Anser fabalis
Scarce passage migrant and winter visitor
| 2017 |
St. Nicholas-at-Wade, single bird, on 9th January, with two birds present from 30th January until 24th February, also being seen at nearby Monkton during this period. |
| 2016 |
Chetney, four birds, 5th December. |
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Sandwich, five birds, 22nd October until 20th November. |
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Dungeness, single bird, 25th March. |
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| 2012 |
Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 12th-16th March. |
| 2007 |
Elmley, nine birds, 24th December. |
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Cheney Court, Walland, two birds, 16th December. |
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Scotney Court GP, five birds, 16th-22nd December, increased to twelve on 27th. |
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Reculver, four birds, 14th January. |
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Dumpton, single bird, 11th January, with possibly the same bird at Collard's Lake, Stodmarsh, on 14th, remained until 17th March. |
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Sandwich Bay, two birds, 6th-7th January. |
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Dungeness RSPB, possibly same bird as Walland Marsh, 3rd February, and again at Scotney Court GP on 4th February. |
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Walland Marsh, from 2006 until 7th January. |
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| 2006 |
Walland Marsh, single bird, 29th December into 2007. |
| 2004 |
Cliffe Pools, two birds, 15th February, then frequented Higham Marshes area until 13th March. |
| 2003 |
Dengemarsh area, three birds, 18th February to 6th March. |
| 2002 |
Scotney Court, a flock of sixteen, 5th December. |
| 1999 |
Dungeness RSPB, four birds present, 15th December, with two on 21st, and one on 27th. |
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Dungeness/Scotney area, single bird, 17th May. |
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Scotney, two birds were present from 26th January, and were reported sporadically until 3rd April, with a third bird present on 14th March. |
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| 1998 |
Wade Marshes, a single bird among flock of ten Tundra’s, A. serrirostris, 10th-15th February. |
| 1997 |
Wade Marshes, Minnis Bay, four birds, 24th December to year end. |
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Scotney, at least one bird of a flock of sixteen birds was a Taiga Bean, 1st-9th February. |
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| 1988 |
Sandwich Bay, two birds, 16th October, with seven present two days later. |
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Hayesden, single bird, 6th March, was probably an escape. |
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Scotney, five birds, 20th February until 2nd March, with two present on 13th and 31st March. |
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| 1979 |
An exceptional year for Bean Goose, with up to two hundred birds reported, with the largest flock having 69 birds. Birds of both races were involved county wide, but no detailed analysis was possible. |
| 1978 |
Thames Marshes, party of six, 26th February. |
| 1977 |
Sandwich Bay, four birds present, 27th March. |
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Stodmarsh, two birds, 20th March. Wade Marsh, Minnis Bay, |
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St. Nicholas-at-Wade, six birds, 8th March. |
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Reculver, flock of thirteen, 3rd January. |
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Sheppey, up to five birds, sporadically between 4th January and 18th February. |
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| 1976 |
Sandwich Bay, single bird, 9th-10th November. |
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Minnis Bay, single bird, 24th March. |
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Cliffe Marshes, a flock of eleven, 31st January. |
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| 1973 |
Cooling, party of five showed the characteristics of this race, 21st February. |
| 1968 |
Capel, single bird with White-fronts, 4th February. |
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Cooling Marshes, three, with White-fronts, 13th January. |
Kent Ornithological Society 
