Possibly of the race halimodendri
I had 15 minutes off work and at about 15.30, I thought I would have a brief look down the lane to Christmas House. I had just gone behind the campsite shop, when I saw movement in a large Pittosporum. Raising my bins I saw a Lesser Whitethroat. However, it had very pale upperparts contrasting with the grey head. I blasted off some shots before the bird flew off and disappeared into the campsite. I called a few people to tell them that I had a possible eastern type race Lesser Whitethroat. The first birders I saw were Adam Hutt and Paul Freestone and on showing them the images, they immediately identified it as an eastern race of possibly halimodendri
Note the tail pattern. The large amount of white on the outer-tail feather, while on the second outer-tail shows a large whitish tip.
Note also the sandy upperparts (paler tertials) contrasting with the grey head
This Redwing showed at very close range down the lane to Christmas House
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