The Willow Warbler from Europe is a regular and abundant migrant to southern
Africa each year, so
distance would not seem to present a problem.
Regards, Clive.
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From: Sonja Ross <>
To: Carl Clifford <>
Cc: Birding-Aus Aus <>
Sent: Fri, Nov 29, 2013 9:45 am
Subject: What happens to the vagrants
I wondered about that last night as well, particularly on thinking about the
Willow Warbler which is so small that you wonder how it could have got there in
the first place!
Sonja
On 29/11/2013, at 12:32 PM, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> I thought struck me the other day (yes, it was painful). What happens to the
vagrant species that turn up at places such as Ashmore Reef or Christmas/Cocos
Is.? Do they all die? Having arrived at these places due to weather conditions
or navigational error, many, if not all, would certainly have problems
re-orienting themselves, so I imagine that the chances of returning to their
normal habitat would be fairly slim. I imagine that such places, particularly
Ashmore, would be rather like an avian death row.
>
> Carl Clifford
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