Aythya nyroca
Rare Vagrant and occasional escape
| 2024 | Whetsted Pits, second year male, present 6th-24th April. |
| 2008 |
Westbere Lakes, male, 29th December. |
| 2007 |
New Hythe, same bird moulted into adult plumage, remained until 12th March, with presumably the same returning briefly on 27th July. |
| 2006 |
New Hythe, same bird as 2005, remained until 18th March, with perhaps the same bird returning to Leybourne/Snodland area from 11th October until 22nd December. |
| 2005 |
New Hythe, first winter, 11th December to year end. |
| 2003 |
Abbey Meads Lake, New Hythe, adult female, 19th December. |
| 1999 |
Stodmarsh, male, 24th January, presumed same bird as Eastwell and Seaton. |
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Seaton Gravel Pits, male, 9th-10th January, presumed same bird as Eastwell Lake. |
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Eastwell Lake, male, 1st-3rd January, also seen at Conningbrook Lake on the 2nd. |
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| 1998 |
Ham Road Pits, male, 17th December. |
| 1996 |
New Hythe Lakes, female, 28th December to 28th January 1997. |
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Thanington Lakes, Canterbury, male, 18th February. |
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| 1995 |
Boughton Park and Weirton Hill Farm, seen 2nd-11th November, then 15th November, and finally 2nd December. |
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Mosco Pool, Grain, adult female, 30th July to 4th August, presumed same bird as earlier record. |
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Mosco Pool, Grain, adult female, 6th February to 4th March. |
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| 1987 |
Dungeness RSPB, eclipse male, 30th July to 30th August. |
| 1981 |
Dungeness RSPB, immature, 12th-16th November. |
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Dungeness RSPB, female, 26th April to 9th May. |
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Bough Beech Reservoir, male, 27th March to 7th April. |
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Chilham Lakes, male, 17th January to 8th March. Also seen at Seaton. |
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| 1980 |
Dungeness RSPB, male, seen on various pits in the area, 27th January to 22nd May. |
| 1979 |
Bough Beech Reservoir, male, 23rd October. |
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Murston Pits, pair, 3rd February. |
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Otford, male, 13th January. |
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Stodmarsh, male, 13th January. |
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| 1978 |
Stonar Lake, Sandwich, male, 27th July. |
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Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, two males, 3rd-7th July. One remained until 7th December. |
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Grain, male, 3rd January. |
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| 1974 |
Bough Beech Reservoir, adult male, 3rd November. |
| 1967 |
Stodmarsh, 18th August. |
| 1960 |
Dungeness, first-winter male, 8th November to 4th December. |
Kent Ornithological Society 
