‘Incredibly unusual’ bird migrating from Siberia found in Cumbria – killed by cat
Siberian rubythroat was thousands of miles off course from its route to winter in south or south-east Asia A bird that flies south from its breeding grounds in Siberia to winter in south and south-east Asia has been found thousands of miles off course in Cumbria.
Chris Hind, Cumbria’s county recorder for birds, said it was “extraordinary” that a Siberian rubythroat was found on his patch, albeit dead.
There have been only 17 recorded instances of the bird in the UK, 15 of those in the northern Scottish isles.
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