Limnodromus scolopaceus

Rare Vagrant

1946

Brookland, 9th-19th October.

1981

Elmley, 7th-19th July.

1984

Dungeness, first-winter, 30th September.

1990

Dengemarsh, 2nd December to 19th January 1991.

1997

Elmley,adult, intermittently, 8th July to 8th December; same, Swale 15th-21st July.

1998

Elmley,4th-15th July,24th October; same, Oare Marshes,18th July intermittently to 11th October; presumed returning bird from 1997

 

Pegwell Bay, juvenile, 15th October.

1999

Grove Ferry, 20th February intermittently to 24th April.

 

Elmley,adult, 31st march to 28th April; same Oare Marshes, 15th July to 24th August; presumed returning 1998 bird.

2000

Elmley RSPB,adult, 23rd January, 12th March, 8th-29th April, 30th July to 16th August, and again at Bedlam's Bottom, Swale, on 16th August, same as 1999 bird.

2001

Oare Marshes, adult, 7th July to 6th September; presumed same bird as Elmley 2000.

2006

Oare Marshes, juvenile/first winter, 2nd October until April 2007.

2007

Oare Marshes, juvenile/first winter, from October 2006 until 12th April.

 

Bough Beech, juvenile, 29th September to 2nd October; presumed same Minnis Bay, 3rd October, and Oare Marshes and Elmley, 5th to 16th October..

2011

Oare Marshes, juvenile, 18th September.

2014

Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 1st May.

2016

Lydden Valley RSPB, second-year bird, 8th-12th April.

 

Oare Marshes, adult, 9th October until 24th November.

2017

Oare Marshes, adult bird, 8th August until year end.

 

Oare Marshes, first-year bird, 27th November until 14th December.

2018

Oare Marshes, adult bird, from 2017 until 8th April.

Dowitcher spp. Limnodromus scolopaceus/griseus

Records accepted by BBRC as non-specified Dowitcher species.

1961

Grove, single bird, non-ascribed, 29th May until 26th November.

1966

Murston, single bird, thought to have been Long-billed, L. scolopaceus, 30th August.

1967

Sandwich Bay, single bird, thought to have been Short-billed, L. griseus, 8th September.

1970

Harty Ferry, single bird, non-ascribed, 27th September.

1973

Sandwich Bay, single bird, non-ascribed, 11th October, probably present from 22nd September.

1985

Sandwich Bay, summer-plumaged bird, thought to have been Long-billed, L. scolopaceus, 17th and 24th April.

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