Carpodacus erythrinus

Rare Passage Migrant

1966

Dungeness, male seen in song, 2nd May.

1968

Sandwich Bay BO, female, 22nd October.

1971

Broadstairs, female trapped and ringed, 19th September.

1977

Two birds, probable pair, Dungeness, 19th-24th June, with one, a first-summer male, until 27th. Both trapped and ringed.

1981

Dungeness, 1st September.

1983

Dungeness, male in song, 4th June.

1987

Port Regis, Foreness, female, 14th September.

1988

Folkestone, immature male, 14th June.

1989

Shellness, Sheppey, immature, 10th September.

1990

Minnis Bay, first-year, 27th August.

1992

Dungeness Reserve, first-summer male, 13th June.

 

Lullingstone, singing male, 21st June.

1993

Dungeness, singing male and female/first-winter together, 28th May.

 

Stodmarsh, male, 6th June.

1994

Dungeness, singing male, 15th June.

 

Swalecliffe, juvenile, 3rd-5th September.

1995

Dungeness Observatory, singing male, 31st July.

1996

Dungeness, sub-adult male, 2nd June.

1997

Dungeness, singing male, 18th May.

1999

South Foreland, St. Margaret's, first-winter, 16th September.

2001

Dungeness, male, 24th May.

2002

Capel-le-Ferne, male in song briefly, then flew off West, 31st May.

2003

Dungeness, male, 10th June.

2008

Dungeness, first-summer male, in song, 3rd-4th June.

2010

Dungeness, singing male at Long Pits, briefly 16th June.

2016

Dungeness, singing male, 28th May.

2017

Bockhill, female flew north, 1st July.

 

Shuart, female/immature, 28th September.

2020 Dungeness BO, singing male, 18th July.
2022 North Foreland, 2cy/male, 18th June.
  Sandwich Bay BO, juvenile trapped and ringed, 30th August.
  Langdon Hole, male, 13th-15th September.
2023 Sandwich Bay, juvenile bird, trapped and ringed, 12th November.

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