Humes Warbler? Kent, UK Feb 2023 (1 Viewer)

[xaviertaylor]

Hi all - Just wanted to check the ID on this. Unexpectedly came across this in a load of scrub - am I right in thinking Humes Warbler?
Thanks for your help

 

[Richard Prior]

Has that dingy Hume’s look about it to my untrained eye ( I’ve only ever seen one!).
You don’t give the date or location, has one been reported from where you saw it?

 

[foresttwitcher]

has one been reported from where you saw it?

One reported on Birdguides at Sandgate, Kent from 11th - 22 February.

 

[Richard D]

As far as I know the Dover park bird is still about too - keep meaning to pop down there, but still haven't got round to it

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

Hi all - Just wanted to check the ID on this. Unexpectedly came across this in a load of scrub - am I right in thinking Humes Warbler?
Thanks for your help

There are two in Kent (Dover & Folkestone) currently, is this a third bird, or one of the two wintering birds?

 

[xaviertaylor]

This was in Preston near Canterbury! I’d be surprised if it was either the Dover or Folkestone bird but it’s possible! This was in a totally innocuous patch of scrub by the roadside… not on a nature reserve or anything. Makes you wonder how many are out there!

 

[xaviertaylor]

Any other confirmation of ID? Only one answer so far from an ‘untrained eye’ (but still gratefully received)

 

[KenM]

I’ve certainly seen one in London, a number of years ago, which was “brighter”than this one and was ID’d on call at the time, making this one looking a likely candidate.

Cheers

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

Any other confirmation of ID? Only one answer so far from an ‘untrained eye’ (but still gratefully received)

It’s Hume’s. 👍🏼

 

[xaviertaylor]

Great - thanks all for your help!

 

[KenM]

This was in Preston near Canterbury! I’d be surprised if it was either the Dover or Folkestone bird but it’s possible! This was in a totally innocuous patch of scrub by the roadside… not on a nature reserve or anything. Makes you wonder how many are out there!

A fabulous find XT!

Presume it’s a patch of scrub that you’ve not birded before?, in your minds eye extrapolate that “patch” across the realm and “rares” might become less so…keep up the pioneering.👍

All the best

 

[Stuart Goodwin]

This was in Preston near Canterbury! I’d be surprised if it was either the Dover or Folkestone bird but it’s possible! This was in a totally innocuous patch of scrub by the roadside… not on a nature reserve or anything. Makes you wonder how many are out there!

Evening.

Preston is close to the Stodmarsh/ Grove Ferry NNR, the fields with dykes and the lakes at Wickhambreaux The pub there was nice (c20 years ago).

From memory there was a interesting article written in the Kentos magazine about long term monitoring in that area.

Regards