Nice usually they got their head stuffed into the water
Like the action shot
Only in Florida folks...
You've given me an excuse to open my copy of Roger Tory Peterson's "Birds of Britain & Europe"! The closest match to a brown, orange-breasted, orange-faced and white-bellied avian is either a Robin or a Red-throated Thrush. Its size is tough to gauge by the angle of the photo, but I'll go with a Robin as this one looks to be smaller (14cm) vs the Thrush's 23cm.
It is the European Robin.
When was your guide published? I am wondering if it was before they broke off the Red-Throat from the Black-Throat. The Red-Throat is mostly found in the mountains in eastern Asia but there was a report (no idea how accurate) of one in Southeastern UK.
When I took the photograph I first thought it was a Robin, I even named the file Robin! But looking at the photograph I thought he looked quite a bit different to Robins I've seen in Greenwich Park. He seems too elegant to be a Robin - he's not as plump as most Robins appear, his head and beak also look different to a Robin, his beak looks pretty long, but it could just be the angle.......... but now that I write this, and take another look at him, I think his shadow makes his beak look much longer than it actually is, so the beak is probably about right for a Robin. But aren't his legs rather long for a Robin?
The legs could just look long because of the angle of the shot. From what I see there are not many birds typically found in that area that have a red/orange chest and mask, with a tan/brown cap and white belly that are small birds. It clearly isn't a European Stonechat, or Eurasian Linnet, or Eurasian Nuthatch as none of those have red/orange face masks. That leaves us with European Robin and Common Chaffinch. I guess it could be some hybrid version of a Robin but I don't think there is enough to go on with that image for anyone look into it.
If you are going to continue to do birding in that area you should consider an updated version.
