Kent Ornithological Society 
Apus melba
Rare but regular vagrant
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1830 |
Dover, caught, 20th August. |
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1832 |
Kingsgate, Thanet, killed early June. The exact date of this bird is uncertain, but is no earlier than 1829 and no later than 1832. |
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1871 |
No locality, seen, June. |
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1891 |
Dover, picked up exhausted, 6th July. |
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1902 |
Bromstone, Thanet, 21st October. |
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1916 |
Hythe, nine, 16th May. |
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1947 |
Reculver, 26th April. |
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1961 |
Cliffe, 7th October. |
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1962 |
Deal, 24th June. |
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1967 |
Ramsgate, 28th June. |
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1969 |
Dover, 15th-18th March, died. |
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1970 |
Fan Bay, Dover, 13th September. |
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1971 |
Dungeness, 1st August. |
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1972 |
Kingsdown, 27th May. |
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1975 |
Dover, 7th June. |
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Kingsgate Bay, Thanet, 19th-20th July. |
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1978 |
Richborough and Pegwell Bay, 13th-17th August. |
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1980 |
Sandwich Bay, 27th September. |
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1981 |
Hayesden Water, 25th-26th July. |
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1982 |
Dungeness, 9th April, also in East Sussex. |
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Botany Bay area, 26th September to 1st October. |
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1983 |
Dungeness, 8th May, also in East Sussex. |
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Dungeness, 11th August. |
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1984 |
Dungeness, 3rd June. |
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1986 |
Foreness, 13th May. |
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1987 |
Dungeness, 21st July. |
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Foreness, 16th September. |
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Whitstable, 14th October. |
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1988 |
North Foreland, two, 24th-28th March, one of which was later found dead on 26th. |
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North Foreland, 17th April. |
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Sandwich Bay, 21st April. |
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Folkestone, 16th May. |
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1989 |
Folkestone, 22nd May. |
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1990 |
North Foreland, 24th March. |
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Sandwich Bay and Kingsdown, 26th April. |
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St. Margaret's, 1st July. |
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St. Margaret's, 4th October. |
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1992 |
Foreness, 22nd-23rd April; another 23rd; presumed one of same Minnis Bay 23rd. |
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Dungeness, 2nd May; probably same Folkestone, 2nd-3rd, Dover, 3rd, Minnis Bay and Reculver, 4th. |
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Foreness, 3rd October. |
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1993 |
Worth, 16th April. |
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Reculver, two, 23rd-26th April. |
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Reculver, 2nd May. |
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Capel-le-Ferne, 29th June. |
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Cheriton, 20th September. |
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1994 |
Capel-le-Ferne, 23rd April. |
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Capel-le-Ferne and Folkestone, 19th-20th May. |
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1995 |
Abbotscliffe, Capel-le-Ferne, 10th July. |
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2002 |
Capel-le-Ferne, flying North-East, 10th April. |
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Bockhill, 10th April, presumed same bird. |
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Bockhill, flying South-East, 17th May. |
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2003 |
Foreness, 8th-9th March. |
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2004 |
Bockhill, 7th May. |
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2006 |
Bockhill, single bird, 17th April. |
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2007 |
Sandwich Bay, one flew north, 4th July. |
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2010 |
Larkfield, single bird, 27th March. |
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Thanet, single bird, 29th March to 1st April. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 31st March to 1st April. |
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Folkestone, single bird, 4th-8th April. |
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Biddenden, single bird, 26th May. |
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2013 |
Cliftonville, single bird, 17th March. |
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Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 17th-18th March. |
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2014 |
Kingsdown, single bird, 9th April. |
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2017 |
Margate, single bird, later seen at Shuart, 14th April. |
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Bockhill, single bird, later seen over Worth Marshes, 16th April. |
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Bockhill, single bird, 1st October. |
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| 2023 | Stodmarsh NNR, single bird, 19th March. |
| Worth Marshes, single bird, 19th March. | |
| Reculver Marshes, two birds, 20th March. | |
| North Foreland/Foreness, up to 3 birds, 21st-26th March. | |
| New Hythe GP, single bird, 22nd-26th March. | |
| South Foreland, single bird, 25th March. | |
| Darenth Lakes, single bird, 25th March. | |
| Dungeness BO, two birds, 1st April. | |
| Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 3rd April. | |
| North Foreland, single bird, 7th April. | |
| Upper Hale Farm, single bird, 7th April. | |
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No Longer Accepted |
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1908 |
Ebony, between Rye and Tenterden, seen, 3rd August. |
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1915 |
Kingsdown, Deal, ca. 100, July. |
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Kingsdown, Deal, five, 22nd July. |
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Kingsdown, Deal, five, 3rd August. |
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1925 |
Cotman's Heath, Wittersham, seen early June. |