John McAllister wrote:
This e-mail got me thinking - where is the division between eastern and
western hemispheres? 0 Deg longitude would be my first thought but this
would be a bit inconvenient ...
You're quite correct, the eastern and western hemispheres are divided by
the Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude):
http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/eastwestco.htm
As the Red-footed Falcon has been found in Ireland before, it wasn't
the Red-footed Falcon's western hemisphere debut. (It would be it's
North American debut, I think, which is more impressive geographically
- but apparently not good copy.)
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