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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jan-Paul Charteris" data-source="post: 1274205" data-attributes="member: 71800">I can accept Reed/Marsh are definite possibilities. I wanted to make a case for Garden as it surprised me that people were bouncing between Reed W and Blackcap, without considering the 'obvious' possibility of a species which to some degree shows characters intermediate between the two. The face character and grey neck sides reminded me of Garden but I admit the bill is a problem. I can try argue that it's the angle of the shot, but to be honest, it's an accro bill shape. Here's a photo of Marsh which to my eyes looks even more like the subject bird in terms of warm-capped impression and facial expression as well as bill (not that I'm arguing against Cau's Reed - on this photo it could only at best be Reed/Marsh, unless I'm missing something)Jan</blockquote>