All records of rare and scarce species submitted to the Society are considered by the KOS Rarity Panel before being accepted for publication in the Kent Bird Report.
If the record is being submitted as a photograph, it would be helpful if the observer could complete this form to support the record
All British Birds rarities require descriptions and will be assessed by the British Rare Birds Panel. http://www.bbrc.org.uk/submit-a-sighting
Additionally the following scarce species in Kent will require descriptions in order to be considered
by the KOS Rarity Panel.
BBRC Rarities Committee
White Stork
Blyth’s Reed warbler
Red flanked Bluetail
Black winged Stilt
Great Shearwater
Cory’s Shearwater
Wilson’s Petrel
Black-crowned Night Heron
Purple Heron
Storm Petrel
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Surf Scoter
White-tailed Eagle
Black Kite
Rough-legged Buzzard
Red-footed Falcon
Goshawk
Spotted Crake
Corncrake
Stone Curlew
American Golden Plover
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Ring-billed Gull
Iceland Gull
White-winged Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Black Guillemot
Alpine Swift
Short-toed Lark
Richard’s Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Red-rumped Swallow
Dipper
Bluethroat
Greenish Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Radde’s Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Subalpine Warbler
Barred Warbler
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Woodchat Shrike
Rose-coloured Starling
Scarlet Rosefinch
Arctic Redpoll
Cirl Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Little Bunting
In addition descriptions should be submitted for rare subspecies such as Black Brant,
Greenland White-fronted Goose, Kumlein’s Gull, Grey-headed Wagtail, Northern Long-
tailed Tit and Siberian Chiffchaff