DSC1526 Hume's Leaf Warbler...
Hume's Leaf Warbler - Phylloscopus humei
Somerset
Hume's leaf warbler or Hume's warbler is a small leaf warbler which breeds in the mountains of inner Asia. This warbler is migratory and winters mainly in India. The English name and the specific humei bird commemorate Allan Octavian Hume, a British civil servant and ornithologist based in India.
Particularly on autumn migration, this tiny warbler is prone to vagrancy as far as western Europe, despite a 3,000 km distance from its breeding grounds. It is a rare vagrant in late autumn and winter in Great Britain.
DSC1526 Hume's Leaf Warbler...
Hume's Leaf Warbler - Phylloscopus humei
Somerset
Hume's leaf warbler or Hume's warbler is a small leaf warbler which breeds in the mountains of inner Asia. This warbler is migratory and winters mainly in India. The English name and the specific humei bird commemorate Allan Octavian Hume, a British civil servant and ornithologist based in India.
Particularly on autumn migration, this tiny warbler is prone to vagrancy as far as western Europe, despite a 3,000 km distance from its breeding grounds. It is a rare vagrant in late autumn and winter in Great Britain.