PURPLE HERON (Ardea purpurea)
Uncommon Passage Migrant
| 1838 | Romney Marsh, 1st September. |
| 1847 | Lydd, 29th March. |
| 1862 | Romney Marsh, 1st May. |
| 1876 | Romney Marsh, 1st May. |
| 1894 | Kemsley, 1st May. |
| 1925 | Romney Marsh, 6th April. |
| 1936 | Stour Valley/Sandwich, 17th and 18th May. |
| 1941 | Deal, 2nd May. |
| Romney Marsh , 2nd May. | |
| 1948 | Gravesend, 27th March. |
| 1958 | Stoke, 2nd-10th August. |
| 1961 | Sandwich Bay, 7th July. |
| Snargate, Romney Marsh, 9th August. | |
| 1963 | Dungeness area, 5th May. |
| Egypt Bay, 9th May. | |
| Tenterden, 19th July. | |
| 1964 | Sandwich Bay, 8th April. |
| Dungeness area, 20th May. | |
| 1966 | Chetney, 3rd-4th August. |
| 1967 | Capel Fleet, Sheppey, 12th-25th June. |
| 1968 | Stodmarsh, 27th April. |
| Reculver, 11th August. | |
| 1969 | Grove Ferry, 4th May. |
| Sandwich Bay, 31st August to 30th September. | |
| 1970 | Stodmarsh, 24th-31st May. |
| Stodmarsh, 24th July to 13th August. | |
| 1971 | Chetney, 31st March. |
| Kennington, Ashford, 23rd-24th April. | |
| Sandwich Bay, 7th May. | |
| Sandwich Bay, 15th-16th May. | |
| Medway Estuary, 6th August. | |
| 1972 | Stodmarsh, 1st June. |
| Sandwich Bay, 21st-22nd June. | |
| Sevenoaks, 17th August. | |
| Marden, 9th-19th September. | |
| 1973 | Stodmarsh, 29th April. |
| Murston Pits, 20th May. | |
| Dungeness area, 29th July. | |
| 1974 | Dungeness area, 21st April. |
| Stodmarsh, 19th May. | |
| Sandwich Bay, 10th September. | |
| 1975 | Dungeness area, 19th April. |
| 1976 | Sevenoaks, 2nd May. |
| Stodmarsh, 30th May. | |
| Stodmarsh, 6th June. | |
| Sandwich Bay, 19th-22nd June. | |
| 1977 | Sandwich Bay, 20th May. |
| Fordwich, 1st June. | |
| 1978 | Sandwich Bay, 20th April. |
| Sandwich Bay, 29th April. | |
| Fordwich, 25th May. | |
| Stodmarsh, 29th-30th June. | |
| Dungeness area, 8th August | |
| St. Margaret's, 17th October. | |
| Elmley Reserve, 13th November. | |
| 1979 | Westbere, 19th-22nd May. |
| Stodmarsh, 17th June. | |
| 1980 | Stodmarsh, 18th May. |
| Stodmarsh, 25th June. | |
| Stodmarsh, 10th July. | |
| 1981 | Fordwich,
18th-28th April.  |
| Reculver, 24th May. | |
| Yantlet Creek, 11th July. | |
| 1982 | Dungeness RSPB, 27th May. |
| Stodmarsh, 30th October. | |
| 1983 | Stour Valley, 22nd-26th April. |
| Foreness, flying east, 8th May. | |
| Sandwich Bay, flying west, 14th May. | |
| 1984 | Minnis Bay, 22nd August to 6th October. |
| 1985 | Capel Fleet, Sheppey, 27th April, and again 4th May. |
| Hayesden, 25th July to 5th September. | |
| Dartford Marshes, 13th-14th September. | |
| 1986 | Sandwich Bay, 1st May. |
| Westbere/Stodmarsh, 31st May to 1st June. | |
| 1987 | Dungeness area, 20th-21st April. |
| Sandwich Bay, 20th April. | |
| Stodmarsh, 20th April. | |
| Folkestone, 28th July. | |
| Dungeness, flying south-west, 6th August. | |
| Worth Marshes, 20th-21st August. | |
| Minnis Bay, 19th-22nd October. | |
| 1988 | Dungeness area, 20th May. |
| Dungeness area, 12th September. | |
| 1989 | Dungeness RSPB, 1st April. |
| Dungeness RSPB, 20th May. | |
| 1990 | Reculver, 6th May. |
| Westbere, 7th-12th May. | |
| Grove Ferry, 21st July. | |
| Reculver, one east, 24th October. | |
| 1991 | Dungeness RSPB, 31st May. |
| Stodmarsh, 4th June, possibly same bird as Dungeness. | |
| 1992 | Copt Point, Folkestone, sub-adult, in off sea, 15th May. |
| ARC pits, Dungeness, 23rd May. | |
| Oare Marshes, 1st August. | |
| 1994 | Foreness, one south-west, 18th August. |
| Sandwich Bay, juvenile, 14th September. | |
| 1996 | Stodmarsh, one south, 22nd April. |
| Binney Farm/Reservoir, Allhallows, first summer, 6th May. | |
| Dungeness RSPB, 12th May. Also seen at Lydd and Lade, same date. | |
| 1997 | Brooksend, Minnis Bay, adult, 27th-29th April. |
| Pegwell Bay, adult, 1st-4th May. Considered to be same bird as Brooksend. | |
| Denge Marsh, juvenile, 6th September. | |
| 1998 | Walland M arsh, adult, 28th May to 21st June. |
| 1999 | Sandwich Bay, 29th March. |
| Sandwich Bay, 8th-9th May. | |
| Stodmarsh, immature, 15th May. | |
| Dungeness, one north, 21st-22nd May. | |
| Grove
Ferry, juvenile, 30th July to 11th August. |
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| Minnis Bay/Reculver, juvenile, 26th July-3rd October. Seen widely around Chambers Wall/Wantsum area. | |
| Stoke Fleet, immature, 29th August to 3rd October. | |
| Grove Ferry, juvenile, 1st September. | |
| 2000 | Bough Beech, 6th April. |
| Swale NNR, adult, 1st May. | |
Dungeness, two adults, in off sea, 6th May. |
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| Lydd Golf Course, adult flying east, 7th May. | |
| Reculver, 13th August. | |
| Minnis Bay/Reculver, juvenile, 13th August to 10th September. Seen around Chambers Wall, Reculver and Marshside. | |
| 2001 | Dungeness RSPB, 20th May. |
| Long Pits, Dungeness, first summer, 20th June. | |
| 2003 | Capel-le-Ferne, one flew East, 13th April. |
| 2004 | Pegwell Bay, adult flew north,22nd April. |
| Elmley, sub-adult, 14th-15th May. | |
| North Foreland, immature flew west, 15th May. | |
| Brooksend, Minnis Bay, 4th June. | |
| Dungeness RSPB, 30th September. | |
| 2006 | Dungeness, 30th August. |
