A Siberian rubythroat clings to a twig. It is a small greenish-brown bird with a distinctive bright orange patch under its beak and on its neck and black and white stripes on its head from its eyes to its beak.
The Siberian rubythroat is slightly larger than the European robin and tends to creep around in vegetation. Photograph: David Tipling/Alamy
The Siberian rubythroat is slightly larger than the European robin and tends to creep around in vegetation. Photograph: David Tipling/Alamy
‘Incredibly unusual’ bird migrating from Siberia found in Cumbria – killed by cat

Siberian rubythroat was thousands of miles off course from its route to winter in south or south-east Asia

A bird that flies south from its breeding grounds in Siberia to winter in south and south-east Asia has been found thousands of miles off course in Cumbria. Regrettably, it was found by a cat.