COMMON ROSEFINCH                               (Carpodacus erythrinus)

Rare Passage Migrant

1977 Two birds, probable pair, Dungeness, 19th-24th June, with one, a first-summer male, until 27th.
1981 Dungeness, 1st September.
1983 Dungeness, male in song, 4th June.
1987 Port Regis, Foreness, female, 14th September.
1988 Folkestone, immature male, 14th June.
1989 Shellness, Sheppey, immature, 10th September.
1990 Minnis Bay, first-year, 27th August.
1992 Dungeness Reserve, first-summer male, 13th June.
  Littlestone, singing male, 21st June.
1993 Dungeness, singing male and female/first-winter together, 28th May.
  Stodmarsh, male, 6th June.
1994 Dungeness, singing male, 15th June.
  Swalecliffe, juvenile, 3rd-5th September.
1995 Dungeness Observatory, singing male, 31st July.
1996 Dungeness, sub-adult male, 2nd June.
1997 Dungeness, singing male, 18th May.
1999 South Foreland , St. Margaret's, first-winter, 16th September.
2001 Dungeness, male, 24th May.
2002 Capel-le-Ferne, male in song briefly, then flew off West, 31st May.
2003 Dungeness, male, 10th June.
2008 Dungeness, first-summer male, in song, 3rd-4th June.
2010 Dungeness, single bird, 16th June.