Kent Ornithological Society 
Bubulcus ibis
Rare Vagrant
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1992 |
Stodmarsh, adult, 7th-8th May. |
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1993 |
Dungeness, adult in summer plumage, 1st May; presumed same, Sandwich Bay, 2nd. |
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1995 |
Stodmarsh, 15th May. |
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1998 |
Graveney, 16th-22nd January. |
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Oare Marsh, 12th-13th April. |
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Walland Marsh, three, 28th June to 1st July; presumed one of same, Dungeness Reserve, 2nd July. |
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1999 |
Oare Marshes, 12th-13th April. |
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2001 |
Dungeness Reserve, adult, 30th August. |
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2005 |
Oare Marshes, partial summer, flew off east, 24th May. |
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Sandwich Bay, partial summer, 24th May. Different bird than that at Oare Marshes. |
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Sandwich Bay, adult, 4th August. |
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Elmley, adult, 22nd September to 22nd November. Also reported at Oare Marshes, 28th September, and at South Swale LNR, 20th November. |
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2006 |
Samphire Hoe, single bird, present for five minutes before flying off west, 24th April. |
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Grove Ferry, single bird, 23rd July to 7th August. |
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Elmley RSPB, two birds roosting, 7th September. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 18th-20th September. |
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2007 |
Sevenoaks WR, single bird, 31st January. |
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Grove Ferry, adult and juvenile, 21st-22nd July, with the juvenile remaining until 24th. |
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Grove Ferry, two birds, 19th October. |
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2008 |
Walmer Castle, adult, 19th April. |
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Harty Church, adult, 18th November. |
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2009 |
Elmley, single bird, flew south, 14th August. |
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Lydd-on-Sea, single bird, 11th October, moving to Dungeness RSPB on 12th, and remaining in the area until 17th December. |
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2010 |
Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 6th-23rd August. |
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Dartford Marshes, single bird, possibly the Dungeness bird, 26th August, seen to fly across Thames towards Rainham, Essex. |
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2011 |
Wouldham, single bird, 29th July. |
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2012 |
Elmley RSPB, single bird, 15th-26th August. |
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Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 30th August. |
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Dungeness RSPB, single bird 18th December. |
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2013 |
North Quarry, Cliffe, adult coming into summer plumage, 14th May. Probably the same bird was later seen at Higham Marshes on 15th and 17th. |
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Grove Ferry, non-breeding adult, remained in area until 11th May, and was relocated at Higham/Shorne Marshes from 14th-18th. |
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Northward Hill RSPB, full breeding plumage, 18th-22nd May. |
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Dungeness RSPB, single bird,20th-21st May, later relocated at Lade Pits on 24th. |
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2014 |
Dengemarsh Road, Lydd, three birds, 2nd June. |
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Dengemarsh, a single bird, 1st October, was joined by a second on 3rd November, and a third on 15th.The three remained until the 19th, with the remaining two present until the year end. |
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2015 |
Dungeness area, two birds remained from 2014 until at least 26th April and up to five were seen going to roost on 14th January. |
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Nr. Ham Street Woods, single bird, possibly one of the Dungeness birds, was recorded from 9th-15th February, 23rd-24th March, and from 2nd-19th May. |
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Worth Marshes, single bird, 10th June. |
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Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 9th September until 4th October. |
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Preston Marshes, single bird, 12th September. |
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2016 |
Biddenden, single bird, 6th February until 17th April. |
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Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 19th June until 9th December. |
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Grove Ferry, three birds, 30th July. |
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Sandwich, single bird, 18th-19th August. |
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Samphire Hoe, single bird, 3rd December. |
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Preston/Chislet Marshes, single bird, 29th October until 21st December. |
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Biddenden, single bird, 16th-28th December. |
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2017 |
Biddenden, single bird from 2016, remained until 2nd January. |
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Wickhambreaux/Stodmarsh area, single bird, 2nd-15th January. |
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Grove Ferry/Stodmarsh/Collards Lake area, single bird, 10th-24th April. |
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Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 5th-11th June. |
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Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 6th-9th July. |
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Dungeness RSPB, adult and four juveniles, 31st August until 12th September. |
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Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 16th-29th October. |
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2018 |
Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 20th-28th April. |
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Swalecliffe, single bird flew south-east, 5th May. |
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Grove Ferry, single, 6th May. |
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Stodmarsh, single, 7th and again 28th-29th July. |
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Cooling Marshes, single bird, 3rd June. |
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Dungeness RSPB, up to 13 birds, 30th August until 31st December. |
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Elmley, up to 7 birds, 15th September until 8th December. |
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Ramsgate, flock of 20 birds flew south, 20th October. |
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Dartford Marshes, single bird, 30th October. |
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Worth Marshes/SBBO/Hackinge, single bird, 11th November until 19th December. |
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Grain, single bird, 18th November. |
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Upper Stoke, single bird, 25th November. |
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| 2019 |
During the first quarter four birds were regularly reported in the Dungeness area and there were occasional reports of birds at: Ash on Jan 8th, Sheppey (three) and Funton Creek on Jan 19th, Smeeth (four) from Jan 23rd-Feb 16th, Lower Halstow on Jan 31st, Feb 3rd and Feb 27th, Faversham on Feb 12th, and St Mary’s Marsh (four) from Mar 19th-31st. In the spring one-four birds were seen regularly at widespread sites around the county, particularly along the Swale and Thames as well as at Dungeness. Highest counts were five at Allhallows on Apr 8th, six at Stoke on Apr 19th, up to eight on either side of the Swale in April and May, and five at Dungeness RSPB Reserve during the same period. Breeding was confirmed for the first time in the county at Northward Hill RSPB Reserve. Two pairs were considered to have bred and at least two juveniles were seen in the heronry (RSPB). Breeding was suspected at a second site in north Kent. In the autumn and second winter period up to four birds were regularly reported from various locations, mostly coastal, around the county from Cliffe to Dungeness. Highest counts were five at Oare Marshes on Sept 9th and seven-eight in the Stoke area from Oct 13th-Nov 8th. Three birds appeared on Worth Marshes on Nov 25th and remained until the end of the year. |
| 2020 | In the first winter period there were two birds in the Sandwich Bay area from January to mid-April, and also one at Swalecliffe on Jan 13th, three at Lydd on Jan 20th, and one-three at Stodmarsh in February. There were five at Grain on Mar 4th-7th and the first ever Bough Beech record of one on Mar 8th. In spring and summer, five or six birds were regularly reported from the Thames and Swale areas and one pair probably bred at Northward Hill. In August there was a small influx at Dungeness beginning with four on July 29th and increasing to seven during Sept 4th-Oct 3rd. Peak counts in North were seven on Sheppey Court Marshes on Sept 2nd, and 13 on a WeBS count at Allhallows Marshes on Sept 20th, though most reports in that area were of eight or fewer. In the autumn and winter there were regular reports of flocks of between two and four birds from the Thames, Stour Valley, Sandwich Bay and Dungeness, and by December most reports were from East. |
| 2021 |
Flocks of three or four birds were reported in North and East in the first winter period but it is not known if these were the same birds. There was a slight increase in spring and summer as birds congregated close to the recently established colonies in the North where eight pairs fledged nine young at two colonies. There was an increase in the autumn with a flock of 35 at Elmley on Sep 20th. This is more than the known fledged young so probably includes birds bred outside the county. Numbers decreased in the second winter when most birds were seen in the Dungeness area. Numbers there peaked at 19 in November. Records well inland were one at Finberry (Ashford) on Feb 13th and, in West, one at Horsmonden on Feb 16th, found dead on the 21st, and one at Sevenoaks WR on Nov 26th. |
No Longer Accepted |
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1974 |
Wittersham/Maytham, 8th-15th August, probable escape. |