Hume's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

Vagrant ***

This individual frequented the area around Bridge near Portreath in the new year (2006) for a few weeks.  It appears to be too bright for a Hume's, but it was heard on at least two occasions by experienced birders.    I spoke to one birder who knew of someone  who had been to Kazakhstan, where both inornatus and humei  reside, and one of the local experts there had told him that inornatus sometimes copied humei.   The jury is out on this one.