GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL

(Motacilla flava thunbergi)

Uncommon Vagrant

1889 Dover, sub-species type, killed, end of April.
1906 Romney Marsh , pair bred, adults shot and eggs taken, 20th June.
1961 Grove, sub-species type, 23rd April.
1965 Sandwich Bay, sub-species type, 15th May, and again 30th May.
1971 Broadstairs, sub-species type, 5th May.
  Chetney, sub-species type, 22nd May.
  Dungeness Reserve, sub-species type, 29th May.
1974 Cooling, sub-species type, male, 10th May.
1975 Sandwich Bay, sub-species type, 12th May.
1977 Sevenoaks, sub-species type, male, 29th April.
  Sevenoaks, sub-species type, two females, 10th May.
  Sandwich Bay, sub-species type, male, 28th May.
1980 Stodmarsh, sub-species type, male, 11th May.
1981 Sandwich Bay, sub-species type, male, 9th May.
  Motney Hill, sub-species type, male, 12th-15th May.
1984 Foreness, sub-species type, male, 17th May.
  Foreness, sub-species type, three, 18th May.
1985 Egypt Bay, sub-species type, 5th-6th May.
  Elmley, sub-species type, 14th May.
  Reculver, sub-species type, 18th May.
1987 Foreness/Minnis Bay, sub-species type, four dates between 25th April and 23rd May.
1988 Reculver, sub-species type, male, 2nd and 7th May.
  North Foreland, sub-species type, male, 12th May.
  Foreness, sub-species type, male, 15th May.
1989 Reculver, sub-species type, 9th May.
  Foreness, sub-species type, 19th May.
1990 Walmer, sub-species type, male, 1st June.
1992 Foreness, sub-species type, 20th May.
  Swale NNR, sub-species type, 24th May.
1993 Dungeness, sub-species type, male, 8th May.
1994 Foreness, sub-species type, singles, 21st and 27th May.
1995 Sandwich Bay, sub-species type, 18th May.
1996 Allhallows, sub-species type, 10th June.
2001 Hawthorn Corner, Walland Marsh, sub-species type, 10th May.
2002 Sandwich Bay BO, sub-species type, 21st April.
2006 Dengemarsh, male, 2nd May.
2009 Grove Ferry, two birds, sub-species type, 13th May. One remained until 15th.
2011 Reculver, sub-species type, 7th May.
   

ASHY-HEADED WAGTAIL

(Motacilla flava cinereocappilla)

Rare Vagrant

1973 Bough Beech, sub-species type, 5th May.
1986 Oare Marshes, sub-species type, male, 26th April.
1991 Sandwich Bay, sub-species type, 31st May.
1998 Elmley, male showing characteristics between Ashy-headed/Spanish, present between 25th May and 30th June.
   

SYKES WAGTAIL

(Motacilla flava beema)

Rare Vagrant

1970 Sandwich Bay, sub-species type, 20th-22nd May.
1973 Sandwich Bay, sub-species type, male, 13th May.
1977 Chartham, sub-species type male bred with nominate female.
1990 Sandwich Bay, sub-species type, two birds, 15th April.
  East Sheppey, sub-species type, 8th May and 11th-20th May.
1991 Murston, sub-species type, 27th May.
1992 Swale NNR, sub-species type, 25th May.
1993 Kingsnorth, sub-species type, 13th April.
  Stodmarsh, sub-species type, 21st April.
  Northward Hill, sub-species type, 16th May.
   

SPANISH WAGTAIL

(Motacilla flava iberiae)

Extremely Rare Vagrant

1977 Sevenoaks, sub-species type, male, 21st April.
1986 Boughton Park , sub-species type, male, 7th May.
1998 Elmley, male showing characteristics between Spanish/Ashy-headed, present between 25th May and 30th June.
   

BLACK-HEADED WAGTAIL

(Motacilla flava feldegg)

Extremely Rare Vagrant

No Longer Accepted  
1908 Romney Marsh , sub-species type, adult male, shot, 3rd June.
   

YELLOW-HEADED WAGTAIL

(Motacilla flava lutea)

Extremely Rare Vagrant

1977 Minster, sub-species type, 27th May.