Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor
The BOU took the decision in 2026 to re-lump Hooded Crow with Carrion Crow, Corvus corone. With over 200 records in Kent to date, those records shown here are only representative since 2003.
| 2025 | Margate Cemetery, single bird, 27th May. |
| Sandwich Bay, single bird, 5th May. | |
| North Foreland, single bird flew north-east, 22nd April. | |
| 2023 | Swalecliffe/Tankerton, single bird, 22nd October, and 3rd November. |
| Bockhill, single bird, 23rd September. | |
| Graveney, single bird, 3rd June. | |
| Coldharbour, Reculver, single bird flew west, 11th May. | |
| Dungeness, single bird, 29th April. | |
| Foreness/North Foreland, single bird, 26th-28th April. | |
| North Foreland, single bird, 11th April. | |
| Dungeness, single bird, 1st-29th April. | |
| 2022 | Swalecliffe, single bird, 9th-10th April. |
| 2021 | Foreness, single bird, 4th November. |
| Dungeness, single bird, in off sea, 31st October. | |
| Greatstone/Dungeness, single bird, 5th-22nd June. | |
| 2019 |
Dungeness/Lade, single bird, 24th February. |
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Reculver Marshes, single bird, possibly the returning bird from previous years, 24th- 26th January. |
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| 2018 |
Pegwell Bay, single bird, 3rd May. |
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Bockhill, single bird, 26th March. |
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Conyer, single bird, 14th March. |
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Wingham, single bird, 4th March. |
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Graveney Marshes, single bird, 25th February. |
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East Sheppey and Seasalter, this regular bird lingered around from the beginning of January until 9th March. |
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| 2017 |
Sheppey, single bird, 18th-30th December. |
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Cliftonville, single bird, 11th March. |
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Seasalter, single bird, 10th March. |
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Harty Ferry, single bird, 11th January. |
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| 2016 |
Manston, single bird, 23rd October. |
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Halling, single bird, 23rd-30th August. |
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Foreness, single bird, 1st May. |
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Abbotscliffe, single bird, 23rd April. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 3rd-7th April. |
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Foreness, single bird, 26th March. |
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Seasalter, single bird, 17th March. |
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East Sheppey, the regular bird lingered around from December 2015 until at least 4th March, re-appearing again on 11th December. |
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| 2015 |
East Sheppey, the regular bird lingered around from December 2013 until at least 3rd March, re-appearing again from 28th December into 2016. |
| 2014 |
East Sheppey, the regular bird re-appeared on 30th November and remained in the area until the end of the year. |
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Dungeness BO, single bird, 3rd May. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, 12th-13th April. |
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Seasalter, single bird, 5th March. |
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East Sheppey, the regular bird lingered around from December 2013 until at least Jan 24th. |
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| 2013 |
Swale NNR, possibly same bird, 19th December. |
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Swale NNR, single bird, 23rdJanuary until 23rd March. |
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| 2012 |
Dungeness, presumed same bird, 13th May. |
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Abbotscliffe and Aycliffe, single bird, 12th May. |
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| 2010 |
Reculver/Minnis, two birds, 28th October, one staying until end of year. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 21st October. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 1st April. |
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Swale NNR, single bird, 7th February, was almost certainly the same bird as December 2009. |
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| 2009 |
East Sheppey, presumably the same regular wintering bird returned on 16th December. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird, possibly East Sheppey bird, 24th March. |
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East Sheppey, various sites, single bird, presumably from winter 2008, until 16th March. |
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| 2008 |
East Sheppey, presumably the same regular wintering bird returned on 8th December. |
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East Sheppey, various sites, single bird, presumably from winter 2007, until 4th March. |
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| 2007 |
Swale NNR, presumably the same regular wintering bird returned on 30th November. |
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Sackett's Hill, Margate, single bird, 26th July. |
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Seasalter, briefly, 7th January. |
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Swale, one possibly two birds, remained on SE Sheppey until at least 4th March. |
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| 2006 |
Seasalter, two birds, 2nd December. |
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Swale, single bird present, 20th November until 15th December. |
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Swale, presumably the same regular wintering bird remained until 11th March. |
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| 2005 |
Harty Marshes, what was presumably the returning Swale bird, was present from 10th-17th December. |
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Bishopstone, one flew east, 5th April. |
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Foreness, one present 18th-19th March. |
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Nether Hale, single bird, presumed to be the same throughout was present on 12th and 23rd January, and on 7th March. |
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Swale, the regular wintering bird remained until 25th March, with a second bird present on east Sheppey from 21st-31st January. |
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| 2004 |
Swale, the now regular wintering bird returned from 17th November, until the year end. |
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Nether Hale, single bird, 27th November, was probably the same returning from 2003. |
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Foreness, one flying south-west, 29th October. |
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Bockhill, one in off sea and flew north, 26th October. |
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Minnis Bay, single bird, 16th March. |
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Brooksend, single bird, 16th March, was probably the returning Nether Hale bird from 2003. |
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Whitstable, single bird, 7th January, was probably one of the Swale birds. |
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The over-wintering bird on the Swale N.N.R., was joined by a second bird between 8th January and 7th March. One remained until 16th March. |
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| 2003 |
Nether Hale, single bird, 27th November. |
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Swale area, single bird, from 6th October to year end. First seen at Swale NNR, and then often both north and south of the Swale. |
Kent Ornithological Society 
