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AMERICAN
WIGEON (Anas penelope)
Vagrant
in winter/spring
| 1917
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Monkton,
Thanet, male, shot, 15th March, now in Maidstone museum. |
| 1961
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Windmill
Creek, Sheppey, immature male, 28th October. |
| 1977 |
Sandwich
Bay, female, 11th April to 2nd May, same Westbere, 23rd May. |
| 1982
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Elmley,
male, 4th to 26th April. |
| 1983
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Elmley,
first-year male, 8th April to 21st May. |
| 1987
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Sandwich
Bay, female, 25th-26th February. |
| 1990
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Elmley,
male, 11th to 21st April. |
| 1991 |
Elmley, first-year male, 1st April to 11th May. Now considered an escape. |
| 1992 |
Elmley, male, 13th-29th December, presumed same bird as 1991. Now considered an escape. |
| 1993
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Minnis
Bay, male, 8th-9th January, probably same bird as 1992. |
| 1997
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Cliffe,
first-winter male, 28th September to 14th October. |
| 1999
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Dungeness,
male, 24th to 28th April. |
| 2000
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Elmley,
female, 19th April to 4th May, paired with male Eurasian Wigeon A.
penelope. |
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| No Longer Accepted |
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| 1968 |
Stoke Fleet, adult male, 27th April. |
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