Kent Ornithological Society 
Hydrobates pelagicus
Rare Passage Vagrant
| 2025 | Dungeness BO, four birds, 17th September. |
| Dungeness BO, fifteen birds, 16th September. | |
| St Margarets-at-Cliffe, five birds, 16th September. | |
| Dungeness BO, three birds, 15th September. | |
| 2023 | North Forland, single bird, 3rd November. |
| Dungeness, three birds, 3rd November. | |
| Mill Point, three birds, 3rd November. | |
| North Forland, single bird, 3rd November. | |
| Dover Harbour, single bird found moribund, 3rd November. | |
| Walmer, six birds, 3rd November. | |
| Dungeness, forty-four (44) birds, 3rd November. | |
| Hythe, eight birds, 2nd November. | |
| Old Stairs Bay, single bird, 2nd November. | |
| Seabrook, single bird, 2nd November. | |
| North Forland, two birds, 2nd November. | |
| Dungeness, eighty-four (84), 2nd November. | |
| Sandwich Bay, four birds, 2nd November. | |
| Kingsdown, single bird, 2nd November. | |
| Mill Point, three birds, 2nd November. | |
| Lade Bay, nine birds, 2nd November. | |
| At the beginning of November, following Storm Ciaran, there was an unprecedented westerly passage of this species through the channel. | |
| 2020 | Swalecliffe, single bird, 16th November. |
| 2017 |
Dungeness, single bird flew west, 9th June, was the only sighting. |
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Dungeness, 40 birds flew west, 8th June. |
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Dungeness, 26 birds flew west, 7th June. |
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A severe storm system swept through the English Channel in early June creating a significant movement of Storm Petrels from the North Sea area into the Straits of Dover and along the east and south Kent coast on 7th-9th June. Total of all sightings = 121 but duplications of sightings was highly likely, with peak counts at Dungeness as follows - |
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| 2008 |
Reculver, single bird, 5th October. |
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Dungeness Bird Observatory, three birds flew west, 9th July. |
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| 2006 |
Dungeness, single bird flew west, 25th October. |
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Minnis Bay, single bird flew east, 3rd August. |
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Dungeness, fifteen birds flew west, 28th May. |
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Dungeness, thirty-six birds flew west, 27th May. |
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Dungeness, twenty-nine birds flew west, 26th May. |
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Dungeness, fifty-six birds flew west, 25th May. |
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| Deal, ten lingering around pier, 25th May. | |
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Dungeness, one hundred and thirty-three (133) birds flew west, 24th May. |
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Dungeness, eighty birds flew west, 23rd May. |
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Dungeness, nineteen birds flew west, 22nd May. |
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Copt Point, eleven birds flew west, 24th May. |
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Various coastal sites recorded one to four birds up to 27th may. |
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Dungeness, forty-three birds flew west, 21st May. |
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Bockhill, two birds flew south, 21st May. |
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Bockhill, single bird flew south, 20th May. |
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In the last week of May, following a severe storm, there was an unprecedented westerly passage of this species through the channel. Total (assuming no duplicates) = 459 of which 411 at Dungeness. |
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| 2005 |
Dungeness Bird Observatory, one west, 6th November, was seen to be taken by Merlin, Falco columbarius. |
| 2004 |
Cliffe, 11th October. |
| 2003 |
Reculver, 23rd October. |
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Reculver, 15th October. |
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Reculver, one east, 14th October. |
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| 2002 |
Dungeness RSPB, exhausted bird picked up, 26th May. |
| 2000 |
Dungeness, one, 5th November. |
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Dungeness, two west, 2nd November. |
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River Thames at Stone Marshes, 31st October. |
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Dungeness Bird Observatory, two west, 31st October. |
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Copt Point, 31st October. |
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Lower Hope Point, four/six birds, presumed part of Cliffe ten, 30th October. |
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Thames at Dartford, 30th October. |
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Thames at Cliffe, ten west and then two returned east, 30th October. |
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Greenhithe, one west, 30th October. |
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| 1999 |
Reculver, one west, 19th November. |
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Staplehurst, found dead, 2nd January. |
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| 1998 |
Dungeness Bird Observatory, one west, 12th July. |
| 1996 |
Underriver, nr. Sevenoaks, fell exhausted into farmyard, 10th December. Recovered and later released. |
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Dungeness Bird Observatory, four west, 9th July. |
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| 1993 |
Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, 23rd October. |
| 1991 |
Minnis Bay, one east, 20th November. |
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Kingsnorth Power Station, found staranded, 19th October. |
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Sandwich Bay, one south, 9th January. |
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| 1989 |
Dungeness Peninsula, two west, 28th October. |
| 1988 |
Dover Harbour, 7th December. |
| 1987 |
Foreness, three east, 2nd December. |
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North Foreland, two south, 18th October. |
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North Foreland, 10th October. |
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Sandwich Bay, 10th October. |
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Dungeness Peninsula, 9th October. |
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Minnis Bay, 18th September. |
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Folkestone, 1st January. |
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| 1986 |
Dover, 27th October. |
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Dungeness Peninsula, one west, 13th September. |
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| 1985 |
Foreness, 27th December. |
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Foreness, 18th November. |
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Foreness, 10th November. |
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Sandwich Bay, 5th November. |
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| 1984 |
Minnis Bay, 5th November. |
| 1983 |
Lower Hope Point, 6th November. |
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Dungeness Peninsula, 15th October. |
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Dartford, 7th September. |
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| 1982 |
Sandwich Bay, one north, 7th October. |
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Dover, 4th October. |
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| 1981 |
Dungeness Peninsula, 26th December. |
| 1980 |
Dungeness, found dead at power station, 26th October. |
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Seasalter, 11th October. |
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Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, five, 11th October. |
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Foreness, 11th October. |
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| 1979 |
Dover, found on Dover-Boulogne ferry, 13th December. Released next day. |
| 1978 |
Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, 16th December. |
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Allhallows, 30th September. |
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| 1977 |
Dover Harbour, found dead, 27th November. |
| 1975 |
Gravesend, 9th November. |
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Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, 9th November. |
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| 1974 |
Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, 30th October. |
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Dover, found exhausted, 12th October. |
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| 1973 |
Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, two, 8th December. |
| 1971 |
Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, 19th October. |
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Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, 11th October. |
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Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, three, 10th October. |
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| 1970 |
Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, two, 21st October. Presumably same pair seen same day at Reculver, and at North Foreland. |
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Dungeness Peninsula, found exhausted, 11th October. |
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| 1967 |
Stodmarsh, one east, 9th January. |
| 1964 |
Maidstone, male found dead, 17th October. |
| 1961 |
Reculver, 14th October. |
| 1960 |
Dungeness Peninsula, found dead, 3rd April. |
| 1959 |
River Thames, from Cliffe Pools, two/three, 1st November. |
| 1957 |
Shellness, Isle of Sheppey, two, 13th October. |
| 1954 |
South Goodwin Lightship, 25th November. |
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South Goodwin Lightship, 20th November. |
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South Goodwin Lightship, two, 6th November. |
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| 1953 |
Dungeness Peninsula, caught and ringed at lighthouse, 15th December. |
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Royal Sovereign Lightship, singles found on deck on the mornings of 14th and 16th November. |
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| 1952 |
Lower Hope Point, 3rd November. |
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