Rare Vagrant
A total of seven individuals have been recorded.
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1986; One was at the Camel Estuary on Oct 16th and 17th, noted mainly in the Dinham Flats area. |
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1976; A single bird was at Stithian's Reservoir on July 4th. |
| 1973; At, Hayle Kimbo Pool, one was present May 29th to 30th. |
| 1970; One was at Crowan Reservoirs on July 22nd. |
| 1954; On 16th April a dead bird was found on the cliff-top between Lamorna and Mousehole; its skeleton was presented to the British Museum. |
| 1874; On the 9th June Rodd saw a specimen killed a few days before by a boy coot-shooting on a pool on Lizard Downs. |
| 1811; One was shot near Truro in September is the second British record. |
No pattern emerges from these sightings. Extreme dates are 16th April 1954 and 16th October 1986.
No site has held more than one bird.
