Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Rare Vagrant

1853

Sittingbourne, 4th May.

1881

Near Wingham, shot, 14th September, now at Canterbury museum.

1950

Stodmarsh, male, in song, 20th May to 4th June.

1959

Dungeness, trapped, 3rd August.

1960

Stodmarsh, 30th-31st May.

1962

Sandwich Bay, trapped, 12th-13th May.

 

Sandwich Bay, trapped, 19th August.

1963

Sandwich Bay, trapped, 14th-15th May.

 

Dungeness, trapped, 1st June.

1965

Stodmarsh, 13th June.

1969

Stodmarsh, 24th May.

 

Dungeness, trapped, 31st May to 1st June.

1971

Sandwich Bay, trapped, 16th May.

 

Stodmarsh, 18th May.

 

Dungeness, 23rd August.

1972

Stodmarsh, in song, 11th June.

 

Elmstone, 20th August.

1973

Sandwich Bay, trapped, 5th May.

1974

Stodmarsh, 26th May.

1978

Dungeness, 6th May.

 

Stodmarsh, in song, 1st-2nd June.

1982

Elmley, in song, 29th May.

1992

St. Mary's Marshes, 21st May.

1993

Dungeness, at Boulderwall Farm, in song, 23rd May.

 

Elmley, in song, 27th May to 3rd July.

1994

Dungeness, in song, 24th-25th May.

 

Elmley, in song, 12th-25th June, carrying nesting material 19th.

1996

Elmley, in song, 30th May to 16th June.

1998

Dengemarsh, 4th-5th October.

1999

Dungeness, in song, 28th May; presumed same bird, 8th June.

2002

Grove Ferry, 7th June.

2003

Dungeness, 15th May.

2004

Sandwich Bay, single bird, 2nd May.

2005

Dungeness, 18th May.

2006

Sandwich Bay, 15th June.

2007

Lydd, singing male, 10th-20th June.

2013

Dover, singing male, 31st May.

2014

Dungeness RSPB, singing male, 14th May.

 

Allhallows Marshes, singing male, 23rd May until 10th June.

2018

Dungeness ARC, singing male, 29th-30th May.

2020

Sandwich Bay, single bird, 2nd May.

2023 Allhallows Marsh, single bird, 26th May until 20th June.

No Longer Accepted

1852

Near Dartford, male, shot, 8th May.

1937

Appledore, 2nd August.

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