Broad-billed Sandpiper

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Kent List records

Calidris falcinellus

Rare Vagrant

 2005

Cliffe Pools, adult, 14th-15th May.
1997

Cliffe Pools, adult, 31st May.
1994

Elmley, 19th-22nd July.
1993

Shellness, 3rd May.
1991

Swale NNR, 18th-20th May.
1988

Cliffe Pools, single bird, 26th-27th May, another two, 27th, presumed same as Essex.
1987

Elmley, 24th May.
1986

Elmley, 4th-6th July.
1985

Elmley, 12th-15th May.
1984

Pegwell Bay, two, 23rd-28th May; presumed one of same, Sandwich Bay, 31st.
1983

Sandwich Bay, 4th June.
1982

Cliffe Pools, 13th-16th May.
1970

Harty, trapped, 30th August.

No Longer Accepted

1901

Littlestone, immature female, 31st August.
1896

Between Littlestone and Dungeness, immature female, 6th September.
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