Can't quite put my finger on this little chap I saw at Rainham Marshes today, can anyone shed a little light?
Anke "that rump shot is just adorable" UK SE Photographer of the Year 2009  30,454 posts Likes: 3 Joined Oct 2006 Location: Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK More info | May 23, 2007 10:40 | #1 Can't quite put my finger on this little chap I saw at Rainham Marshes today, can anyone shed a little light? Anke
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rrdjserv@earthlink.net Goldmember  2,124 posts Joined Feb 2005 Location: Bumpass, VA. More info | May 23, 2007 10:54 | #2 Perhaps some sort of Wren? Great job picking him out of the reeds. --Rick Sigma 500mm f/4.5, Canon EOS 7D, Canon T1i, Canon 300L f/4 IS, Canon 100mm macro, Tamron 17-50, Kenko extension tubes, Canon 580 Speedlite
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snappa Goldmember 1,757 posts Joined Jun 2005 Location: Kent, UK More info | May 23, 2007 11:23 | #3 Looks like a Wren to me too. www.pbase.com/snapz
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frankdatank Senior Member 320 posts Likes: 1 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Victoria, B.C. Canada More info | May 23, 2007 11:23 | #4 Bird in a marsh......Marsh Wren, of course... LOL Frank..............Victoria, BC, Canada
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Anke THREAD STARTER "that rump shot is just adorable" UK SE Photographer of the Year 2009 30,454 posts Likes: 3 Joined Oct 2006 Location: Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK More info | May 23, 2007 11:29 | #5 Hmmm we thought Wren too, but is it normal to have him flitting about in reeds? Anke
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Reyno Cream of the Crop  7,037 posts Joined Apr 2006 Location: Orlando, FL More info | May 23, 2007 11:32 | #6 Looks like a Carolina Wren in the U.S. but don't know how you call it in your neck of the woods, Very nice capture Anke. Best regards - Reyno
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KeithR Goldmember 2,856 posts Likes: 1 Joined Aug 2006 Location: Blyth, Northumberland, NE England More info | May 23, 2007 12:29 | #7 It is indeed a wren - or rather, "the" wren...
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Anke THREAD STARTER "that rump shot is just adorable" UK SE Photographer of the Year 2009 30,454 posts Likes: 3 Joined Oct 2006 Location: Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK More info | May 23, 2007 12:30 | #8 Keith R wrote in post #3254010  It is indeed a wren - or rather, "the" wren... We only have one wren in the UK, Troglodytes troglodytes. It's "winter wren" in the US. Thanks everyone. We should've listened to our first suspicions Anke
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