Hydroprogne caspia

Rare Vagrant

1935

Dungeness, immature female, hit lighthouse, 9th October.

 

Near Deal, 15th November.

1954

Mote Park, Maidstone, 3rd-4th May.

1966

Stodmarsh, 12th June.

1969

Sandwich Bay, 27th July.

1971

Kingsdown, Deal, 19th April.

1975

Reculver, 1st June.

1976

Dover, adult, 6th May.

 

Dungeness, adult, 18th May.

1977

Sandwich Bay, two, possibly three, 3rd June.

 

Margate, two, 16th June.

1978

Lade, Dungeness, 3rd June.

1980

Pegwell Bay, 24th July.

1981

Stodmarsh, 6th August.

1984

Dungeness, 29th May.

1988

Folkestone Warren, 5th June.

 

Dungeness, 17th-18th June.

1990

Dungeness, 15th July.

1995

Bough Beech Reservoir, 30th April.

1996

Stodmarsh and Hersden, 15th June.

1997

Pegwell Bay and Stodmarsh, 1st-2nd August.

1999

Oare Marshes, 11th July.

2013

Bockhill, one flew down channel, 5th August.

2014

Dungeness RSPB, adult, 6th August.

2021 Worth Marshes, adult flew N, 8th June.
2022 Swalecliffe, adult summer, 18th-20th May. 
  Stodmarsh NNR, adult summer, presumed same as Swalecliffe bird, 26th May.
  South Foreland, adult summer, presumed same as Swalecliffe and Stodmarsh NNR bird, 27th May.
  Dungeness RSPB, adult summer, flew high E, 25th June.
2023 Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 27th-28th June.

No longer accepted

1985

Sea area Dover, one seen about 20 minutes out of Dover, 6th August.

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