A Continental Twitching First

["John McAllister" <>]

Hi there

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 I guess as much of Britain and Western Europe
would then be in the western hemisphere and then this would certainly not be
Red-footed Falcon's debut here as Ireland at least and possibly parts of
its West African distribution would be in that hemisphere.

Incidentally the Red-footed Falcon is a scarce but regular migrant to South
Africa and should be looked for among flocks of the much more abundant and
closely related Amur Falcon summer from early December to mid-March

Cheers

John McAllister
Wakkerstroom
South Africa