ROSE-COLOURED STARLING

(Sturnus roseus)

Rare Vagrant

pre-1844 Lydd, adult obtained, no date, now at Dover Museum.
1844 Margate area, two seen, one male shot, June.
1857 Frindsbury, nr. Rochester, shot, summer.
1863 Barming, male, shot, no date, now at Rochester Museum.
1888 Wingham, adult, shot, 'some years prior to 1889', now in Hammond collection, Canterbury.
  Godmersham, immature shot, mid-summer.
1889 Near Wingham, seen, January.
1891 Near Margate, shot, no date.
1906 Near Ham Street, early April.
1937 Dungeness, immature female, early June.
1951 Tunbridge Wells, adult, February.
1953 Tunbridge Wells, adult, 11th January.
1971 Sandwich, adult, 11th September.
  Rough Common, Canterbury, 20th November to 12th December.
1972 Sandwich, juvenile, 22nd-27th February.
1976 Northwood Hill, adult, 22nd May.
1990 Biddenden, first-summer, 12th-13th May.
  Foreness, juvenile, 10th September.
1994 Biddenden, first-summer, 12th-13th May.
1996 Deal, juvenile, 16th-21st September.
1997 Dungeness, juvenile, 27th-29th September.
2002 Sandwich, adult, 11th-20th July.
2008 Reculver, juvenile, 18th September.
  Dungeness RSPB, adult, 18th October.
2010 Ramsgate, single bird, 10th November.
   
No Longer Accepted
1900 Near Appledore, male, 4th June.
1901 Near Appledore, adult male, 14th May.
1902 Near Appledore, male, 10th June.
1925 Romney Marsh, male, 19th June.