Hummingbird Hawk-moth

I don't know if I'll ever get another of these, one of my dreams was to get some of the hawk moths before the season was out, I was just about to post this asking for confirmation of an ID when I went to the UKMoths site and this beast was on the front page, my heart sank at the thought that I've missed seeing this in action because the only other moth I'd like to see more than one of the hawks was the Hummingbird..
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