Booted Eagle

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Keith Privett
Kent List records

Hieraaetus pennatus

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2025 A pale phase bird, believed to be the same as one seen previously in Cornwall and Hampshire, toured Thanet on 10th April, and was believed to have gone to roost somewhere near Cliffsend (Pegwell). It seen again the following morning initially from Chalk Hill (Pegwell) before disappearing.
2000  A third-calendar year, pale morph bird, was observed at Dungeness on 7th April, and was seen again at Cliffe the following day. This is accepted as the same bird as seen the previous year in Ireland, Kent and Cornwall, and had been reported between times in both Somerset and Avon. It was subsequently seen again at North Ronaldsay, Orkney, in June.
1999

A second-calendar year, pale morph bird, previously present in Ireland between February and April, was observed at St Margarets-at-Cliffe on 28th September, before moving on to be re-located in Cornwall where it remained until at least mid-November.
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