Kent Ornithological Society 
Phalaropus lobatus
Rare Spring and Autumn Migrant
| 2025 | Worth Marshes RSPB, juvenile, 28th September until 2nd October. |
| Greatstone, juvenile, 18th September. | |
| 2024 | Lade Pits, single bird, 6th September. |
| 2023 | Sandwich Bay, juvenile, 27th and 30th June. |
| 2022 | Dungeness, juvenile, on the sea, 20th-21st December. |
| Worth Marshes, juvenile bird, 14th September. | |
| Dungeness RSPB, juvenile bird, 2nd September. | |
| Elmley NNR, adult female, 13th June. | |
| 2021 | Stodmarsh NNR, juvenile, 26th August. |
| 2020 | Burmarsh, juvenile bird, 29th November to 4th December. |
| 2018 |
Oare Marshes, moulting adult, 28th July to 8th August. |
| 2017 |
Garage Pool, Pegwell Bay, first-winter, 13th-17th September |
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Scotney Court GP, first-winter, 13th September |
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Oare Marshes, juvenile, 30th August until 1st September. |
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| 2016 |
Lade/ARC Pits, juvenile bird, 2nd-3rd September, and at Dungeness RSPB from 3rd-4th September. |
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Cliffe Pools, single bird, 29th May. |
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| 2015 | Pegwell Bay, one photographed, 23rd August. |
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Leysdown, single bird, 30th May. |
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| 2014 |
Cliffe Pools, single bird, 11th September. |
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Oare Marshes, single bird, 5th September. |
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Dungeness RSPB, first winter bird, 27th-30th August. |
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Cliffe Pools, moulting adult, 26th August. |
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| 2010 |
Elmley, single bird, 12th May. |
| 2009 |
Dungeness, ARC pits, adult, 19th July. |
| 2008 |
Dungeness, juvenile, offshore, 7th October. |
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Northward Hill RSPB, juvenile, 26th September. |
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| 2007 |
Chetney, adult female, 12th-17th August. |
| 2006 |
Oare Marshes, single bird, 3rd August. |
| 2005 |
Elmley, adult, 23rd July to 4th August. |
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Oare, female, 16th-18th May. |
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| 2004 |
Oare Marshes, male, 23rd-27th May to 4th August, presumed same bird as at Swale. |
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Swale NNR, male, 23rd May. |
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| 2003 |
New Downs Pool, Sandwich Bay, 14th September. |
| 2002 |
Oare, juvenile, 9th September. |
| 2001 |
Lade, 20th-24th September. |
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Reculver, 11th-16th September. |
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Oare, 9th September. |
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Cliffe Pools, moulted adult, 15th-20th August. |
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| 2000 |
Oare, two juveniles, 20th-22nd September. |
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Elmley NNR and RSPB, female, 2nd-20th July. |
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| 1999 |
Dungeness Reserve, two juveniles, 30th September. |
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Hoo Peninsula, juvenile, 15th-20th September. |
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Elmley Reserve, juvenile, 14th-26th September. |
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Swale NNR, juvenile, 28th August to 1st September, presumed Elmley bird. |
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Oare Marshes, juvenile, 27th August, presumed Elmley bird. |
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Elmley Reserve, juvenile, 25th August to 2nd September. |
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Cliffe Quarries, juvenile, 22nd-23rd August. |
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Grove Ferry, juvenile, 11th-15th August. |
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| 1998 |
Cliffe Pools, female, 17th-23rd July. |
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Swale NNR, moulting male, 4th May. |
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| 1997 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 18th-22nd September, with another, 30th September to 3rd October. |
| 1996 |
Fairfields, Upstreet, juvenile, 21st-28th September. |
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Pegwell Bay, single bird, 14th September. |
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| 1995 |
Cliffe Pools, juvenile, 7th-16th September. |
| 1994 |
Elmley, single bird, 25th August to 2nd September. |
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Swale NNR, single bird, 16th August. |
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| 1993 |
ARC Pits, Dungeness, first-year bird, 3rd-20th October. |
| 1992 |
Cliffe Pools, juvenile, 9th and 11th September. |
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Stodmarsh, juvenile, 4th-5th September. |
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Bough Beech, juvenile, 27th August. |
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Stodmarsh, transitional adult, 21st-25th August. |
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Cliffe Pools, transitional adult, 19th-26th August. |
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| 1991 |
Cliffe Pools, juvenile, 15th August. |
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Oare, single bird, 3rd-5th June. |
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| 1990 |
Elmley, single bird, 14th June. |
| 1989 |
Dungeness Reserve, single bird, 21st-24th September. |
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Nr. New Romney, single bird, 31st August to 13th September. |
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Cliffe Pools, single bird, 7th-8th June. |
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| 1988 |
Bough Beech, single bird, 30th August. |
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Cliffe Pools, single bird, 22nd June. |
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| 1987 |
Elmley, single bird, 18th-26th September. |
| 1986 |
Yantlet Creek, single bird, 30th May. |
| 1985 |
Elmley, single birds on 21st-26th June, 28th September to 7th October, with two birds on 8th October. |
| 1984 |
Stoke Lagoon, single bird, 18th-19th August. |
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Elmley, 1-3 birds from 1st-9th August, with maximum of 4 birds on 3rd. |
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| 1983 |
Cliffe Pools, juvenile, 22nd-30th August. |
| 1982 |
Dungeness Pits, single bird, 5th-6th October. |
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Elmley, single bird, 5th-11th September. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 3rd May. |
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| 1981 |
Dover, injured bird, 11th October. |
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Dungeness Pits, single birds on 17th August and 5th September. |
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Elmley, single birds on 28th June to 3rd July, 10th August, and 30th August to 12th September. |
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| 1980 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 9th August. |
| 1979 |
Cliffe Pools, single bird, 19th August. |
| 1977 |
Bough Beech, single bird, photographed, 19th-20th August. |
| 1976 |
Pegwell Bay, single bird, 6th and 8th November. |
| 1975 |
Sandwich Bay, summer plumage female, 26th-30th May. |
| 1968 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 28th-29th September. |
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Windmill Creek, single bird, 3rd August. |
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| 1967 |
Cliffe Pools, single bird, on 28th August. |
| 1966 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, on 21st August. |
| 1965 |
The Wicks, Dungeness, single bird, 28th August. |
| 1964 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 9th-10th and 15th August. |
| 1963 |
Walland Marsh, single bird, 30th August. |
| 1962 |
Grove, two birds, 26th June. |
| 1959 |
Minnis Bay, juvenile, 30th August. |
| 1957 |
The Brooks, Dungeness, single bird, 4th October. |
| 1952 |
Dungeness, single bird, 26th October. |
| 1939 |
Sheppey, single bird, 30th August. |
| 1936 |
Hoo, single bird, 1st November. |
| 1915 |
Sturry, shot, 10th November. |
| 1908 |
Cheyne Court Farm, Walland Marsh, single bird, 8th June. |
| 1906 |
Oppen Pits, Dungeness, adult male, shot, 1st May. |
| 1905 |
Oppen Pits, Dungeness, adult pair, shot, May. |
| ca.1871 |
Rainham fleets, immature female, shot, 28th September. |
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Isle of Grain, immature, shot, 26th September. Thought to be from this year. Now in British Museum (Natural History). |
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| 1867 |
Elmley, immature, shot, November. |
| 1861 |
Dover, no date given. |
| Pre-1844 |
Romney Marsh, shot, no date given. |
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