During a 1938 visit to what was Petsamo in northern Finland (today Pechenga, north-west Russia), Richard Meinertzhagen claimed to have observed several individuals of Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri, a species that had previously been observed just once in Europe, in northern Norway in 1933. Due to the insufficient documentation, and inconsistencies regarding the number of birds seen, it is recommended that this sight record be treated henceforth with suspicion.
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10 December 2021
Richard Meinertzhagen's 1938 observation of Spectacled Eiders Somateria fischeri at Petsamo, Finland (now Pechenga, Russia)
Henry Pihlström