Beachy Head 15th May 2026

It's always nice when a commitment down in Sussex coincides with a county tick, in this case, my first Subalpine Warbler of any sort. Thankfully, this was a male and easily identifiable as an Eastern! The last twitchable Subalpine Warbler I believe was at Pagham Harbour, an autumn female-type on the peninsular somewhere, maybe 2006 or 07. Probably a good job I didn't bother with this as it wouldn't be down to species status nowadays. 

an awful phone-bin shot
of the male Eastern Subalpine Warbler