Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

Migratory Breeder 3 / Passage 2

      An interesting bird for January at Lelant Saltings.  Record shots taken in rather poor light 17th January 2007

      Sunlit photos of the same bird at Lelant taken on 20th January 2007.  This bird is now thought to be of

the Central Asian form halimodrendri

The probable  Desert Lesser Whitethroat (minula) at Porthcurno on 6th November 2007