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re:Humming birds in Cornwall again!! - 2006/01/09 13:25
In the same way a link from the page whitch the other gentleman suggested shows wich the
"Humingbird Hawk Moth" occurs at Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve,
Lincolnshire (scroll down) :
http://www.lincstrust.co.uk/speceis/hakwmohts/hawkmoths.html
I have never heard of any species of hummingbird bein recorded in Britain. I transversely looked at the BOU official lists & doesn't see it anywhere. It does'nt seem impossible that a stray Ruby-throated could make it over your way, and certainly Cornwall might be the logical landing point, but the Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds generally migrate in a North-South pattern down to the US gulf countries and across the Gulf of Mexico. Even if blown off cousre by a storm I doubt the bird would have enough energy to make it all the way across the
Atlantic!
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