James King: Kent Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 240 of 240 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Ssp. bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/01/2018 Eastchurch Marshes, Sheppey 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 23/12/2019 Swale NNR, Sheppey 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 06/12/2020 Bilting, Stour Valley 2 Ad. + 2 1st-winter 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 14/02/2017 Swale NNR, Sheppey 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15/12/2017 Lydd, Dungeness 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2018 Capel Fleet, Sheppey 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 04/04/2017 East Lake, Sevenoaks WR 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30/05/2020 Ramp Pool, Grove Ferry NNR Ad. male 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/01/2017 Cook's Pool, Dungeness RSPB Ad. male 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 11/03/2018 Abbeymead Pit, New Hythe GPs Female-type 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 22/12/2017 Lade GPs, Greatstone 1st-winter 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 20/12/2016 Burrowes Pit, Dungeness RSPB Ad. male 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 36 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23/03/2023 Railway Pit, New Hythe GPs 37 Swift Apus apus 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 18/06/2017 Postern GPs, Tudeley 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 45 Coot Fulica atra 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 22/10/2017 ARC Pit, Dungeness RSPB 1st-winter 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 02/01/2017 New Diggings, Dungeness RSPB 50 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 14/01/2018 East Lake, Sevenoaks WR 51 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 16/07/2022 Flamingo Pool, Cliffe Pools RSPB 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 53 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 09/07/2017 Black Barn Pool 4, Cliffe Pools RSPB Ad. + 2 juv. 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 57 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 06/09/2020 East Flood, Oare Marshes NR 1st cal.-year 58 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 25/08/2022 Dungeness Peninsula, Dungeness NNR 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 66 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 24/08/2017 East Flood, Oare Marshes NR Ad. 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 30/09/2018 North Lake, Bough Beech Reservoir 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 70 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 08/10/2017 East Flood, Oare Marshes NR 1st cal.-year 71 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 22/09/2018 North Lake, Bough Beech Reservoir 72 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 74 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 28/07/2019 ARC Pit, Dungeness RSPB 75 Redshank Tringa totanus 76 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 12/07/2020 East Flood, Oare Marshes NR Ad. 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 24/09/2019 Ski Pool, Cliffe Pools RSPB 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Knot Calidris canutus 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 22/07/2017 East Flood, Oare Marshes NR 83 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 19/07/2018 East Flood, Oare Marshes NR Ad. 84 Sanderling Calidris alba 85 Dunlin Calidris alpina 86 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 18/02/2018 Hampton Pier, Herne Bay 87 Little Stint Calidris minuta 23/09/2017 North Lake, Bough Beech Reservoir 88 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 29/08/2022 Dengemarsh, Dungeness RSPB Juvenile 89 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 30/05/2021 Black Barn Pool 4, Cliffe Pools RSPB Ad. 90 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 91 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/06/2020 ARC Pit, Dungeness RSPB 2nd-summer 92 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 13/08/2018 Main Res., Bough Beech Reservoir 93 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 23/08/2021 Main Res., Bough Beech Reservoir 1st cal.-year 94 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 95 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 96 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/03/2018 East Lake, Sevenoaks WR 97 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 98 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 09/07/2017 East Flood, Oare Marshes NR Ad. 99 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 100 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 101 Common Gull Larus canus 102 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 29/04/2018 Burrowes Pit, Dungeness RSPB 2nd cal.-year 103 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 104 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 105 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 106 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 22/12/2017 Dungeness Peninsula, Dungeness NNR Juvenile 107 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 108 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 18/04/2021 Power Station B, Dungeness NNR 2CY 109 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 110 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 29/04/2018 E, Dungeness Point 2 Ads. 111 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 112 Razorbill Alca torda 113 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 114 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 115 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 26/12/2018 Basin 2, Chatham Marina 1st-winter 116 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 20/02/2021 Sandgate Esplanade, Folkestone 1st-winter 117 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 118 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/08/2020 W, Dungeness Point 119 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 120 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 25/08/2020 W, Dungeness Point 121 Gannet Morus bassanus 122 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 123 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 26/12/2018 Basin 2, Chatham Marina 124 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 14/08/2020 ARC Pit, Dungeness RSPB Imm. 125 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 09/07/2017 Ski Pool, Cliffe Pools RSPB 126 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 18/04/2017 Dengemarsh, Dungeness RSPB 127 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 19/08/2022 East Flood, Oare Marshes NR 1st-summer 128 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 129 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 22/10/2017 ARC Pit, Dungeness RSPB 130 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2017 ARC Pit, Dungeness RSPB 131 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 132 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 20/07/2018 Willow Hide, Sevenoaks WR Juvenile 133 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 26/08/2017 East Lake, Sevenoaks WR Juvenile 134 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 27/08/2019 Lower Ensden, Dunkirk Ad. 135 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 136 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 137 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/01/2018 Leysdown Marshes, Sheppey 138 Red Kite Milvus milvus 139 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 04/01/2019 Funton Creek, Medway Estuary 1st-winter 140 Buzzard Buteo buteo 141 Barn Owl Tyto alba 142 Little Owl Athene noctua 143 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 20/12/2016 VC Pool, Dungeness RSPB 144 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/02/2017 Swale NNR, Sheppey 145 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 146 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 147 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 27/08/2018 Lydd Ranges, Dungeness 148 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 22/02/2020 Blean Wood, Dargate Ad. female 149 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 150 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 151 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 152 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 02/07/2017 Harrison's Drove, Grove Ferry NNR 1st-summer male 153 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 28/05/2022 Worth Marshes, Sandwich Bay 2nd-summer female 154 Merlin Falco columbarius 155 Hobby Falco subbuteo 156 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 157 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 158 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 18/10/2020 Shuart Drove, Reculver Marshes 1st-winter 159 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 30/05/2020 Hythe Roughs, Pedlinge Ad. male 160 Jay Garrulus glandarius 161 Magpie Pica pica 162 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 163 Rook Corvus frugilegus 164 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 165 Raven Corvus corax 166 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 19/12/2016 Strood, Rochester 167 Coal Tit Periparus ater 168 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 169 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 170 Great Tit Parus major 171 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 172 Skylark Alauda arvensis 173 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 24/10/2020 Littlestone Golf Links, St Mary's Bay 174 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 175 Swallow Hirundo rustica 176 House Martin Delichon urbicum 177 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 178 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 179 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 22/12/2021 Bockhill Farm Wood, St Margaret's-at-Cliffe 180 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 07/10/2018 West Scrape, Oare Marshes NR 181 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 19/12/2021 Fordwich GPs, Sturry 182 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 183 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Ssp. collybita 184 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 185 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 186 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 187 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 188 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 189 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Ssp. curruca 190 Whitethroat Curruca communis 191 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 22/12/2017 Lade GPs, Greatstone 192 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 193 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 194 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 195 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 196 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 197 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 24/10/2021 Palmarsh Avenue, Hythe 2CY+ male 198 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 199 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 200 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 201 Redwing Turdus iliacus 202 Blackbird Turdus merula 203 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 204 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 15/04/2019 Bradbourne Farm, Sevenoaks WR 205 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 206 Robin Erithacus rubecula 207 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 208 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 07/10/2018 Shellness, Sheppey 1st-winter 209 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 03/08/2019 Long Pits, Dungeness NNR 210 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29/04/2018 Power Station A, Dungeness NNR 211 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 212 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 213 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 214 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 215 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 216 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 217 Dunnock Prunella modularis 218 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Ssp. flavissima 219 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 220 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Ssp. yarrellii; Ssp. alba (Caldecot Lane, Walland Marsh, Kent, 21.04.2019) 221 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 30/12/2020 Salt Bay, Halstow Marshes 222 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 223 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 224 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 30/03/2019 Dengemarsh, Dungeness RSPB 225 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 226 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 227 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 228 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 25/11/2017 Bedgebury Forest, Goudhurst 229 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 230 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 231 Linnet Linaria cannabina 232 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 233 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 234 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 235 Siskin Spinus spinus 236 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 20/02/2021 South Foreland, St Margaret's Bay 237 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/01/2021 South Swale LNR, Seasalter 238 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 239 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 240 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus