weak, but that may be photo quality in the case of the colouring.I'm not experienced enough to say yes or no, but my thoughts favour Little Bunting based on available evidence.</blockquote>