LITTLE BUSTARD (Tetrax tetrax)

Rare Vagrant

1834 Chatham, killed, January.
1839 Nr. Lydd, female killed, 11th November.
pre-1844 Nr. Lydd, female killed, no date.
pre-1845 Nr. Canturbury,female, killed, no date, now at Canterbury Museum.
1860 St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Thanet, shot, no date.
ca.1878 Higham, nr. Rochester, killed, no date.
ca.1894 Pineham, nr. Dover, no date.
1902 Nr. St. Peter's, Thanet, shot, 20th December.
1940 Walland Marsh, 12th April.
1952 Nr. Hernhill, Faversham, immature male, shot, 5th January.
1958 Hadlow, 17th October.
   
No Longer Accepted
1809 Nr. Romsey, female, killed, January. (Awaiting clarification)
1893 Newenden, female, 2nd January.