Ciconia nigra

Rare Vagrant

1844

Romney Marsh, shot, no date.

c.1854

Weald, killed, no date.

1856

Fairfield, Romney Marsh, obtained, 5th May.

1884

Rainham, early July, found dead 8th September.

1958

Stone Cliff, moulting first-winter to adult,7th August. Remained in Iden area, East Sussex until 14th September.

1982

Littlebourne, 19th and 21st May.

1983

Margate, 10th June, presumed same, Elmley, 11th.

1988

Near Sandwich, 2nd July.

1989

Murston, 28th April.

 

Murston, presumed another, refer 28th April, 28th may, probably same as East Sussex individual.

1991

Elmley 12th May.

 

Dungeness, 1st June.

1993

Cliffe, 21st July.

1995

Folkestone, 22nd June.

2002

Dungeness RSPB, circling over, 31st May.

 

Dungeness RSPB, circling over, 10th September.

2004

Hawthorn Corner, Walland, 16th September, is considered to be same bird as adult flying SE out to sea at Bockhill, 19th September.

2006

Hadlow, Tonbridge, single bird, 28th May.

 

Margate, single bird flew north-west, 6th June.

2007

Sandwich, adult, circled over and flew towards Eastry, 4th July.

2008

Chartham/Seaton area, first-summer, 18th-19th July.

2010

Sevenoaks WR, juvenile, 4th August.

 

Eythorne, adult, 10th October.

2013

Cottington, Deal, single bird, 9th August.

2015

Saltwood, Hythe, Dengemarsh, then Dungeness and Lydd-on-Sea, a wandering first year bird, 7th August.

2016

Stodmarsh, single bird, 22nd July.

 

Ashford, Westerham, and Worth Marshes, 23rd July; presumably the same bird as previous day at Stodmarsh.

2021 Worth, Bekesbourne, and Stour Valley, a wandering 2nd year bird was seen between 9th and 12th June.
  South Foreland and Bockhill, a single bird seen on 3rd June, may have been the same individual seen at Sellinge on the 5th and 6th.
  Worth Marshes, a single bird seen on 9th July, may have been the same individual seen at Minster Marshes (Thanet) on the 13th, and again at Folkestone, Dover, Stonar, and Ash Level from 15th-17th.

No Longer Accepted

1957

Canterbury/Dover area, September to November, possible escape.

1981

Whitstable/Reculver area, 5th October to 17th December.

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