Help req'd to ID this small bird, please.

Posted 20/06/2022 - 14:09 Link
I'm not sure what this bird is, Lesser Whitethroat? or a Warbler perhaps, there were a few inquisitive youngsters fluttering around and a parent which I think I snapped.
KP with DA* 300 F4 WR together with the 1.4 TC. On a country lane BTW about half a mile from the South West Coastal path.
Any help with ID greatly accepted

1. Adult ?
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2. Youngster.
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Jumbo48
Posted 20/06/2022 - 14:30 Link
It looks like a Whitethroat to me but I stand to be corrected.
Regards John/Jumbo
JohnX
Posted 20/06/2022 - 14:54 Link
I'd say Whitethroat too, not least because I saw one for the first time yesterday, not ten feet away! And boy, what a song!!!!
johnriley
Posted 20/06/2022 - 15:32 Link
According to the Picture Bird! App it's a Common Whitethroat, aka Sylvia babbler or Greater whitethroat, scientific name Sylvia communis
Best regards, John
Posted 20/06/2022 - 19:14 Link
Thank you all peeps, I have been reading on the RSPB site and going by the not so dark cheeks it is a Whitethroat - Sylvia Communis as John pointed out. Cheers.
Pwynnej
Posted 21/06/2022 - 09:33 Link
I would've said some sort of Warbler, but then I have a number of Whitethroat images although from a different angles.

I usually use Seek, which is sometimes rather hopeless......
Z-1p, K-1, P50
F50 1.7. SMC-FAs 24, 35, 50 1.4, 85, 135. HD-FA15-30, DFA24-70, D-FA*70-200. The SMC-FA Limited Trinity.
Metz 45 CL-4, AF500FTZ. AF540FGZ.
Some Mamiya and some Nikon, and a Canon T70.

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