BLACK BRANT (Branta bernicla nigricans)
Rare but fairly regular winter vagrant
| 1974 | Medway, adult, February, no exact dates. |
| 1984 | Leysdown/Shellness, one wintered and was joined by second bird from 8th December. |
| 1985 | Shellness, one present, 20th-27th January, with two birds on 29th. |
| 1987 | Sandwich Bay, one present, 21st March. |
| 1990 | Swalecliffe, adult, 23rd October until 4th November, and was later seen in Sheppey and Reculver areas until at least 30th November. |
| 1991 | Reculver, adult, 16th-24th February, and again on 9th March. Assumed to be the same bird as that of 1990. |
| 1995 | Swale area. Single bird on several dates between 12th January and 25th February, with perhaps the same bird at Reculver/Minnis Bay from 4th-5th march. |
| South Medway estuary, two birds, 2nd November until end of year. | |
| Allhallows, one present, 3rd December. | |
| 1996 | Allhallows, one present, 13th January, presumed same bird as December 1995 . |
| Motney Hill, one over wintering from 25th November 1995, until 13th February. | |
| St. Mary;s Marsh, one over wintering from 3rd December 1995, until 13th January. | |
| 1997 | Horsham Marsh, Medway, single bird, 18th January until 2nd February, is considered to be the same bird of winter 1995/96. St. Mary's Bay, Thames, same bird 16th-23rd February. |
| Motney Hill, two birds, 7th April. | |
| Motney Hill, one present, 2nd-30th November. | |
| High Halstow, one present, 16th-23rd February, and again from 3rd-8th March. | |
| 1998 | South Medway, one present, 13th-25th April. |
| 1999 | Dartford, single bird on Thames, 13th November. |
| 2000 | Motney Hill, one bird, 1st-2nd October. |
Shellness, 2nd-29th October, with presumably same bird Tankerton/Swalecliffe from 3rd November. Joined by second bird 19th-26th November, with this bird remaining into 2001. One of the two was also at Reculver on 2nd-3rd December. |
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| 2001 | Two birds remained from 2000, one at Reculver until 3rd March, and the other at Swalecliffe/Whitstable until 17th January. |
| 2002 | Funton Creek, one present, 9th November. |
| 2004 | Lower Halstow, adult present, 12th December. |
| 2005 | Chetney Marshes, adult present, 2nd January, considered to be same bird as 2004. |
| Harty Ferry, two adults, from 13th February, with one remaining until 24th February, and the other until 13th March. | |
| Reculver, adult, 18th November, remaining until the year end, having been seen at Swalecliffe on 11th December. | |
| Motney Hill, adult, 26th December. | |
| 2006 | Reculver, adult, remained from 2005 until 24th March. |
| Yantlet Creek/St. Mary's Marsh, first-winter, 6th-22nd January. | |
| South Swale LNR, adult, 15th-16th November, and again at Reculver, 19th November to 7th December. | |
| 2007 | Lower Hastow, adult, on the Medway, 1st January. |
| Yantlet Beach, adult, 18th February, presumed to be the Lower Halstow bird. | |
| Reculver, a different adult from Lower Halstow bird, 25th-26th February, then Swalecliffe on 28th, and back at Reculver 13th March, all presumed to be same bird. | |
| Yantlet Creek/Allhallows, adult, 26th March, and again 23rd April until 19th May, presumed to be the same as January Lower Halstow and Yantlet bird. | |
| Grain to Halstow Marshes, adult, seen several times, 17th November until 1st December. | |
| 2008 | Grain, adult, 27th-30th January, and perhaps same bird St. Mary's Bay 21st February. |
| Hoo flats, adult, 1st-5th May. | |
| Cliffe, adult flew west, 4th November. | |
| Swale, adult, 3rd-14th December . | |
| 2009 | Reculver, adult, 2nd-13th January. |
| Pegwell Bay, one present, 1st November. |
