Emberiza cirlus

Formerly local breeding species, now rare vagrant

2006

Singing male, Dungeness, 5th May.

1983

Adult male, Conningbrook, 2nd January.

1979 Conyer, adult male, 18th February.
1977

Adult male, Hollingbourne, August, no exact date.

 

Singing male, Northward Hill, 31st May.

1973 Headcorn, two males & three females, 23rd December.
1971

Single bird, Longfield, 8th August.

1966

Male, Northward Hill, 13th April.

 

Male, St. Margaret's, 1st March to 29th August.

1965

Single bird, St. Margaret's, 3rd to 30thApril, 28th June, and 5th to 12th August.

 

Singing male, Brands Hatch, Fawkham, 7th June.

1964

Single bird, St. Margaret's, 2nd April and 1st August.

 

Single bird, Dungeness, 8th January.

1963

Single bird, Northward Hill, 8th September.

 

Single bird, St. Margaret's, 3rd May and 1st July.

1962

Single bird, St. Margaret's, 3rd May.

 

Single bird, Grove, 1st January.

1961

Single bird, , St. Margaret's, 17th November.

 

Single bird, Dover, 2nd June, and another 19th September.

1960 Trenleypark Woods, male, 10th May.
  Burmarsh, two, 16th January.
1959

Immature male, near Boxley, 30th August.

 

Single bird, Broomfield, 27th May.

 

Single bird, Cliffe, 4th April.

 

There were eight reports during the winter months, no details.

1958

Single bird, near Bredhurst, no date.

 

Single bird, near Bluebell Hill, no date.

 

Four birds, Northward Hill area, 24th August.

 

One or two pairs may have bred, Funton, no dates.

 

Single birds at Sevenoaks, Cobham, and Borstal, during winter, no dates.

1957

Single bird, Dungeness, 7th November.

 

Single bird, Wye, 3rd October.

 

Single bird, Aylesford, 16th July.

 

Single bird, East Malling, 17th May.

 

Single bird, Northward Hill, 16th March.

 

Three birds, near Upchurch, 20th October.

1955

Male, Minnis Bay, November.

 

Male, Aylesford Common, June.

 

Male, Boughton Monchelsea, March.

 

Male, Sevenoaks Weald, February.

1954

Flock of eight birds, Cliffe, 17th December.

 

Male, Hythe, 20th June.

1953

Single bird, Elmley, 8th September.

 

Single bird, Conyer, 25th October.

 

Nesting pair for second year, near Maidstone, no dates.

 

Two birds, Cliffe, 21st January.

1952

Nesting pair, near Maidstone, no dates.

1951

Nesting pair, near Plaxtol, no dates.

1950

Two males and two presumed females, Trenley Park Woods, 5th April.

1949

Two males and a female, in mixed finch flock, Dartford Marshes, 4th December.

1947

Several birds, near Wye, 19th January.

 

Pair nested, between Bredhurst and Hempstead, no date.

1945

Single male, Denge Marsh, near Lydd, 21st August.

 

Pair, Sundridge Park, near Chislehurst, May.

1943

Found nesting, Charing, no date.

1936

Two birds, Halstow Marshes, 22nd November.

1935

Nesting pair, Biggin Hill, 26th July.

1931

Nest with eggs, Sutton Valence, 24th May.

1916

Seen between Folkestone and Dover, 7th April.

1911

Nest found, east of Cooling, June.

 

Nest found, west of Cliffe, June.

1886

Nest found, and frequently heard, near Iwade, no dates.

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