Whiskered Tern

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Chlidonias hybrida

Rare Vagrant

2024 Stodmarsh NNR, two birds, 12th May.
  Dungeness NNR, single bird, 6th May.
2023 Stilebridge, Marden, on private lake, single bird, 24th-29th September.
2020 Dungeness RSPB, adult, 17th June.
  Dungeness RSPB, adult, 23rd-25th May.
2019

Dungeness RSPB, adult, 20th-21st May.
2011

Elmley RSPB, adult, 10th April.
2010

Dungeness Point and Dungeness RSPB, adult, 8th May.
2008

Stodmarsh and Collard's Lake, adult, 30th May to 5th June.
2003

Dungeness, first-winter, 26th-27th September.
 

Dungeness, adult, 28th-29th May.
2001

Stodmarsh, 13th May.
1994

Dungeness, 5th-6th May; also seen in East Sussex.
1988

Dungeness, 28th May; also seen in East Sussex.
1987

Stodmarsh, first-summer, 21st June.
1976

Dungeness RSPB, adult, 28th May to 7th June.
1973

Bough Beech Reservoir, 17th June.

No Longer Accepted

1918

Near Lydd, two, in May.
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The Kent Ornithological Society was founded in 1952

Our aims are to record and monitor the county’s bird life providing both an accurate historical record of Kent’s birds but equally importantly providing data that can be used to help protect valuable habitats from development and other threats.

In doing this, we seek increase knowledge and understanding of birds and their habitats in the county and encourage and support people seeking to take up birdwatching as a hobby.

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