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Falco peregrinus, Tunstall. Peregrine Falcon. A rare straggler. 

 F. subbuteo, Linn. Hobby. A summer migrant, which has 



bred with us. 



F. aesalon, Tunstall. Merlin. A rare winter visitor. 

 F. thinunculus, Linn. Kestrel. Not uncommon. 

 Pandion haliaetus (Linn.). Osprey. An exceptional winter 



visitor. 

 Phalacrocorax carlo (Linn.). Cormorant. Strays now and 



then to the county. 



P. graculus (Linn.). Shag. 



Sula bassana (Linn.). Gannet. 



Ardea cinerea, Linn. Common Heron. There is a heronry 



at Chippenham Park, and a single nest has been observed 



near Wisbech. 

 A. purpurea, Linn. Purple Heron. Used to occur in the 



Fen districts, but no specimens seem to have been noticed 



of late years. 

 A. alba, Linn. Great White Heron. A single example was 



shot on Thorney Fen in 1849 (cf. Tr. Norfolk Soc. v. 



p. 186, and Zoologist, 1849, p. 2568). 

 A. garzetta, Linn. Little Egret. A specimen from near 



Whittlesey, mentioned by the late Lord Lilford (Birds 



of Northants. u. p. 118), may have occurred within the 



county boundaries. 

 A. rallo'ides, Scopoli. Squacco Heron. Said to have been 



obtained in Cambridgeshire by Jenyns (Manual British 



Vertebrate Animals, p. 189). 

 Nycticorax griseus (Linn.). Has occurred near Wisbech 



(Zoologist, 1849, p. 2568). 



Ardetta minuta (Linn.). Little Bittern. See above. 

 Botaurus stellaris (Linn.). Common Bittern. See above. 

 Platalea leucorodia, Linn. Spoonbill. Three specimens were 



killed near Wisbech in 1845 according to Jenyns (cf. 



Fauna Cantabrigiensis MS. in the University Museum 



of Zoology). 

 Anser cinereus, Meyer. Grey-lag Goose. See above. 



