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Saxicola maurus/stejnegeri

Rare Vagrant

2022 Dungeness, a first-year bird was identified by DNA sampling as being Saxicola maurus, and was present from 5th-6th November.
2017 Halstow Marsh, 1CY male Saxicola maurus, 19th November until 3rd December. This bird was identified by DNA analysis and represents the first conclusively identified specimen of this species in Kent.
Saxicola maurus Rare Vagrant
2020

North Foreland, single bird, 15th-16th October.
2012

Dumpton Gap, Ramsgate, 27th September.
2009

Bockhill, female, 24th October.
2008

Bockhill, single bird, 30th October to 2nd November.
1999

Dungeness, first-winter male, trapped, 13th October.
1994

St. Margaret's Bay, male, 12th-15th October.
1993

Dungeness, female/1st-winter, 1st November.
1991

Folkestone, female/first-winter, 13th October.
1990

Foreness, female/immature, 9th-10th November.
1989

Dungeness, female/first-winter, 12th November.
1988

Foreness, female/first-winter, 24th-26th September.
1986

Dungeness, female/first-winter, 12th November.

No Longer Accepted

2003

Northward Hill, male showing characteristics of this race, 25th September to 1st October.
1904

Fairfield, 22nd May.
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