Kent Ornithological Society 
Porzana porzana
Rare passage migrant and winter visitor. An occasional summer visitor.
With many records prior to 1977, this species would not normally be included in this list. However, as a species which causes great interest amongst birders, those records since 1977 are included here.
| 2025 | Sandwich Bay, single bird, first recorded at night, 30th September until 5th October. |
| New Downs, Sandwich, single bird, 25th August until 7th September. | |
| 2024 | Stour Valley, single bird, recorded at night, 25th-27th August. |
| Seaton GPs, single bird recorded, 25th-27th May. | |
| 2020 | Grove Ferry, single bird, 7th August. |
| 2019 |
Stodmarsh, single bird, 6th October. |
| 2018 |
Oare Marshes, single bird, 15th September until 19th October. |
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Grove Ferry, probably same bird as earlier in month, 22nd-23rd September. |
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Grove Ferry, single bird, initially singing, 19th August until 9th September. |
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| 2017 |
Stodmarsh NNR, single bird, 27th August. |
| 2016 |
Cliffe Pools, single bird seen and heard, 14th-21st August. |
| 2015 |
Grove Ferry, single bird singing, 27th-30th May. |
| 2014 |
Grove Ferry, two singing birds, 4th-5th May. |
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Grove Ferry, single singing bird, 18th-27th April. |
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Westbere Marshes, single singing bird, 15th April. |
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| 2013 |
Oare Marshes, single bird from 9th September to 12th October, with a second briefly on 1st October. |
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Cliffe Pools, single bird, 8th-9th September. |
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Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 24th August to 6th September, with a second bird from 28th-31st August. |
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| 2010 |
Grove Ferry, single bird, 10th-22nd August, with two on 18th. |
| 2009 |
Dungeness, ARC pits, single bird, 6th-16th September. |
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Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 20th-26th August, with two on 22nd. |
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| 2008 |
Oare Marshes, single bird, 16th August to 20th September. |
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Grove Ferry, single bird, 14th June. |
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Alder Wood, Stodmarsh, single bird, 30th March. |
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| 2007 |
Grove Ferry, at least one juvenile present, 8th-12th September. |
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Grove Ferry, another heard, 29th April until 1st May. |
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Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 2nd April. |
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| 2006 |
Grove Ferry, at least two birds seen, adult and juvenile, between 12th August and 14th September. |
| 2005 |
Dungeness RSPB, single bird present, 20th August to 2nd September. |
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Grove Ferry, as many as six individual birds, 7th July to 18th September. |
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Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 12th April. |
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| 2004 |
Grove Ferry, another present, 2nd-6th October. |
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Grove Ferry, at least four individuals, 4th-19th September. |
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Oare, juvenile, 7th August. |
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| 2003 |
Grove Ferry, singles recorded 10th-18th July, and 10th-31st August, with two on 24th. A single bird occurred on 12th September. It is probable that four individual birds were involved. |
| 2002 |
Grove Ferry, into September, and there sighting of one to three birds on most days, until the final two were seen on 12th. Probably a minimum of eight birds present. |
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Grove Ferry, in August a single bird on 3rd August, with four present on 4th, and singles on 5th and 6th. Further singles on 18th-21st, two on 23rd, and four on 24th. |
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Grove Ferry, adult, 13th-14th July. |
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Oare, one heard calling, 20th April. |
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| 2001 |
Grove Ferry, birds recorded daily between 27th August and 16th September, with juveniles reported on 27th August, two on 30th, and one on 8th September. Probably at total of six birds involved. |
| 2000 |
Grove Ferry, single birds on 8th and 24th October. |
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Grove Ferry, up to six present during September. |
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Grove Ferry, singles recorded on nine dates in August, with two on 27th and 29th, and at least four on 31st. |
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Grove Ferry, single bird, 30th July into August. |
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Stodmarsh, one heard, 5th-6th July. |
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| 1999 |
Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 14th September. |
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Grove ferry, three birds, 7th-8th September. |
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Seaton, single bird, 30th July. |
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| 1998 |
Stodmarsh, single bird heard, 9th-11th May. |
| 1996 |
Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 25th-29th October. |
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Sandwich Bay, single bird trapped, 6th September. |
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| 1995 |
Elmley, single bird, 23rd August. |
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Sandwich Bay, juvenile present, 18th August until at least 15th September. |
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| 1994 |
Stodmarsh, single bird trapped, 30th August, had probably been present for at least a week beforehand. |
| 1992 |
Denton, Gravesend, single bird, 29th April to 4th May. |
| 1990 |
Middle Stour, single bird, 2nd February. |
| 1989 |
Broomfield, single bird present, 17th-20th August. |
| 1988 |
Dungeness, single bird, 15th October. |
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Broomfield, single bird, 2nd October. |
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Kingsgate, single bird, 10th August. |
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| 1987 |
Newington Cress Beds, one present, 30th September to 1st October. |
| 1983 |
Pegwell Bay, single bird, 16th December. |
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Westbere Marshes, 3-4 males, present 20th May to mid-August; 2 were known to be paired, and one was seen with two partially downy young on 17th July. |
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Stour Valley, again single birds on 4th, 7th, and 8th May. |
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Stour Valley, at two localities, up to three males were seen and heard, 27th-30th April. |
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| 1982 |
Folkestone Warren, single bird, 14th November to 6th December. |
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Cottington, Deal, single bird, 30th September. |
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Stodmarsh, another bird, 28th-29th March. |
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Stodmarsh, single bird, 7th January. |
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| 1980 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 24th April. |
| 1978 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 10th December. |
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Murston, single bird, 18th February. |
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| 1977 |
Stodmarsh, heard, 21st-22nd April. |
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Worth, single bird, 4th February. |
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