Ixobrychus minutus
Uncommon Vagrant
1845 |
Sandwich, shot, September. Now at Brighton Museum. |
c.1860 |
Near Lullingstone Castle, shot, no date. |
1870 |
No locality, adult female, killed 29th April. |
1877 |
Mersham, nr. Ashford, adult female, June. |
pre-1889 |
Elmstone, killed, no date. |
1897 |
Between Ramsgate and Sandwich, adult female, early October. |
1898 |
Near Sandwich, early October. |
1899 |
Preston Marshes, adult, shot |
1918 |
Near Wateringbury, caught, 2nd September. |
1929 |
Near Deal, believed to be Cottington Marsh. Harrison wrote in 1934 that this species has used marsh "since 1929". |
1933 |
Near Deal, believed to be Cottington Marsh, 'several' in 1933 & believed to breed. |
1946 |
Near Deal, adult male, 23rd June to 6th July. |
1947 |
Near Deal, two adults, one immature, spring to late July. |
1958 |
Yalding Gravel Pit, adult female, 10th August. |
1962 |
Stodmarsh, adult male, 27th May. |
1964 |
Deal, adult male, 4th May, caught, died later. |
Dungeness, male, trapped, 15th May. |
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Sandwich Bay, male, trapped, 23rd to 27th May. |
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1966 |
Stodmarsh, male, 23rd July. |
1968 |
Dungeness, immature, 10th August. |
1969 |
Stodmarsh, male, 11th June. |
1971 |
Westbere, male, 2nd May. |
1972 |
Chetney Marshes, female, 20th May. |
1973 |
Westbere, two males, 6th May. |
1975 |
Stodmarsh, male, 25th to 27th May. |
1976 |
Stodmarsh, male, 15th May. |
Cliffe, immature, 25th August. |
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Sevenoaks, male, 17th October. |
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1999 |
Stodmarsh, male, 1st to 6th June. |
2000 |
Oare Marshes, male, 28th June. |
2002 |
Hoo Peninsula, male, found dead, 19th July. |
2003 |
Dungeness Reserve, male, 11th-18th May. |
2012 |
Sevenoaks WR, female or juvenile, 15th September. |
No Longer Accepted |
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1898 |
Romney Marsh, 8th June. |
1921 |
Near Lydd, male, May. |