Blyth's Reed Warbler in Cornwall

 Blyth's Reed Warbler is a species of Least Concern according to Birdlife International. The species breeds in temperate Asia and Eastern Europe and winters in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka where it is one of the most common wintering warblers. Its range is expanding westwards and this accounts for the increase in records in the UK and in Cornwall.

There are twelve records to September 2022 with the first being as recent as 2015.  Nanjizal holds the trump card as all of the first eleven records have been recorded here. 

Cornwall records:

2022: Lizard Village, seen in private garden, 7th Sep.

2022: Nanjizal, first year, trapped, 2nd Sep.

2021: Nanjizal, first year, trapped, 25th Oct.

2020: Nanjizal, trapped, 21st July.

2019: Nanjizal, first year, trapped, 27th Aug.

2019: Nanjizal, first year, trapped, 30th Sep.

2019: Nanjizal, first year, trapped, 2nd Oct.

2019: Nanjizal, first year, trapped, 27th Oct.

2017: Nanjizal, adult male, trapped, 8th Jul.

2017: Nanjizal, first year, trapped, 26th Aug.

2017: Nanjizal, first year, trapped, 17th Oct.

2015: Nanjizal, first year, trapped, 2nd Sep.

Blyth's Reed Warbler (L) compared to Reed Warbler. Pics by S Rogers and K Wilson.