SQUACCO HERON (Ardeola ralloides)

Rare Vagrant

c.1847 Romney Marsh, shot, no date.
1867 Bedgebury Park, nr. Hawkhurst, shot, 20th May.
1979 Cliffe, 4th-9th July.
1990 Elmley, 7th-14th May. Click for photo
2004 Dungeness, 3rd June, with presumably same bird at Minnis Bay, 4th June..
2007 Dungeness, adult, 9th June.
   
No Longer Accepted
1907 Romney Marsh, male and female, 29th May.
1914 Romney Marsh, male, April.