Boom in hummingbird hawk-moth sightings put down to hot weather, strong winds and food scarcity in EuropeHe had just sat down to dinner in the garden when a speedy visitor whizzed by – a ‘grey lump with orange wings’, recalled Luke Burstow, from Sussex. It was a hummingbird hawk-moth, a flying insect that migrates to the UK from continental Europe and north Africa.’I was like: ‘Wow!’,’ said the software project manager. ‘I didn’t even know they existed.’ Continue reading…