Service Description: Advice and information about wildlife, biodiversity, conservation, nature reserves and biological records throughout the Island.
Also known as:- Badgers, Bats, Biodiversity, Deer, Ecological services, Geological services, Grey Squirrels, Japanese Knotweed, Nature Reserves, Ragwort (General enquiries), Red Squirrels, SINCs, Wildlife
Answer: There are no humming birds in the wild on the Isle of Wight. But people often report to us what they think is a hummingbird in their garden in late summer, but are surprised to learn that it’s a rather unusual moth, the hummingbird hawk moth (Macroglossum stellatarum ), an immigrant from the Mediterranean region. - Related Link