EASTERN BONELLI'S WARBLER at Dungeness - 25th May 2025 - Rarity finder
Discovery of Eastern Bonelli's Warbler at Dungeness, 25th May 2025 During one of my regular patrols/ censuses of the Dungeness Bird Observatory Recording Area, (at around 0940), I was alerted to an unusual song at the southern end of the DBO "trapping area". At a distance, I first thought it might just be an odd sounding Lesser Whitethroat, but as I got closer the more it reminded me more of Bonelli's or even a Wood Warbler. Although, at first, it remained hidden from view, the bird continued to sing at regular intervals, allowing me to track it along the outskirts of a tree line. I began recording the song and tried (through the intermittent phone signal), to send it to DBO assistant warden Jacob Spinks to get his input from internet searches. Finally, after 5-10 minutes I glimpsed the bird and recognised it as a Bonelli's type. It showed for about a minute whilst exploring some of the less foliated branches, and that's when I manag...

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