WESTERN ORPHEAN WARBLER

There have only been three accepted occurrences of Western Orphean Warbler (plus a further four which may have been Western or Eastern). These included a longstaying winter bird at St Brides, Pembrokeshire in 2013, and the year before a first-summer at Hartlepool Headland, Cleveland/durham on 29 May. It is a large Sylvia Warbler, a bit like a giant Lesser Whitethroat.