I think I'm right this time. This is a nightingale

Although I'm ready to be corrected.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Q817​DE

I have no clue on the ID, but I do know it's a beautiful photo!

I'm not going to guess this time, still a lovely photo though

SJC from VT wrote in post #18251108
I have no clue on the ID, but I do know it's a beautiful photo!

cookiejay wrote in post #18251149
I'm not going to guess this time, still a lovely photo though

Thank you both for your replies. At least you Commented. Which I really appreciate.

No idea what kind of bird, I do agree with the other post, great photo.

Sorry, the browns are still not rufous enough for a Nightingale. Also, Nightingale has a weaker bill and doesn't have the pale stripe over the eye. This is a Reed Warbler (assuming you took the shot in the UK). Incidentally Nightingales are devilishly difficult birds to see. They typically skulk in very dense cover and rarely show themselves, even when singing, although where there are a lot of them you can usually end up getting a view. I once came across a newly arrived migrant singing its heart out in, of all places, a coastal roadside lane. It had no more cover to hide in than a thin, scraggly hedge growing on a grassy bank, but even though it moved around a bit and I spent 15 minutes looking for it, I never did see it!

Thank you Jack. I am sure you are correct. I wasn't certain myself. The shot was taken in Hungary a few years ago, and one of our group said he thought it was a nightingale. It could have been a reed warbler, as there were ditches linnig the roadside that were reed-filled. Not ditches like we have in the UK, but really wide ones. So, thank you. I stand corrected.

I can now state that I don't have a shot of a nightingale. But it was worth asking!

Becky

Although it's difficult to tell from one pic, the geographical location and general bulky appearance of the bird coupled with its chosen perch I think would point towards Great Reed Warbler.

They approach the size of a song thrush and you can hear the song from a long way away plus they will sing from exposed perches on bushes (as seen here) whereas Reed Warblers usually sing while skulking in lower vegetation.

Happy to be proved wrong though!
Dave.

Not a nightingale and sorry I cannot comment on whether its a GRW but a nice catch anyway! If you want an id it may help if you state where the photo was taken (and when).
TFS