Kent Ornithological Society 
Crex crex
Formerly bred, now rare passage migrant
With many records prior to 1952, this species would not normally be included in this list. However, as a species which causes great interest amongst birders, and with the exception of several early or late records, those records since 1952 are included here.
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pre 1881 |
Rainham, bird shot in turnip field. |
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1881 |
Addisham, bird killed, November 30th. |
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1892 |
Maidstone, male shot, 30th December. |
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1906 |
Ashford, sample taken alive, 12th March. |
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1935 |
Sheppey, juvenile female, taken, 28th November. |
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1948 |
Deal, male, shot, 18th December. |
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1949 |
Lydd, shot, 23rd November. |
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1952 |
Dungeness, single bird, 1st September. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 4th September. |
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Warden Point, Sheppey, single bird, 7th September. |
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Shellness, Stour, single bird, 18th October. |
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1953 |
Allhallows, one killed, 26th April. |
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Dover, male trapped, June 18th. |
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Lower Halstow, single, 2nd-4th August. |
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Chilham, single, August, no date given. |
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Kingsnorth, nr. Ashford, one found dead, 5th October. |
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1954 |
Hacklinge, single bird, 3rd August. |
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St. Mary's Bay, juvenile found dead, 18th September. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 2nd September. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 18th September. |
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1955 |
Borstal, nr. Rochester, single bird, 1st May. |
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Chilham, single bird, 26th August. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 12th August to 4th September. |
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1956 |
Sheerness, one killed, 23rd April. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 9th-22nd September. |
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New Romney, 1st winter found dead, 23rd September. |
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1957 |
Reculver, two birds in corn, 5th May. |
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St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, single bird, 6th September. |
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Gillingham, single bird, 9th-10th October. |
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1959 |
Gillingham, single bird, 20th and 22nd May. |
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Doddington, single bird, autumn, date not known. |
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St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, max. two birds, 27th September. |
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Westbere, single bird, autumn, date not known. |
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Nonington, single bird, autumn, date not known. |
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Sandling Park, single bird, autumn, date not known. |
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Dungeness, single bird, autumn, date not known. |
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Allhallows, single bird on shore, 5th October. |
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Shellness, Sheppey, single bird on shore, 6th October. |
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1960 |
Murston, single bird, 25th-30th August. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, 26th August. |
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1961 |
Harty, Sheppey, heard calling, 13th-14th May. |
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Shadoxhurst, single bird, 5th July. |
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Ditton, one found with broken wing, later died, 23rd May. |
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Chillenden, one found dead, 29th August. |
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1963 |
Paddock Wood, single bird, 27th August. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, 21st September. |
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1964 |
Alkham, single bird, 5th August. |
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Sandwich Bay, single birds, 17th, 22nd, 23rd, and 26th August. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, 4th October. |
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Dungeness, single birds, 5th and 6th September. |
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Dungeness, three birds found dead during September. |
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1965 |
Hollingbourne, single bird, 20th April. |
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The Wicks, Dungeness, single bird, 9th September. |
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1966 |
Minnis Bay, single bird, 3rd September. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 15th September. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 7th October. |
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St. Margaret's Bay, single bird, 21st September. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, 12th October. |
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1967 |
Dungeness, single bird, 26th August. |
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1968 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 15th September. |
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1969 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 13th September. |
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1970 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 15th April. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, 13th September. |
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Dungeness, one found dead by pylons, 18th September. |
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1971 |
Lydd, single bird, 19th April. |
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1974 |
Dungeness, single bird, 17th September. |
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1976 |
Swanscombe S.F., single bird, 12th September. |
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Pegwell Bay, single bird, 14th September. |
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Foreness Point, single bird, 7th November. |
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1977 |
Stodmarsh, single bird, 13th May. |
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Bewl Bridge, one heard calling, 29th August. |
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1979 |
Under River, Sevenoaks, one present, 12th-15th July. |
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1984 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 23rd May. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, 16th September. |
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Seaton, one heard calling, 9th June. |
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1985 |
Foreness, single bird, 11th August. |
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Cliffe, single bird, 31st August. |
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1986 |
Broadstairs, one walked into a classroom, 9th September. |
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1988 |
Minster, Thanet, single bird, 17th April. |
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St. Margaret's, single bird, 22nd September. |
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1989 |
Headcorn, single bird, 10th September. |
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Boughton Park, single bird, 17th September. |
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St. Margaret's, single bird, 5th October. |
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1990 |
High Halstow, one found dead, 16th September. |
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Sandwich Bay, one flushed, 21st September. |
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1993 |
Langdon, one flushed, 28th August. |
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Pegwell Bay, one flushed, 28th September. |
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1994 |
Unnamed site, up to two birds heard calling, 6th June to 14th July. |
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1996 |
Abbotscliffe, single bird, 10th September. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, 14th-15th September. |
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1997 |
Sandwich Bay, one flushed from riverbank, 5th September. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, 24th September. |
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2000 |
Bockhill, single bird, 4th September. |
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Hope Point, Kingsdown, single bird, 26th September. |
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2002 |
Cranbrook, a single bird caught by a dog and released on 19th August, was caught again by the same dog on 22nd. Again, released, unharmed, this time on Walland Marsh. |
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2003 |
Cliffe Pools, single bird, 31st August, and presumably the same bird again on 11th September. |
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Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 2nd September. |
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| 2004 | Abbotscliffe, single bird, 16th October. |
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2008 |
Abbotscliffe, single bird, 13th September. |
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2013 |
Dungeness RSPB, single bird flushed from access track, 5th October. |
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2014 |
Palm Bay, single bird, seen and photographed, 3rd October. |
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2018 |
Stonar Lake, single bird heard calling, 25th May. |
| 2020 | Pegwell Bay, single bird found injured, but later died, 30th September. |
| 2023 | Samphire Hoe, single bird, 4th September. |