Nucifraga caryocatactes

Rare Vagrant, except in explosion years

1998

Kingsdown, 6th-7th September.

1985

Northward Hill, 23rd October.

1972

Bedgebury, two, 27th December.

1969

Dungeness, 25th and 27th September.

 

Thornden Wood, Canterbury, 22nd-25th June.

 

Minster, Sheppey, 9th February.

  Bearsted, from previous year, remaining until the autumn.
1968

Lenham, 4th December.

 

Gillingham, 10th and 14th December.

 

Maidstone, 23rd November to 5th March 1969.

 

Bearsted, 16th November, until year end.

 

Deal, 2nd-4th November.

 

High Halstow, 24th October.

 

Tunbridge Wells, 14th-20th October.

 

Sandwich Bay, 7th October, landed briefly before flying N.

 

Gillingham, 29th September.

 

Nonington, three dates between 21st and 30th September.

 

Bicknor, 17th September.

 

Eastling, 11th September.

 

Sandwich town, single bird, 7th, and then near St George’s GC on 18th September.

 

Hoath and East Blean Woods, 3rd and 5th September.

 

Fordwich, 2nd September.

 

Worth, 1st September.

 

Doddington, trappedand ringed, 30th August to11th September.

 

Chalk,Gravesend, 28th August.

 

Mersham, nr. Ashford, 28th August.

 

Broadstairs, 26th-27th August.

 

Sandwich town, 26th-31st August.

 

Quex Park, Birchington, 25th August to 3rd September, and same bird, Sackett's Hill, Broadstairs, 4th-7th September.

 

Dover, four together, 24th August.

 

Foreness Point, Margate, 22nd-23rd August.

 

Quex Park, Birchington, 9th August.

 

Denton, 7th August.

1967

Dungeness, 5th September.

1963

Springhead, Northfleet, trapped, 26th August.

1958

Ashley, 25th December.

1911

Broome Park, nr. Canterbury, 18th November, now at Maidstone Museum.

 

Broome Park, nr. Canterbury, male, found dying, on or about 9th October, now at Royal Canterbury Museum.

1908

Riverhill, Sevenoaks, two birds, year unknown but prior to 1909 and year following previous record.

1907

Riverhill, Sevenoaks, August, year unknown but prior to 1909.

1904

Godlands, Tovil, seen, November.

1885

Strode Park, Herne, 15th-17th November, when shot.

1841

Sackett's Hill, Broadstairs, seen, no date.

pre-1816

Darenth, no date, now at Natural History Museum, Tring.

pre-1781

No locality, no date.

No Longer Accepted

1907

Edenbridge, killed, 29th December

1905

Benenden, male, 14th January

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