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.

 

1977

Worth, single bird, 4th February.

 

Stodmarsh, heard, 21st-22nd April.

1978

Murston, single bird, 18th February.

 

Sandwich Bay, single bird, 10th December.

1980

Sandwich Bay, single bird, 4th April.

1982

Stodmarsh, single bird, 7th January.

 

Stodmarsh, another bird, 28th-29th March.

 

Cottington, Deal, single bird, 30th September.

 

Folkestone Warren, single bird, 14th November to 6th December.

1983

Stour Valley, at two localities, up to three males were seen and heard, 27th-30th April.

 

Stour Valley, again single birds on 4th, 7th, and 8th May.

 

Unnamed site, 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.

 

Pegwell Bay, single bird, 16th December.

1987

Newington Cress Beds, one present, 30th September to 1st October.

1988

Kingsgate, single bird, 10th August.

 

Broomfield, single bird, 22nd October.

 

Dungeness, single bird, 15th October.

1989

Broomfield, single bird present, 17th-20th August.

1990

Middle Stour, single bird, 2nd February.

1992

Denton, Gravesend, single bird, 29th April to 4th May.

1994

Stodmarsh, single bird trapped, 30th August, had probably been present for at least a week beforehand.

1995

Sandwich Bay, juvenile present, 18th August until at least 15th September.

 

Elmley, single bird, 23rd August.

1996

Sandwich Bay, single bird trapped, 6th September.

 

Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 25th-29th October.

1998

Stodmarsh, single bird heard, 9th-11th May.

1999

Seaton, single bird, 30th July.

 

Grove ferry, three birds, 7th-19th August.

 

Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 14th September.

2000

Stodmarsh, one heard, 5th-6th July.

 

Grove Ferry, single bird, 30th July into August.

 

Grove Ferry, singles recorded on nine dates in August, with two on 27th and 29th, and at least four on 31st.

 

Grove Ferry, up to six present during September.

 

Grove Ferry, single birds on 8th and 24th October.

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.

2002

Oare, one heard calling, 20th April.

 

Grove Ferry, adult, 13th-14th July.

 

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.

 

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.

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.

2004

Oare, juvenile, 7th August.

 

Grove Ferry, at least four individuals, 4th-19th September.

 

Grove Ferry, another present, 2nd-6th October.

2005

Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 12th April.

 

Grove Ferry, as many as six individual birds, 7th July to 18th September.

 

Dungeness RSPB, single bird present, 20th August to 2nd September.

2006

Grove Ferry, at least two birds seen, adult and juvenile, between 12th August and 14th September.

2007

Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 2nd April.

 

Grove Ferry, another heard, 29th April until 1st May.

 

Grove Ferry, at least one juvenile present, 8th-12th September.

2008

Alder Wood, Stodmarsh, single bird, 30th March.

 

Grove Ferry, single bird, 14th June.

 

Oare Marshes, single bird, 16th August to 20th September.

2009

Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 20th-26th August, with two on 22nd.

 

Dungeness, ARC pits, single bird, 6th-16th September.

2010

Grove Ferry, single bird, 10th-22nd August, with two on 18th.

2013

Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 24th August to 6th September, with a second bird from 28th-31st August.

 

Cliffe Pools, single bird, 8th-9th September.

 

Oare Marshes, single bird from 9th September to 12th October, with a second briefly on 1st October.

2014

Westbere Marshes, single singing bird, 15th April.

 

Grove Ferry, single singing bird, 18th-27th April.

 

Grove Ferry, two singing birds, 4th-5th May.

2015

Grove Ferry, single bird singing, 27th-30th May.

2016

Cliffe Pools, single bird seen and heard, 14th-21st August.

2017

Stodmarsh NNR, single bird, 27th August.

2018

Grove Ferry, single singing bird, 19th August until 9th September.

 

Grove Ferry, possibly same bird as earlier in month, 22nd-23rd September.

 

Oare Marshes, single bird, 15th September until 19th October.

2019

Stodmarsh, single bird, 6th October.

2020 Grove Ferry, single bird, 7th August.
2024  Stour Valley, single bird, recorded at night, 25th-27th August.

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