Some more photos of the pale chiffchaff at Barrow sewage works!

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Over the weekend myself, Steve James and Colin Green have spent quite a bit of time at Barrow sewage works to try and photo a pale Chiffchaff which show characteristics of Siberian Chiffchaff.
Although this bird has been elusive at times and for some strange reason hasn't yet responded to my recordings of tristis, abietinus or collybita calls, I feel this bird is probably a Siberian Chiffchaff!?!
See what you think with the photos below?...








 
 

Comments

Martyn Yapp said…
Tricky at that distance, like the appearance of pale tertail edges and the suggestion of a pale wingbar. Must be Tristis!
18 March 2013 at 20:15
davidearlgray said…
Cheers Martyn, I just wished the bloody bird would call!
18 March 2013 at 23:31
Anonymous said…
Any chance of a detailed description of the plumage tones etc? It's impossible to glean much from photos.
21 March 2013 at 12:24
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