LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER

(Limnodromus scolopaceus)

Rare Vagrant

1946	Brookland, 9th-19th October.
1981	Elmley,7th-19th July.
1984	Dungeness, first-winter, 30th September.
1990	Dengemarsh, 2nd December to 19th January 1991.
1997	Elmley,adult, intermittently, 8th July to 8th December; same, Swale 15th-21st July.
1998	Elmley,4th-15th July,24th October; same, Oare Marshes,18th July intermittently to 11th October; presumed returning bird from 1997.
	Pegwell Bay, juvenile, 15th October.
1999	Grove Ferry, 20th February intermittently to 24th April.
	Elmley,adult, 31st march to 28th April; same Oare Marshes, 15th July to 24th August; presumed returning 1998 bird.
2000	Elmley,adult, 23rd January, 12th March, 8th-29th April, 30th July to 16th August, and again at Bedlam's Bottom, Swale, on 16th August, same as 1999 bird.
2001	Oare Marshes, adult, 7th July to 6th September; presumed same bird as Elmley 2000.
2006	Oare Marshes, juvenile/first winter, 2nd October until April 2007.
2007	Oare Marshes, juvenile/first winter, from October 2006 until 12th April.
	Bough Beech, juvenile, 29th September to 2nd October; presumed same Minnis Bay, 3rd October, and Oare Marshes and Elmley, 5th to 16th October..
2011	Oare Marshes, single bird, 18th September.