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A History of the County of Somerset
… curlew, common snipe and wild duck still breed; the kite appears to have bred here formerly and the hen-harrier … in Somerset as elsewhere are the larger birds of prey. The kite has vanished as a breeding species, and the common … Anseres, but remains of the goshawk, white-tailed eagle, kite, barn-owl, cormorant, bittern, coot and crane were also …