Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)

Rare passage migrant and winter visitor.

Occasional summer visitor.

With many records prior to 1977, this species would not normally be included in this list. However, as a species which causes great interest amongst birders, those records since 1977 are included here.

1977	Worth, single bird, 4th February.
	Stodmarsh, heard, 21st-22nd April.
1978	Murston, single bird, 18th February.
	Sandwich Bay, single bird, 10th December.
1980	Sandwich Bay, single bird, 4th April.
1982	Stodmarsh, single bird, 7th January.
	Stodmarsh, another bird, 28th-29th March.
	Cottington, Deal, single bird, 30th September.
	Folkestone Warren, single bird, 14th november to 6th December.
1983	Stour Valley, at two localities, up to three males wereseen and heard, 27th-30th April.
	Stour Valley, again single birds on 4th, 7th, and 8th May.
	Unnamed site, 3-4 males, present 20th may to mid-August; 2 were knoen to be paired, and one was seen with two partially downy young on 17th July.
	Pegwell Bay, single bird, 16th December.
1987	Newington Cress Beds, one present, 30th September to 1st October.
1988	Kingsgate, single bird, 10th August.
	Broomfield, single bird, 22nd October.
	Dungeness, single bird, 15th october.
1989	Broomfield, single bird present, 17th-20th August.
1990	Middle Stour, single bird, 2nd February.
1992	Denton, Gravesend, single bird, 29th April to 4th May.
1994	Stodmarsh, single bird trapped, 30th August, had probably been present for at least a week beforehand.
1995	Sandwich Bay, juvenile present, 18th August until at least 15th September.
	Elmley, single bird, 23rd August.
1996	Sandwich Bay, single bird trapped, 6th September.
	Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 25th-29th October.
1998	Stodmarsh, single bird heard, 9th-11th May.
1999	Seaton, single bird, 30th July.
	Grove ferry, three birds, 7th-19th August.
	Dungeness RSPB, single bird, 14th September.
2000	Stodmarsh, one heard, 5th-6th July.
	Grove Ferry, single bird, 30th July into August.
	Grove Ferry, singles recorded on nine dates in August, with two on 27th and 29th, and at least four on 31st.
	Grove Ferry, up to six present during September.
	Grove Ferry, single birds on 8th and 24th October.
2001	Grove Ferry, birds recorded daily between 27th August and 16th September, with juveniles reported on 27th August, two on 30th, and one on 8th September. Probably at total of six birds involved.
2002	Oare, one heard calling, 20th April.
	Grove Ferry, adult, 13th-14th July.
	Grove Ferry, in August a single bird on 3rd August, with four present on 4th, and singles on 5th and 6th. Further singles on 18th-21st, two on 23rd, and four on 24th.
	Grove Ferry, into September, and there sighting of one to three birds on most days, until the final two were seen on 12th. Probably a minimum of eight birds present.
2003	Grove Ferry, singles recorded 10th-18th July, and 10th-31st August, with two on 24th. A single bird occurred on 12th September. It is probable that four individual birds were involved.
2004	Oare, juvenile, 7th August.
	Grove Ferry, at least four individuals, 4th-19th September.
	Grove Ferry, another present, 2nd-6th October.
2005	Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 12th April.
	Grove Ferry, as many as six individual birds, 7th July to 18th September.
	Dungeness RSPB, single bird present, 20th August to 2nd September.
2006	Grove Ferry, at least two birds seen, adult and juvenile, between 12th August and 14th September.
2007	Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 2nd April.
	Grove Ferry, another heard, 29th April until 1st May.
	Grove Ferry, at least one juvenile present, 8th-12th September.
2008	Alder Wood, Stodmarsh, single bird, 30th March.
	Grove Ferry, single bird, 14th June.
	Oare Marshes, single bird, 16th August to 20th September.
2009	Grove Ferry, single bird seen, 20th-26th August, with two on 22nd.
	Dungeness, ARC pits, single bird, 6th-16th September.