Hippolais polyglotta

Rare but regular passage migrant

1959

Dungeness, one trapped, 2nd August.

1960

Dungeness, one trapped, 9th September.

1962

Dungeness, first winter, trapped, 8th August.

 

Dungeness, another first winter, trapped, 26th September.

1963

Dungeness, first winter, trapped, 6th September.

1965

Dungeness, one trapped, 19th August.

 

Dungeness, one trapped, 20th-22nd August.

 

Dungeness, one trapped, 21st August.

 

Dungeness, one trapped, 30th August.

 

Sandwich Bay, one trapped, 7th September.

1966

Dungeness, one trapped, 27th-28th May. The first spring record for the county.

1968

Dungeness, single bird, 25th May.

 

Warden, Sheppey, 1 possibly 2 birds, 4th September.

1972

Dungeness, one trapped, 23rd May.

 

Dungeness, another trapped, 24th May.

1973

Sandwich Bay, one trapped, 30th July.

 

Dungeness, one trapped, 4th August.

1976

Lydd, one seen well, 7th November.

1977

Dungeness, one trapped, 7th September.

1978

Dungeness, one trapped, 2nd June.

 

Dungeness, one trapped, 16th June.

 

Upstreet, single bird, 20th August.

 

Margate, single bird, 20th August.

 

Margate, single bird, 6th October.

1979

Sandwich Bay, one seen, 8th May.

 

Sandwich Bay, one in song, 2nd June.

 

Dungeness, one trapped, 4th September.

1980

Dungeness, one trapped, 31st May.

1981

Stodmarsh, one seen, 22nd May.

 

Dungeness, one trapped, 2nd June.

 

Chestnut Street, Sittingbourne, one in song, 10th June.

 

Dungeness, adult trapped, 19th July.

 

Dungeness, juvenile trapped, 28th July.

 

Dungeness, another juvenile trapped, 29th July.

 

Dungeness, one seen, 25th August.

1983

Cliffe, single bird, 10th September.

1984

Dungeness, juvenile trapped, 27th-28th August.

 

Dungeness, juvenile trapped, 5th-7th September.

 

Dungeness, one seen, 16th September.

 

Dungeness, juvenile trapped, 18th September.

 

Dungeness, two seen, 23rd-25th September.

 

Dungeness, juvenile trapped, 27th September.

 

Dungeness, one seen, 6th October.

1985

Foreness, one found, 23rd August.

1987

Dungeness, one trapped, 2nd May.

 

Foreness, one found, 12th August.

1988

Dungeness, one trapped, 8th-10th May.

 

Sandwich Bay, one trapped, 20th June.

 

Dungeness, single bird, 22nd August.

 

Dungeness, another single bird, 24th-29th August.

1989

Sandwich Bay, one trapped, 26th August.

 

Dungeness, one trapped, 7th September.

1991

Sandwich Bay, one present, 23th August.

1993

St. Margaret's, one in song, 24th May.

 

Dungeness, one trapped, 29th May.

1994

Dungeness, single bird, 25th May.

 

Margate Cemetery, singing male, 28th-30th May.

 

Dungeness, single bird, 7th June.

 

Dungeness, single bird, 4th August.

 

Brenzett, single bird, 19th August.

1996

Dungeness, the arrival of seventeen birds, in groups of three, ten, three,

and one, between 19th and 22nd May, was a major surprise. Seven of these

birds were trapped, with a singing male occupying territory from 20th -23rd.

 

Foreness, one found, 21st May.

1997

Reculver, first year, trapped, 11th August.

 

Dungeness, two first years, one Denge Gully and one at the point, trapped,

31st August.

 

Dungeness, another bird, 2nd-8th September.

1998

Bockhill, one present, 29th-30th August.

2000

Dungeness, single bird, 13th May.

 

St. Margaret's, singing male, 29th May.

2001

Dungeness, single bird, 3rd September.

2002

Dungeness, one in private garden, 17th August.

2003

Reculver, one present, 27th-30th August.

2004

Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 15th August.

2005

Dungeness, single bird, 29th July.

 

Dungeness, single bird, 9th September.

2007

Dungeness, single bird, 20th June.

2008

Sandwich Bay BO, one trapped, 16th-19th September.

2009

Dungeness, single bird, 13th May.

2011

Dungeness, single bird feeding in front of Power Station, 20th July.

2012

Dungeness, singing male, 1st May.

 

Sandwich Bay, single bird, 14th September.

2014

Dengemarsh Gully, single bird, 27th-30th August.

2016

Dungeness BO, single bird, 6th August.

2017

Swalecliffe, single bird, 22nd May.

 

Worth Marshes, single bird, 13th August.

2020 Dungeness BO, singing male, 6th July.
2021 Dungeness BO, single bird, 17th May.
  Langdon Cliffs, single bird, 22nd August.
2022 Dungeness RSPB, singing male, 16th June.
2024 Dungeness BO, single bird, trapped and ringed, 7th May.
  Dungeness BO, single bird, 14th-15th May.

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