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. |
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1991 |
Elmley 12th May. |
Dungeness, 1st June. |
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1993 |
Cliffe, 21st July. |
1995 |
Folkestone, 22nd June. |
2002 |
Dungeness RSPB, circling over, 31st May. |
Dungeness RSPB, circling over, 10th September. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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1957 |
Canterbury/Dover area, September to November, possible escape. |
1981 |
Whitstable/Reculver area, 5th October to 17th December. |