WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN

(Chlidonias leucopterus)

Rare But Regular Passage Migrant

1891	The Wicks, Dungeness, two, 30th May.
1937	Dungeness, 17th May.
1951	Hythe, 15th May.
1956	The Wicks, Dungeness, two, 19th May.
	New Romney, 13th June.
1959	Murston pits, immature, 28th-29th August.
1962	Stoke, intermittently from 29th July to 11th August.
	Shellness, Sheppey, 12th August.
	Hook's Fleet, nr. Allhallows, 26th August.
	Lower Hope Point, 1st September.
1963	Dungeness, adult, 20th August.
1964	Sandwich Bay, 29th May.
1965	Leybourne gravel pits, juvenile, 29th September.
1966	Dungeness, two immature, 22nd August.
1967	Dungeness, immature, 8th-15th August.
	Dungeness, immature, 18th-22nd August.
	Dungeness, immature, 22nd August.
1968	Dungeness, immature, 5th-16th August, and adult, 16th.
	Dungeness, immature, 11th-16th October.
1969	Dungeness, immature, 14th-29th August.
1970	Dungeness, one to three immatures, 28th August to 5th September.
	Dungeness, immature, 4th-9th October.
1971	Lade, Dungeness, 9th-10th May.
	Dungeness, 8th June.
	Dungeness, immature, 20th August.
1972	Dungeness, 8th June.
	Dungeness, immature, 31st July.
	Dungeness, immature, 11th August to 12th September.
	Dungeness, immature, 12th August.
	Dungeness, immature, 1st-11th September.
	Dungeness, immature, 9th-11th September.
1973	Stodmarsh, 31st May.
	Capel Fleet, Sheppey, immature, 18th and 25th-30th August.
	Dungeness, immature, 29th-30th September.
1974	Dungeness, immature, 25th August to 8th September.
	Dungeness, immature, 4th September.
1975	Sandwich Bay, immature, 9th August.
	Dungeness, immature, 16th-28nd August.
	Dungeness, immature, 24th September to 4th October.
1976	Dungeness, adult, 1st July.
	Dungeness, immature, 30th-31st August.
	Bough Beech Reservoir, immature, 26th-30th October.
1977	Margate, first-summer, 8th July.
	Dungeness, immature, 20th-22nd August.
1978	Dungeness, juvenile, 22nd-23rd August.
	Dungeness, another juvenile, 28th August to 3rd September.
	Dungeness, another juvenile, 16th September.
1979	Shellness, juvenile, 18th August.
	Dungeness, juvenile, 20th-25th August.
	Lydd, juvenile, 23rd-25th August, two 25th, but second bird probably same bird as Dungeness.
1981	Stodmarsh, adult, 29th June.
	Cliffe, juvenile, 6th-8th August, same, Elmley, 8th-10th.
	Dungeness, juvenile, 21st-26th August.
1983	Dungeness, juvenile, 5th-24th August.
1984	Dungeness, adult, 21st June.
	Dungeness, juvenile, 1st-7th August.
	Dungeness, juvenile, 17th-23rd August, also at Lydd.
	Grain, juvenile, 26th August to 4th September.
	Dungeness, juvenile, 30th August to 15th September, also at Lydd.
1986	Dungeness, juvenile, 11th-12th August.
	Bough Beech Reservoir, juvenile, 11th August.
	Dungeness, first-winter, 14th-16th September.
1987	Dungeness, 18th June.
	Minnis Bay, adult, 17th September.
1988	Minnis Bay, juvenile, 28th August to 6th September.
	Dungeness, adult, 7th September.
1989	Dungeness, 5th-11th September; same as East Sussex bird.
1990	Dartford, juvenile, 4th-5th September; presumed same as Essex bird.
1991	Nr. Sittingbourne, 3st May; presumed same as Broadness, same as Essex bird.
	Dungeness, adult, 28th-30th May.
	Broadness, 2nd June; presumed same as Sittingbourne, same as Essex bird.
1992	Swale NNR, two, 18th-19th May.
	Dungeness, first-winter, 24th September.
1993	Dungeness, 22nd May.
1995	Dungeness, adult, 13th-15th July.
	Dungeness, adult and juvenile, 23rd July.
1996	Dungeness, adult, 17th June.
1997	Cliffe Pools, adult, 23rd August; presumed same bird, Stodmarsh, 24th.
1998	Oare Marshes, juvenile, 6th September.
1999	Grove Ferry, adult, 6th July.
	Dungeness, juvenile/first-winter, 17th September to 1st October.
2000	Dungeness, 6th May.
	Dungeness, adult, 23rd-25th June.
	Grove Ferry, adult, 10th-13th July.
	Dungeness, adult, 21st September.
2002	Swale NNR , 2nd June.
2003	Grove Ferry, juvenile/first-winter, 18th October.
2004	Cliffe Pools, second-summer, 24th-28th May.
2005	Oare Marshes, juvenile, 3rd September.
2006	Grove Ferry, 18th October.
2007	Dungeness Reserve, juvenile, 20th August.
	Dungeness Reserve, juvenile, 22nd-23rd August.
	Dungeness, single juvenile at "the patch", 31st August until 8th September.
	Bough Beech, single juvenile, 28th August.
2008	Dungeness Reserve, juvenile, 31st August to 19th September.
	Dungeness Reserve, second juvenile, 12th-19th September.
2009	Cliffe Pools, adult, 23rd August.
2010	Cliffe RSPB, single bird, 23rd September.
No Longer Accepted
1904	Lydd, female, 25th May.
	Dungeness, five, 29th May.
1908	Littlestone, one, 29th May.
1911	Near Lydd, two, 1st June.
1922	Romney Marsh, male, 15th May.