Collared Pratincole

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Glareola pratincola

Rare Vagrant

2021 Dungeness RSPB, up to three individuals, between 6th and 11th June.
  Higham/Cliffe Pools RSPB, a single bird, 16th -31st May.
2016

Stodmarsh NNR, second-year or older, 12th May.
2011

Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 10th May.
2008

Swale NNR, adult, 8th May.
2006

Old Cheyne Court, Walland, adult, 7th-8th June.
2003

Cliffe Pools, single bird, 20th May.
1998

Grove Ferry, 11th-13th May; presumed same, Elmley, 14th May; presumed same as Norfolk, Suffolk, 1997.
1987

Minster, Thanet, 23rd-26th May.
1986

Dungeness, 18th-25th June.
1977

Pegwell Bay, 4th November, same, Sandwich Bay, 16th November.
1976

Worth Marshes, 19th September to 3rd October.

Pratincole sp. Glareola sp.

1983

Sandwich Bay, 26th June.
1971

Dungeness, 28th May.
1962

Reculver, 6th October.
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