With over 100 records between 1842 and 1976, comprising more than 130 birds, this species would not normally be included in this list. However, as a species which causes great interest amongst birders, it is included here. Selected records pre-1977, and all records since are shown.
Red-spotted Bluethroat Luscinia svecica svecica
Scarce spring and common autumn migrant
1977 |
Sandwich Bay, immature male, trapped 19th September. |
Dungeness, one trapped, 25th-26th September, with second bird present on 26th. |
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1978 |
Foreness Point, single bird, 2nd October. |
1980 |
Pegwell Bay, male, 2nd October. |
1981 |
Aycliffe, Dover, male, 16th March. |
Sandwich Bay, female, 17th May. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, 29th August. |
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Dungeness Pits, single bird, 13th September. |
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1984 |
Hadlow, male, 13th-14th May. |
Sandwich Bay, male, 21st May. |
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Leysdown, single bird, 16th September. |
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1985 |
Foreness, single bird, 4th April. |
Sandwich Bay, one trapped, 15th May. |
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Cliffe, single bird, 16th June. |
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Sandwich Bay, one trapped, 21st October. |
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1986 |
Weald, Sevenoaks, male, 1st June. |
Foreness, single bird, 18th September. |
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1987 |
Foreness, single birds, 22nd and 24th May. |
Dungeness, single bird, 26th May. |
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Foreness, single bird, 26th August. |
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1988 |
Foreness, single bird, 28th April. |
1989 |
Dungeness, first year male, 12th September. |
1991 |
Sandwich Bay, female, 2nd-5th May. |
1994 |
Foreness, single bird, 18th-19th October. |
1995 |
Kingsgate, Foreness, adult male, 22nd September. |
1996 |
Bockhill, St. Margaret's, single bird, 28th March. |
Sandwich Bay, single males, 6th and 11th April. |
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Abbotscliffe, female, 13th-14th April. |
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Foreness, male, 19th May. |
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Chambers Wall, Reculver, female, 16th September. |
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1997 |
Hoo Peninsula, female, 13th May. |
1998 |
Foreness, two, 28th May. |
Pegwell Bay, single bird, 28th May. |
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Coldharbour, Reculver, single bird, 10th October. |
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1999 |
Stodmarsh, male, 29th May. |
2001 |
Tennant's Hill, Deal, single bird, 18th March. |
Swalecliffe, female, 27th March. |
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2006 |
Pegwell Bay, adult male, 26th March. |
2007 |
Sandwich Bay, male, 21st October. |
2010 |
Kingsdown, single bird, 1st October. |
2011 |
South Swale LNR, single bird, 17th May. |
Oare Marshes, single bird, 21st May, presumed same bird as South Swale. |
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2013 |
Dungeness, male, 17th May. |
2014 |
Grove Ferry, single bird, 18th April. |
2016 |
Sandown, Deal, single bird, 25th August. |
2021 | Bockhill, single bird, 10th October. |
White-spotted Bluethroat Luscinia svecica cyanecula
Scarce spring and common autumn migrant
1936 |
Dungeness, Oppen Pits, adult male, 22nd September. |
1942 |
Hothfield, nr. Ashford, single bird, 2nd February. |
1959 |
West Malling, adult male, 5th May. |
1960 |
Dungeness, adult male, trapped 16th September. |
Dungeness, juvenile, 19th September. |
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1961 |
Sandwich Bay, adult male, trapped 1st April. |
1960 |
Dungeness, adult male, trapped 26th September. |
Dungeness, adult male, trapped 30th September. |
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1968 |
Dungeness, single bird, 15th April. |
1972 |
Shellness, Sheppey, adult male in song, 9th April. |
1980 |
Dungeness, male, trapped 21st September. |
1987 |
Foreness, single bird, 31st March. |
Minnis Bay, single bird, 4th April. |
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1988 |
Dover Docks, male, trapped 23rd March. |
1992 |
Reculver, male, trapped 29th March. |
2002 |
Palmarsh, single bird, 17th March. |
2008 |
Dungeness, male photographed, 8th April. |
2013 |
Samphire Hoe, female, 27th March until 6th April. |
Bockhill, male, 1st-6thApril. |
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2015 |
Nagden Marshes, male, 13th April. |
Grove Ferry, male, 30th May. |
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2018 |
Dengemarsh, two males, 18th-25th March. |
2020 | Samphire Hoe, male, 24th March. |