MELODIOUS WARBLER (Hippolais polyglotta)

Rare but regular passage migrant

1959	Dungeness, one trapped, 2nd August.
1960	Dungeness, one trapped, 9th September.
1962	Dungeness, first winter, trapped, 8th August.
	Dungeness, another first winter, trapped, 26th September.
1963	Dungeness, first winter, trapped, 6th September.
1965	Dungeness, one trapped, 19th August.
	Dungeness, one trapped, 20th-22nd August.
	Dungeness, one trapped, 21st August.
	Dungeness, one trapped, 30th August.
	Sandwich Bay, one trapped, 7th September.
1966	Dungeness, one trapped, 27th-28th May. The first spring record for the county.
1968	Dungeness, single bird, 25th May.
	Warden, Sheppey, 1-2 birds, 4th September.
1972	Dungeness, one trapped, 23rd May.
	Dungeness, another trapped, 24th May.
1973	Sandwich Bay, one trapped, 30th July.
	Dungeness, one trapped, 4th August.
1976	Lydd, one seen well, 7th November.
1977	Dungeness, one trapped, 7th September.
1978	Dungeness, one trapped, 2nd June.
	Dungeness, one trapped, 16th June.
	Upstreet, single bird, 20th August.
	Margate, single bird, 20th August.
	Margate, single bird, 6th October.
1979	Sandwich Bay, one seen, 8th May.
	Sandwich Bay, one in song, 2nd June.
	Dungeness, one trapped, 4th September.
1980	Dungeness, one trapped, 31st May.
1981	Stodmarsh, one seen, 22nd May.
	Dungeness, one trapped, 2nd June.
	Chestnut Street, Sittingbourne, one in song, 10th June.
	Dungeness, adult trapped, 19th July.
	Dungeness, juvenile trapped, 28th July.
	Dungeness, another juvenile trapped, 29th July.
	Dungeness, one seen, 25th August.
1983	Cliffe, single bird, 10th September.
1984	Dungeness, juvenile trapped, 27th-28th August.
	Dungeness, juvenile trapped, 5th-7th September.
	Dungeness, one seen, 16th September.
	Dungeness, juvenile trapped, 18th September.
	Dungeness, two seen, 25th September.
	Dungeness, juvenile trapped, 27th September.
	Dungeness, one seen, 6th October.
1985	Foreness, one found, 23rd August.
1987	Dungeness, one trapped, 2nd May.
	Foreness, one found, 12th August.
1988	Dungeness, one trapped, 8th-10th May.
	Sandwich Bay, one trapped, 20th June.
	Dungeness, single bird, 22nd August.
	Dungeness, another single bird, 24th-29th August.
1989	Sandwich Bay, one trapped, 26th August.
	Dungeness, one trapped, 7th September.
1991	Sandwich Bay, one present, 23th August.
1993	St. Margaret's, one in song, 24th May.
	Dungeness, one trapped, 29th May.
1994	Dungeness, single bird, 25th May.
	Margate Cemetery, singing male, 28th-30th May.
	Dungeness, single bird, 7th June.
	Dungeness, single bird, 4th August.
	Brenzett, single bird, 19th August.
1996	Dungeness, the arrival of seventeen birds, in groups of three, ten, three, and one, between 19th-22nd May, was a major surprise. Seven of these birds were trapped, with a singing male occupying territory from 20th -23rd.
	Foreness, one found, 21st May.
1997	Reculver, first year, trapped, 11th August.
	Dungeness, two first years, one Denge Gully and one at the point, trapped, 31st August.
	Dungeness, another bird, 2nd-8th September.
1998	Bockhill, one present, 29th-30th August.
2000	Dungeness, single bird, 13th May.
	St. Margaret's, singing male, 29th May.
2001	Dungeness, single bird, 3rd September.
2002	Dungeness, one in private garden, 17th August.
2003	Reculver, one present, 27th-30th August.
2004	Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 15th August.
2005	Dungeness, single bird, 29th July.
	Dungeness, single bird, 9th September.
2007	Dungeness, single bird, 20th June.
2008	Sandwich Bay BO, one trapped, 16th-19th September.
2009	Dungeness, single bird, 13th May.