BLACK STORK (Ciconia nigra)

Rare Vagrant

1844	Romney Marsh, shot, no date.
c.1854	Weald, killed, no date.
1856	Fairfield, Romney Marsh, obtained, 5th May.
1884	Rainham, early July, found dead 8th September.
1958	Stone Cliff , moulting first-winter to adult,7th August. Remained in Iden area, East Sussex until 14th September.
1982	Littlebourne, 19th and 21st May.
1983	Margate, 10th June, presumed same, Elmley, 11th.
1988	Near Sandwich, 2nd July.
1989	Murston, 28th April.
	Murston, presumed another, refer 28th April, 28th may, probably same as East Sussex individual.
1991	Elmley 12th May.
	Dungeness, 1st June.
1993	Cliffe, 21st July.
1995	Folkestone, 22nd June.
2002	Dungeness RSPB, circling over, 31st May.
	Dungeness RSPB, circling over, 10th September.
2004	Hawthorn Corner, Walland, 16th September, is considered to be same bird as adult flying SE out to sea at Bockhill, 19th September.
2006	Hadlow, Tonbridge, single bird, 28th May.
	Margate, single bird flew north-west, 6th June.
2007	Sandwich, adult, circled over and flew towards Eastry, 4th July.
2008	Chartham/Seaton area, first-summer, 18th-19th July.
2010	Sevenoaks WR , single bird, 4th August.
	Eythorne, adult, 10th October.
No Longer Accepted
1957	Canturbury/Dover area, September to November, possible escape.
1981	Whitstable/Reculver area, 5th October to 17th December.