Falco vespertinus
Uncommon Vagrant
1862 |
Sandling Park, nr. Hythe, adult female, summer. |
1907 |
Nr. Gravesend, adult male, 28th April. |
1959 |
Lydd-on-Sea, 28th May. |
1960 |
Nr. Deal, first-summer male, 6th July. |
1962 |
Dungeness, female, 17th April. |
Sevenoaks, female, 8th June. |
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1963 |
Dungeness, female, 9th to 22nd June. |
1964 |
Sandwich Bay, immature, 23rd to 30th May. |
Sandwich Bay, another immature 21st to 27th June and 4th to 10th July. |
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1970 |
Sandwich Bay, male 26th May. |
Reculver, male, 14th to 17th and 21st June. |
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1971 |
Sevenoaks, male, 29th April. |
1973 |
Sandwich Bay, female, 26th May. |
Dungeness, female, 26th-28th May. |
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Harty, Isle of Sheppey, immature, 18th to 19th August. |
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1974 |
Sandwich Bay, male, first summer male, 1st to 14th June. |
Dungeness, immature female, 7th to 14th June. |
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1977 |
Stodmarsh, immature and a sub-adult, 29th May. |
1978 |
Sandwich Bay, female, 1st June. |
1978 |
Dungeness, male, 14th June. |
1979 |
Stodmarsh, male, 28th June. |
1980 |
St. Margaret's Bay, male, 3rd May. |
1982 |
Sandwich Bay, female, 19th to 29th May. |
Throwley, nr. Faversham, first-summer male, 29th May. |
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1983 |
Margate, male, 14th May. |
1985 |
Dungeness, male, 20th April. |
Stour Valley, first-summer male, 30th May. |
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1987 |
Stodmarsh, first-summer male, 25th April. |
Pegwell Bay, female, 2nd May. |
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Foreness, female, 27th May. |
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Walland Marsh and Dungeness area, first-summer male, 2nd to 6th July. |
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Capel Fleet and Elmley area, first-summer male, 14th to 15th August. |
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St. Margaret's, male, 19th September. |
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1988 |
Sandwich Bay, female, 20th June. |
Ash, female, injured and taken into care, 23rd July. |
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Old Romney, juvenile, 30th October. |
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1989 |
Warehorne, female, 9th May. |
Brookland, first-summer female, 12th to 14th May. |
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Dungeness, male, 21st May. |
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Oare, female, 22nd May. |
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1990 |
St Margaret's Bay, male, 27th June. |
1992 |
Rushenden, first-summer male, 14th May. |
Minnis Bay, first-summer male, 14th May. |
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Stodmarsh, at least seven: female, 20th May, at least two females 22nd May, three first-summer females, three females, 23rd to 25th, male, age uncertain, 27th, presumed one of same, male, age uncertain, 10th June, presumed additional. |
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Northbourne, first-summer male, 23rd May. |
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Sandwich Bay, female, 3rd June. |
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Sandwich Bay, male, 10th June. |
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St. Margaret's Bay, female, 15th June. |
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Sandwich Bay, female, age uncertain, 15th June. |
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Sandwich Bay, male, age uncertain, 25th June. |
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Dungeness, first-summer male, 7th to 9th September. |
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1993 |
St. Margaret's, female, 29th June. |
1994 |
Stodmarsh, first-summer female, 9th to 11th May. |
1995 |
Dungeness, female, 10th May. |
1997 |
Stodmarsh, male, 5th May. |
Dungeness, male, 22nd July. |
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1998 |
Dungeness, first-summer male, 31st May. |
1999 |
St. Margaret's, male, 20th May. |
Deal, female, 9th to 10th July. |
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2000 |
Stodmarsh, female, 10th to 14th May. |
Collard's Lake, female, 11th to 14th May. |
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2001 |
St. Margaret's Bay, first-summer male, 12th May. |
Lydd Ranges, adult male, 12th May. |
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2003 |
Grove Hill/Collards Lake, first-summer male, 31st May. |
Dungeness, first-summer male, 31st May. |
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Eastborough, first-summer male, 1st June. |
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Capel Fleet area, first summer male, 6th-12th June. |
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Bockhill, adult male, north, 15th June. |
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Cliffe, adult male, 15th June. |
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2004 |
Grove Ferry, adult male, 24th April. |
2007 |
Dungeness RSPB, first summer male, 3rd-5th May. |
Sandwich Bay, adult female flew south, 5th August. |
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2008 |
Swale NNR, female on seawall, 8th May. |
Northwood Hill RSPB, adult male, 9th May. |
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Sandwich Bay BO, adult male, at Backsand Scrape, 9th May. |
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Grove Ferry, adult male, 24th May. |
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Collard's Lake/Stodmarsh area, adult female, 1st-9th June. |
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2009 |
Sandwich Bay, female, flew SE, at Backsand Scrape, 26th August. |
2010 |
Whetsted GP, single bird, 12th June. |
Dungeness, single bird, 22nd June. |
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2011 |
Walland Marsh, single bird, 12th May. |
2015 |
Worth Marshes, juvenile bird, 23rd September. |
2017 |
Worth Marshes, single male, 20th June. |
Grove Ferry, first-summer male, possibly same as at Worth, 25th June until 2nd July. |
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2020 | Stodmarsh NNR, adult male, 1st-7th May, was joined by a second adult male on the 7th. |
Stodmarsh NNR, female, present on 17th May. | |
Stodmarsh NNR, first-summer female, 29th May until 17th June. | |
Worth Marshes, female, 19th May until 2nd June. | |
Worth Marshes, first-summer male, 23rd May until 13th June. | |
Oare Marshes, first-summer female, 20th May. | |
Worth Marshes, adult male, 1st June. This meant there were 3 birds briefly in the area, remaining in the Sandwich Bay area until 7th June. | |
Oare Marshes, first-summer male, 3rd June. | |
Stodmarsh NNR, first-summer male, 3rd-7th June. | |
Lydd Ranges, first-summer female, 5th June. | |
Dengemarsh, first-summer male, 9th-12th June. | |
Sandwich Bay, female, 11th June. | |
Kingsdown, first-summer male, 29th July. | |
2021 | Collard's Lake, adult male, 24th May. |
Worth Marshes, adult female, 6th-26th June. | |
2022 | Worth Marshes, female, 27th May until 4th June. |
Graveney Marshes, juvenile, 14th-15th September. | |
Elmley NNR, juvenile, 3rd-9th October. | |
2023 | Stodmarsh NNR, female, 4th-16th May. |
Worth Marshes, single bird, 16th June. | |
Dungeness, first summer male, 20th-22nd June. | |
South Foreland, juvenile, 23rd September. | |
2024 | Stodmarsh NNR, female, 10th-12th May. |
Worth Marshes, male, 18th-19th May. | |
Langdon Cliffs, female, 23rd May. | |
Worth Marshes, up to three female birds, 23rd-29th May. | |
Worth Marshes, male, 8th August. | |
Elmley NNR, juvenile bird, 15th-26th September. | |
No Longer Accepted |
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1895 |
Dungeness, male, August. |
1908 |
Nr. Ashford, adult female, 10th June. |
1932 |
Beckenham, 20th May. No longer in modern Kent. |
1976 |
Dungeness, male, 30th May. |