Kent Ornithological Society 
Sturnus roseus
Rare Vagrant
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pre-1844 |
Lydd, adult obtained, no date, now at Dover Museum. |
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1844 |
Margate area, two seen, one male shot, June. |
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1857 |
Frindsbury, nr. Rochester, shot, summer. |
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1863 |
Barming, male, shot, no date, now at Rochester Museum. |
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1888 |
Wingham, adult, shot, 'some years prior to 1889', now in Hammond collection, Canterbury. |
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Godmersham, immature shot, mid-summer. |
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1889 |
Near Wingham, seen, January. |
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1891 |
Near Margate, shot, no date. |
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1906 |
Near Ham Street, early April. |
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1937 |
Dungeness, immature female, early June. |
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1951 |
Tunbridge Wells, adult, February. |
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1953 |
Tunbridge Wells, adult, 11th January. |
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1971 |
Sandwich, juvenile, 22nd-27th February. |
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Sandwich, adult, 11th September. |
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Rough Common, Canterbury, 20th November to 12th December. |
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1976 |
Northward Hill, adult, 22nd May. |
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1990 |
Biddenden, first-summer, 12th-13th May. |
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Foreness, juvenile, 10th September. |
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1994 |
Aylesford, first-winter, 22nd March until 21st April. |
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1996 |
Deal, juvenile, 16th-21st September. |
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1997 |
Dungeness, juvenile, 27th-29th September. |
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2002 |
Sandwich Bay, adult, 11th-20th July. |
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2008 |
Reculver, juvenile, 18th September. |
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Dungeness RSPB, adult, 18th October. |
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2010 |
Ramsgate, juvenile, 11th November. |
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2011 |
Dungeness, juvenile, 23rd September. |
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2012 |
Gillingham, adult, 3rd June. |
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Samphire Hoe, juvenile, 20th September. |
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2013 |
Pegwell Bay, juvenile flew south, 2nd October. |
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2014 |
Borstal, adult, 28th-29th May. |
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2015 |
Langley Heath, juvenile, 7th-30th June. |
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2016 |
Dungeness BO, juvenile, 19th-20th September. |
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2017 |
Dungeness BO, single bird, 1st June. |
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2018 |
Bishopstone, adult male, 26th-27th May. |
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Dungeness, adult male, 28th-29th May. |
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Grove Ferry, adult, 29th May. |
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St Margaret’s Bay, adult, 30th May. |
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North Foreland, adult, 2nd June. |
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Pegwell Bay, adult, 3rd-4th June. |
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Rye Street, Cliffe, adult, 3rd June. |
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Foreness, adult, 15th June. |
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| 2020 | Folkestone, single bird, probable 2CY, 5th-6th June. | |
| Dengemarsh, adult, 6th June. | ||
| Lydd, single bird, 8th June. | ||
| Walmer, adult bird, 8th June. | ||
| Richborough Fort, adult, 14th June. | ||
| Deal/Cinque Ports GC, adult bird, 14th-15th June. | ||
| Rochester, single bird, 29th June. | ||
| Hildenborough, single bird, 14th August. | ||
| 2021 |
This was a record year, with the first on Dungeness RSPB Reserve on June 1st. A flock of five flying N at South Foreland on the 2nd, was apparently the largest ever recorded in Britain. Also, on the same date, there was one in Ramsgate. On the 3rd, four were briefly atSandwich Bay, and there were singles at Dengemarsh on the 4th, Dungeness BO on the 5th, and Worth Marshes on the 6th. After a short gap, there was one at Dungeness RSPB Reserve on June 10th-11th, followed by one flying W at Oare Marshes on the 12th, and one at Dungeness BO on the 13th. The last bird of the spring influx was at Dungeness RSPB Reserve from June 17th-19th. In autumn, an adult remained in the Palmarsh area from September 28th until October 28th. |
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| 2023 | Site in west Kent, adult bird, 20th May. | |
| 2024 | Reculver Marshes, adult, flew west, 27th May. | |
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No Longer Accepted |
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1900 |
Near Appledore, male, 4th June. |
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1901 |
Near Appledore, adult male, 14th May. |
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1902 |
Near Appledore, male, 10th June. |
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1925 |
Romney Marsh, male, 19th June. |
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