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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jan-Paul Charteris" data-source="post: 1274175" data-attributes="member: 71800">The part of the bird which loses 'warm' colouration most, and becomes grey in the amended pics is the side of the neck, a feature which best supports Garden Warbler, Garden Warbler can look warmer capped, as can Reed, but bill colour and the amount the culmen curves towards the tip look like Garden to me (given the angle of the photo which would make bill look slimmer and culmen less curved). Eye-ring as far as I have seen is never as complete as this on Blackcap, which show at least partly broken on top, and usually only bottom half eye-ring. Compare this link <a href="http://www.tarsiger.com/gallery/index.php?p=pics&sp=find&lang=eng&species=70990&family=&sex=&age=&country=&manner=&year=&photo=&pic_method=&pic_type=&place=&order=nro%2Cpaiva+DESC&sel=&find=find&r=0" target="_blank">http://www.tarsiger.com/gallery/index.php?p=pics&sp=find&lang=eng&species=70990&family=&sex=&age=&country=&manner=&year=&photo=&pic_method=&pic_type=&place=&order=nro%2Cpaiva+DESC&sel=&find=find&r=0</a>- 3 pages with many Blackcap photos, not one of which shows complete eye-ring. Also attaching 2 photos, one of each species, with fem Blackcap showing typical eye-ring, and Garden showing how the cap can look darker/warmer compared with face and neck sidesJan</blockquote>