Buteo lagopus
Rare passage migrant, and winter visitor.
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In 2007 the KOSRP decided to make Rough-legged Buzzard, a reportable species anywhere outside of Sheppey/Swale, requiring at least a written description of any future records. The following are all records accepted, in the county, since that time. |
2007 | Sheppey, single bird from 2006, remained until 6th April. |
Sheppey, adult female, possibly previous years bird returning, 23rd October, remaining until the year end. | |
Foreness, juvenile bird, 25th October. | |
Sheppey, two additional birds, 30th October. | |
Chambers Wall, single bird, 26th October. | |
2008 | Sheppey, adult female from previous year remained until at least 9th March. |
Sheppey, the adult female was joined by a juvenile male, which remained until 13th April. | |
Dungeness area, adult male, 7th May. | |
Bockhill, and later that day at Dargate, single bird, 10th May. | |
Sheppey, returning adult female, 25th November, until year end. | |
2009 | Sheppey, the adult female from previous year remained until at least 15th March. |
Sheppey, first-winter bird, 27th January until at least 22nd February. | |
Bockhill, single bird, 5th April. | |
Yantlet, single bird, 19th April. | |
2010 | East Sheppey, single bird, 25th October. |
New Hythe, single bird, 24th December. | |
2011 | Reculver Marshes, single bird, 4th-11th January. |
Chartham Mill, single bird, 12th March. | |
Hythe, two birds, 24th April. | |
Dungeness, single bird flew south, 6th May. | |
Capel-le-Ferne, single bird, 14th May. | |
Sheppey, single bird, 16th October. | |
Shuart Farm, Reculver Marshes, single bird 22nd October. | |
Newchurch, single bird, 24th October. | |
Foreness, single bird, 25th October. | |
Sheppey, two birds, 28th October, with one, a juvenile, remaining for two weeks. | |
Elmley NNR, adult female, was present for most of December until the year end. | |
Palmarsh, single bird, 1st November, was later reported from West Hythe on 13th November, remaining in the area until the end of the year. | |
2012 | Sheppey, the adult female from previous year remained until early April. |
Thames Marshes, single bird, 7th January, with two birds present the next day, which were both seen again 10th-11th, with one remaining until 28th. | |
Sheppey, two birds, present from 7th-9th April, with one remaining until 12th. | |
2013 | Pegwell, single bird circling to the east, 19th April. |
Pegwell, juvenile bird flew S, 12th October, and later SW past Bockhill. | |
Cliffe Pools, single bird, 24th October. | |
2014 | Eastry, single bird, 25th January. |
Sandwich, single bird flew north, 12th March. | |
Reculver, single bird, 7th November. | |
2015 | Scotney Court GP’s, single bird, 19th-24th October. |
Grain Country Park, single bird found moribund, 24th October. | |
2016 | Seaton, single bird, 24th January. |
2017 | Lade Pits & Dungeness BO, single bird, 1st December. |
Harty Marshes/Capel Fleet, single bird, 5th December until year end. | |
2018 | Harty Marshes/Capel Fleet, single bird, remained from 2017 into the first week of January. |
Dungeness RSPB Reserve, single bird, 26th September. | |
Reculver, single bird, 28th October. | |
Dungeness RSPB Reserve, single bird, 30th October. | |
Dartford Marshes, single bird, 30th October. | |
Rainham Marshes, single bird, 30th October. | |
Bough Beech, single bird, 21st November. | |
Cockles Bridge, Dengemarsh, single bird, 14th December. | |
Harty Marshes, single bird, 29th December. | |
Chetney Marshes/Funton Creek, first-year bird, 20th December until the year end. | |
2019 | Chetney Marshes/Funton Creek, the first-year bird from 2018 remained until at least the 21st April. |
Chetney Marshes/Funton Creek, the previous bird was joined by a second on 6th January, and also remained until at least the 21st April. | |
Elmley NR, one of the previous two birds was also seen intermittently, from 3rd March until 25th April. | |
Dunkirk, single bird, first seen on 6t March, and then again on 19th and 29th April. | |
Funton Creek, first-winter bird, 1st December, until year end. | |
2020 | Funton Creek, the 2019 first winter bird, remained in the area until 25th February. |
Worth Marshes, single bird flew north, 21st March. | |
2021 | Swale NNR, first-winter bird, 28th January until 5th March, occasionally visiting Elmley and Conyer. |
Stonar Lake, Sandwich, adult female, 19th April. | |
Bockhill, single bird, 30th April. | |
Reculver Marshes, juvenile bird, 4th November. | |
2022 | Swale NR, single bird, 1st January. |
2023 | Hothfield Common, single bird flew south, 5th January. |