Kent Ornithological Society 
Haliaeetus albicilla
Rare migrant, with increasing sightings of captive bred birds from reintroductions in both the UK and Europe
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1815 |
Cliffe, adult male, shot, 27th December. |
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1827 |
One, immature, was caught near Dover in winter. |
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1844 |
Romney Marsh, obtained prior to 1844. |
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1845 |
Canterbury, obtained prior to 1845. |
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1848 |
Cliffsend, Pegwell, shot, 3rd February. |
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1849 |
Deal, 24th February. |
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1850 |
Near the south coast, early January. (Harrison, 1953). |
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1869 |
Godmersham Park, nr. Wye, male, shot, 11th January. Now at Maidstone Museum. |
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1870 |
Chilham Park, killed, February/March. Now at Maidstone Museum. |
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Chilham Castle, shot, 11th March. Now at Maidstone Museum. |
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1874 |
Eastwell Park, nr. Ashford, killed, date unknown. Now at Maidstone Museum. (Harrison, 1953). |
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1879 |
Two birds, High Halstow. One bird shot 8th November, with second bird remaining until 1st February 1880. |
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1880 |
See previous record. (Harrison, 1953). |
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1885 |
Eastwell Park, nr. Ashford, immature shot, date unknown. (Harrison, 1953). |
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Minster Marshes, Thanet, immature female, shot, 12th November, now at Canterbury Museum. (Harrison, 1953). |
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1888 |
Eastwell Park, nr. Ashford, immature male, killed, date unknown. (Harrison, 1953). |
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Lower Stour Marshes, shot, date unknown. (Harrison, 1953). |
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1889 |
Chilham, three immatures shot, date unknown. (Harrison, 1953). |
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Weatherlees Hill, Richborough, date unknown. (Harrison, 1953). |
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1895 |
Eastwell Park, nr. Ashford, immature shot, 22nd December. (Harrison, 1953). |
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One shot at Whitehill, Ramsgate, on 6th December. |
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1897 |
Penshurst Place, shot, date unknown. (Harrison, 1953). |
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1906 |
Ruckinge, 21st March. (Harrison, 1953). |
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1920 |
Surrenden Dering, 29th October. (Harrison, 1953). |
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1932 |
Whitfield, Dover, female shot, 8th March. Now at Maidstone Museum. (Harrison, 1953). |
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1988 |
Elmley, Sheppey, 16th November to year end. |
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1989 |
Elmley, Sheppey, and North Downs area. Present from 1988 until 25th January. Poisoned. |
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1990 |
St. Margaret's, immature north, 22nd October. |
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1998 |
Graveney Marshes, juvenile, 7th-8th October. |
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2012 |
Botolph’s Bridge, second winter, 14th February. |
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Walland Marsh, same second winter, 16th February. |
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2019 |
Bockhill, adult, or near adult, 24th March. |
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| 2020 | Re-introduction schemes, notably that on the Isle of Wight that began in autumn 2019, are beginning to make it hard to decide whether birds seen in Kent are from natural populations or not. | |
| Dungeness, untagged immature, moved north, via. Greatstone and Hythe on March 30th. | ||
| Reculver, untagged immature, was later seen in the Manston and Monkton areas on October 17th. | ||
| 2021 | Worth Marshes, adult, presumed naturally occurring wild bird, 5th-7th January. | |
| 2022 |
In March there were reports on five days; on the 13th over Chatham, on the 15th over Sandwich BO, on the 20th at White Horse Wood near Detling, on the 23rd over Port Lympne and Worth Marshes, and on the 24th again over Worth Marshes and nearby Kingsdown. In April G463 was over Aycliffe, near Dover, on the morning of the 3rd and possibly the same bird circled over Northward Hill RSPB Reserve later that same day. On May 23rd an immature bird was reported flying N over the Sandwich Bay Estate and the last record of the year came from Eastry on Oct 24th. All 2022 records are likely to relate to translocated birds. |
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