ID Help please ?

Caught this little Beauty beside the river first time i,ve ever seen one..............

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I can't help with the ID but it's a wonderful shot!

beautiful little bird

I think it's a Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) or Chiff-chaff (Phylloscopus collybita).

Keesbeest wrote in post #11411463
I think it's a Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) or Chiff-chaff (Phylloscopus collybita).

Yes it's either of these two.

I suspect it's a Willow Warbler because it seems a little more yellow and the eye stripe seems a little more pronounced.

Only two ways to be sure is listen to the call it makes or check it's feathers on its wing.

However checking feathers means you have to catch the bird which is a big NO NO unless you are licenced to do so.

Beautiful shot!

That is a beautiful catch.

Its a Willow Warbler. The way to tell them from Chiffers is the WW has a longer primary projection.
Nearly as long as the tertial length whereas chiffers have short stubby projections.
When did you take this? All the Willow Warblers should be gone by now. If it was recent he better hurry up and go before its too late!
Nice shot of one, they never stay still for long.