Saturday 23 October 2021

Hume's Warbler in Shetland

 A Humes Warbler was found at Boddam by Paul Harvey on Tuesday and i managed to catch up with the bird on Friday morning.


It was a bright but very breezy morning, up to Force 7 winds with an occasional shower


Only three other local birders when i arrived and the bird showed straight away chased by Siberian Chiff Chaffs , three birds plus a (Collybrita race) Chiffchaff and a Robin.



It arrived with a large fall of Thrush, which had now reduced to a few hundred Redwing most on the edge of the road, a few Fieldfare and one Song Thrush also showed.



It was very fast moving flitting among the bushes but occasionally called and pearch on the wall. The wing bar and eye strip could easily be picked out on this Goldcrest sized bird



This is the first time i have seen this species and more confiding than i thought, difficult though to get photos as it was very mobile



The Humes Leaf Warbler is a bird from the mountain region of inner Asia and mainly winters in India.








The Hume's was still in the same garden today









The first Shetland mainland Humes Warbler was back in 11 December 2011 at Kergord, although others had been seen on the islands

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