Great Snipe

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Gallinago media

Rare Vagrant

1998

Walland Marsh, adult, 9th October.
1997

Chetney, 24th August.
1983

St. Margaret's Bay, 1st October.
1978

Westbere, 9th April.
1975

Sevenoaks, 3rd-15th September.
1968

Dymchurch, 27th December.
 

Chetney Marshes, 2nd August.
1963 Leybourne, one, 13th January.
1962 Chetney Marshes, one, 9th December.
1954 Walland Marsh, one, 24th April.
1953

Rochester, 16th, 24th & 25th December.
 

Walland Marsh, 27th September.
1951

Dungeness, one seen, probably at Long Pits, 4th October.
1935

Stour Marshes, 25th September.
1919

Thanet, shot, between 25th and 31st December.
1912

Tunbridge Wells, two, 3rd-4th February.
1894

Ham, nr. Eastry, shot, 1st October.
1872

Luddenham Marshes, nr. Faversham, immature female, ca. 12th September.
1842

Nr. Reculver, shot, 9th September.
1787

Kent, another shot prior to 1787.
 

Kent, shot prior to 1787.

No Longer Accepted

1931

Brookland, male, shot, 9th September.
1906

Brookland, 5th October.
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The Kent Ornithological Society was founded in 1952

Our aims are to record and monitor the county’s bird life providing both an accurate historical record of Kent’s birds but equally importantly providing data that can be used to help protect valuable habitats from development and other threats.

In doing this, we seek increase knowledge and understanding of birds and their habitats in the county and encourage and support people seeking to take up birdwatching as a hobby.

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