0243 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE (Haliaeetus albicilla)

WB: 'in days long departed ...evidently fairly frequent and perhaps indeed of annual occurrence'(Walpole-Bond II pp309-311)). Most records refer to immatures.
dFH: over 50 records up to 1961 but very few since1900.
1837One shot at Camber (ES) in early spring recovered from its wounds and was kept in captivity for many years.WB dFH
1848An immature male trapped at Cowdray Estate,Midhurst (WS) in December.WB
1859One shot while feeding on a dead 'turtle' at Birling (ES) in mid-December (Arnold, E.C. 1936. Birdsof Eastbourne. Strange the Printers. Eastbourne.).
1860An adult at Seaford (ES) prior to 23February.WB
1862One at Arundel Park and RiverAdur (WS) in November.
1863A juvenile female shot near Lancing (WS) on 19November (BoMNH 207172).
1864An adult seen east of Henfield(WS) on 26 December.WB
1868One shot at Arundel (WS) on 20 February.WB
One obtained at Compton Wood, Firle Park (ES) on 8November.WB
1872One shot at Iden, near Rye (ES)in November.
1881One succumbed at Shoreham-by-Sea (WS) inFebruary.WB
1893One shot at Wadhurst Park (ES) on26 December.WB
1900( c )An adult seen at Beachy Head (ES).WB
1902Three seen at St. Leonards Forest (WS) duringwinter of 1902-03.WB
1908One seen at St. Leonard's Forest(WS) on 7 March.WB
1929One seen at Firle Beacon (ES) on 20March.WB
1944[A juvenile over Hove (ES) on 12March (seen by Walpole-Bond).]*
1945One snared at Holts Farm, East Dean (WS) on 18 November (skin in Natural History Museum cat. Number 1945.46.1).*99
1961An adult fishing for 10 minutes off Selsey Bill (WS) on 30 July took a fish 400 yards offshore was quite probably of suspect origin due to the unusual date.* ×dFH



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