MARSH SANDPIPER (Tringa stagnatilis)

Rare Vagrant

1937 Dungeness, two, 26th September.
1963 Swanscombe, 18th August to 2nd September, also in Essex.
1979 Cliffe Pooles, adult, 20th-25th August.
1981 Elmley, 10th May.
1983 Elmley, adult, 8th-16th August.
1984 Elmley, 23rd April to 2nd May.
  Elmley, presumed different bird, 16th June.
  Elmley, presumed different bird, 8th-19th August.
1987 Grove Ferry, 22nd-26th April.
1990 Dungeness, adult, 5th August.
1991 Elmley, 24th-29th April.
1993 Dungeness, 9th May.
  Cliffe Pools, 22nd July to 21st August. Click for photo
1994 High Halstow area, 8th-16th May, 12th, 25th June, 3rd July; presumed same bird Cliffe Pools, 7th July to 22nd August. Click for photo
1996 Dungeness, 29th April.
  Dungeness, juvenile, 14th-18th August.
1997 Dungeness, 23rd August.
1999 Monks' Wall, juvenile, 7th to 30th August; presumed same, Sandwich Bay, juvenile, 13 August. Click for photo
2000 Grove Ferry, adult, 17th September.
2002 Elmley, two juveniles, 15th-26th August. Click for photo
2003 Elmley, 25th-28th April.
2006 Coldharbour, Reculver, summer plumaged bird, 11th June.
  Dungeness RSPB, same bird as Coldharbour, 14th-15th June.
2009 Bough Beech Reservoir, single bird, 6th August.
   
No Longer Accepted
1915 Romney Marsh, male and female,24th May.