ID help please.. small bird/Reed Warbler?

[htcdude]

Originally Posted by sweedie

I just found an interesting article on another species of reed warbler apparently (large billed reed warbler) the same size as ours but with shorter wings and a longer beak here is a link i found quite interesing Acrocephalus orinus (large-billed reed warbler) | Natural History Museum

They're an odd looking bird, like a normal Reed Warbler but all out of proportion

Yours is definitely a a normal Reed Warbler though I'm afraid. I don't think Large-billed Reed Warbler has been recorded here before.

Also just so you know I wasn't having a dig at your photo, it's far better than I could do!

Nige

[Shrike]

To be honest i never realised how big the great reed warbler is though i guess the clues in the name
i knew it was a rare vagrant V2 listed in collins ,however most people reckon any official rarity count with the British rarities committee can be timesed by around 30 to get the actual number of birds which have been over here and never identified , so i wouldn't be amazed if one day one of the pics for i.d on here threw up a mega.

[sweedie]

No none recorded here! be lovely to discover a new species without even trying though wouldn't it

Oh and Nige i didn't think you were having a go at my photograph you are right the detail isn't there! good camera but a begginer behind the wheel so to speak my skills will improve when i get my hands on a proper zoom lens lol i hope