Kent Ornithological Society 
Sturnus roseus
Rare Vagrant
| 2025 | Burmarsh, adult, 23rd June. | |
| Dungeness BO, adult, 11th June. | ||
| 2024 | Bockhill/St Margaret's, juvenile bird, 27th october until 11th November. | |
| Reculver Marshes, adult, flew west, 27th May. | ||
| 2023 | Site in west Kent, adult bird, 30th May. | |
| 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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| 2020 | Hildenborough, single bird, 14th August. | |
| Rochester, single bird, 29th June. | ||
| Deal/Cinque Ports GC, adult bird, 14th-15th June. | ||
| Richborough Fort, adult, 14th June. | ||
| Walmer, adult bird, 8th June. | ||
| Lydd, single bird, 8th June. | ||
| Dengemarsh, adult, 6th June. | ||
| Folkestone, single bird, probable 2CY, 5th-6th June. | ||
| 2018 |
Foreness, adult, 15th June. |
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Rye Street, Cliffe, adult, 3rd June. |
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Pegwell Bay, adult, 3rd-4th June. |
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North Foreland, adult, 2nd June. |
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St Margaret’s Bay, adult, 30th May. |
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Grove Ferry, adult, 29th May. |
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Dungeness, adult male, 28th-29th May. |
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Bishopstone, adult male, 26th-27th May. |
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| 2017 |
Dungeness BO, single bird, 1st June. |
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| 2016 |
Dungeness BO, juvenile, 19th-20th September. |
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| 2015 |
Langley Heath, juvenile, 7th-30th June. |
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| 2014 |
Borstal, adult, 28th-29th May. |
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| 2013 |
Pegwell Bay, juvenile flew south, 2nd October. |
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| 2012 |
Samphire Hoe, juvenile, 20th September. |
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Gillingham, adult, 3rd June. |
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| 2011 |
Dungeness, juvenile, 23rd September. |
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| 2010 |
Ramsgate, juvenile, 11th November. |
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| 2008 |
Dungeness RSPB, adult, 18th October. |
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Reculver, juvenile, 18th September. |
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| 2002 |
Sandwich Bay, adult, 11th-20th July. |
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| 1997 |
Dungeness, juvenile, 27th-29th September. |
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| 1996 |
Deal, juvenile, 16th-21st September. |
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| 1994 |
Aylesford, first-winter, 22nd March until 21st April. |
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| 1990 |
Foreness, juvenile, 10th September. |
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Biddenden, first-summer, 12th-13th May. |
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| 1976 |
Northward Hill, adult, 22nd May. |
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| 1971 |
Rough Common, Canterbury, 20th November to 12th December. |
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Sandwich, adult, 11th September. |
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Sandwich, juvenile, 22nd-27th February. |
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| 1953 |
Tunbridge Wells, adult, 11th January. |
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| 1951 |
Tunbridge Wells, adult, February. |
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| 1937 |
Dungeness, immature female, early June. |
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| 1906 |
Near Ham Street, early April. |
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| 1891 |
Near Margate, shot, no date. |
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| 1889 |
Near Wingham, seen, January. |
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| 1888 |
Godmersham, immature shot, mid-summer. |
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Wingham, adult, shot, 'some years prior to 1889', now in Hammond collection, Canterbury. |
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| 1863 |
Barming, male, shot, no date, now at Rochester Museum. |
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| 1857 |
Frindsbury, nr. Rochester, shot, summer. |
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| 1844 |
Margate area, two seen, one male shot, June. |
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| pre-1844 |
Lydd, adult obtained, no date, now at Dover Museum. |
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No Longer Accepted
| 1925 |
Romney Marsh, male, 19th June. |
| 1902 |
Near Appledore, male, 10th June. |
| 1901 |
Near Appledore, adult male, 14th May. |
| 1900 |
Near Appledore, male, 4th June. |
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