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Résumé :
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An adult Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata in breeding plumage was found on the Swale near Faversham, Kent, on 16th September 2009. This sighting represents the first record of this species for Britain and only the second documented occurrence in Europe. The circumstances surrounding its discovery are described and other extralimital sightings discussed. Possible routes from the species' North Pacific breeding grounds to the North Atlantic, based on the extent of ice cover in the Arctic Ocean, are examined.
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