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The History of the Birds of Stevenage

– authored by Alan Ford –

Sandpipers and allies

RUFF (Philomachus pugnax)

22/09/201902/11/2019 Stuart Ford

Very rare visitor.

One record: a reeve (female) shot at Chesfield around 1882, and was according to Crossman (1902) in the possession of Mr C. Poyntz Stewart of Chesfield Park. This was the first record for Hertfordshire.

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