RARE BIRD RECORDS FOR RECULVER AND MINNIS BAY
| Cory's Shearwater | 1 flying west 1 flying east 1 flying east 1 1 flying east |
1/10/78 22/11/89 16/6/91 26/9/98 20/10/03 |
Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver |
| Balearic Shearwater | 1 flying east 1 1 flying east 1 flying west 1 1 3 1 1 1 flying east 1 flying west 1 flying east 1 flying west 2 flying east 1 flying east 1 flying east |
11/10/88 8/10/89 1/9/90 7/9/90 4/10/92 16/9/95 12/10/97 19/9/99 23/9/06 14/10/06 2/11/06 21/8/07 26/9/07 14/9/08 30/11/09 4/8/11 |
Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver/Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver |
| Storm Petrel | 1 1 1 1 flying east 1 flying west 1 1 1 1 flying east 1 flying west |
14/10/61 5/11/84 18/9/87 20/11/91 19/11/99 14/10/03 15/10/03 23/10/03 3/8/06 5/10/08 |
Reculver Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver |
| Squacco Heron | 1 | 4/6/04 | Minnis Bay |
| Great White Egret | 1 flying NW 1 2 W offshore |
29/6/09 2/9/11 6/11/11 |
Reculver Reculver Reculver |
| Purple Heron | 1 juvenile 1 subadult 1 juvenile 1 immature 1 adult 1 subadult west 1 adult east 1 adult 1 juvenile 1 adult 1 1 flying north |
11/8/68 24/5/81 22/8 to 5/10/84 19 to 22/10/87 21/5/89 6/5/90 24/10/90 27 to 29/4/97 13/8 to 10/9/00 4/6/04 10/6/07 23/5/09 |
Cold Harbour Minnis Bay Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver/Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Wade Marsh Reculver |
| Spoonbill | 1 immature 4 juveniles 1 adult west 1 5 flying west 1 adult south 1 flying west 1 flying west 1 flying west 1 south west 1 south west |
10/12/78 5/9/84 10/4/88 3/9/89 31/7/91 5/3/93 14/5/93 22/5/94 11/9/01 14/7/04 29/4/10 |
Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver |
| Glossy Ibis | 1 | 16/9/78 | Wade Farm |
| White Stork | 3 flying west 1 1 1 flying south |
23/4/93 9/4/95 29/4/05 19/4/11 |
Bishopstone Bishopstone Hillborough Bishopstone |
| Egyptian Goose | 2 south west 1 south west 2 1 south west 2 east 1 north 1 south east 1 west 1 |
10/3/87 12/4/04 15/2/07 5/4/08 16/12/08 9/11/09 3/12/10 20/12/10 14 & 15/7/11 |
Shuart Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Cold Harbour Thanet Way to Shuart Reculver Coldharbour Hillborough/Brook |
| Mandarin | 1 male 1 female/imm male and female 1 male 1 male W 1 female 1 W offshore 1 male |
12/11/83 - 2/1/84 11/8/88 3/4/99 16/4/99 29/4/99 8/4/00 24/9/04 2 to 7/1/11 |
Reculver Brook Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Bishopstone Brook Reculver West Brook/Brook |
| Green-winged Teal | 1 | 14 to 15/2/05 | Minnis Bay |
| American Wigeon | 1 adult male |
8 to 9 /1/93 | Minnis Bay |
| Blue-winged Teal | 2 males, 1 female |
11 to 12/12/98 | Reculver |
| Red-crested Pochard | 1 1 male 1 immature male 1 female 1 2 (male & female) |
31/8/83 8/6/85 28/10 to 11/12/88 1/1/02 20/9 to 24/11/02 22/8/to 6/10/10 |
Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Brook/Wade |
| Surf Scoter | 1 male flying west |
20/10/88 | Minnis Bay |
| Smew | 1 red-head 1 red-head 1 red-head 1 red-head 1 red-head 2 red-head 3 (male and 2 r-h) 1 red-head 1 red-head |
18/12/57 9 to 25/1/70 1/12/73 19/1/85 20/1/91 1/1/97 11/1/97 18/1/97 4 to 7/12/12 |
Minnis Bay Reculver/Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver River Wantsum Brook Coldharbour Coldharbour Wantsum/Reculver |
| Black Kite | 1 flying west 1 flying west |
11/7/93 26/4/08 |
Reculver Shuart |
| Goshawk | 1 female 1 female south 1 male 1 female |
1/12/77 1/10/92 14 to 15/9/96 9/2/97 |
Reculver Minnis Bay Chamber's Wall Reculver |
| Red-footed Falcon | 1 adult male 1 first year male 1 female |
14 to 21/6/70 14/5/92 22/5/08 |
Reculver Minnis Bay Shuart |
| Corncrake | 1 1 |
5/5/57 3/9/66 |
Reculver Minnis Bay |
| Common Crane | 1 adult 1 adult flying N 1 adult flying E 2 adults |
30/4/06 1/5/08 4/12/10 9/3/11 |
Bishopstone Reculver Reculver to Minnis Bay Shuart/Brooksend |
| Stone Curlew | 1 |
14/4/84 | Reculver |
| Black-winged Pratincole | 1 | 10/5/09 | Reculver |
| Pratincole sp. | 1 |
6/10/62 | Reculver |
| Kentish Plover | 1 male 1 juvenile 1 juvenile 1 male |
25/4/68 18/8/86 22/8/91 15/4/06 |
Cold Harbour Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver/Minnis Bay |
| Dotterel | 3 1 5 1 flying south 3 3 2 1 2 3 6 1 west 2 1 south west 1 |
15/5/81 13/9/89 29/4/90 1/9/91 4/5/92 1/9/98 20/9/99 11/9/03 5 to 10/9/05 23/8/06 24/8/06 3/9/10 25/8/11 9/9/11 16/9/11 |
Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Bishopstone/Reculver Reculver Old Barns/Hillborough Reculver Reculver Reculver |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | 1 flying northwest | 3/10/07 | Minnis Bay |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 1 adult |
5 to 6/8/95 | Cold Harbour |
| Temminck's Stint | 1 1 1 flying west 1 adult 2 |
13 and 14/7/68 13 to 17/9/89 1/6/91 19/5/04 10/8/04 |
Coldharbour Brook Reculver Chamber's Wall Reculver |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 1 with Golden Plover | 3/10/10 | Green Wall |
| Marsh Sandpiper | 1 adult |
11/6/06 | Cold Harbour |
| Red-necked Phalarope | 1 juvenile 1 |
30/8/59 11 to 16/9/01 |
Minnis Bay Brook |
| Grey Phalarope | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 flying east 1 first winter 1 flying east 1 2 flying south 1 2 1 1 1 flying west 1 juvenile west 3 juveniles 1 2 flying west 1 first winter 1 flying west 1 flying west 1 1 1 flying west 1 flying west 1 flying west |
5 to 21/11/59 17/9/67 21/1/73 26/11/80 19/2/82 4/1/84 17/11/91 4/10/92 14/8/93 21/2/96 5/10/96 11/11/01 1/11/06 26/9/07 27/9/07 12/11/07 3/10/08 29/10/08 21/11/08 22/11/08 28/11/09 25/9/10 25/9/10 24/10/10 7 and 8/10/11 20/10/11 24/10/11 13/11/11 |
Reculver Reculver Reculver Bishopstone Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver/Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Coldharbour Minnis Bay Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Beltinge Coldharbour Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver |
| Sabine's Gull | 1 immature 1 juvenile 1 juvenile 1 juvenile 1 juvenile 1 juvenile east 1 juvenile west 3 juveniles west 1 juvenile south 1 juvenile 1 juvenile 1 juvenile 1 juvenile west 1 juvenile 1 1 juvenile 1 1 adult west 3 west(1ad 2 juv) 1 juvenile west 5 (1 ad 4 juvs) 2 juveniles 1 adult 1 2 juveniles west 1 adult west 1 juvenile west 1 juvenile west 1 adult 1 juvenile south 1 juvenile west 2 juvenile west 1 juvenile east 1 juvenile west |
31/1/76 15/9/88 29/10/89 7/9/91 4/10/92 14/9/93 28/8/95 29/10/96 20/9/97 2/10/97 12/10/97 7/9/98 9/9/01 4/9/02 17/9/02 23/9/03 9/10/04 16/9/05 18/9/07 26/9/07 27/9/07 28/9/07 11/11/07 13/9/08 23/9/08 3/10/08 26/8/09 14/9/09 7/10/09 12/10/09 24/9/10 26/9/10 26/8/11 27/8/11 |
Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver/Minnis Bay Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver |
| Iceland Gull | 1 first winter 1 second winter 1 first winter 1 first winter 1 second year 1 first winter 1 first/second yr 1 second summer |
14/12/68 18/1/81 14/1/84 18 to 19/4/85 23/5/93 22/11/08 24/11/08 19/4/09 |
Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver/Bishopstone Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver/Bishopstone |
| Glaucous Gull | 1 first winter 1 first winter 1 third year (died) 1 first winter 1 first winter 1 first winter 1 first winter 2 1 third year 2 first winters 1 first winter 1 first winter 1 first winter 2 first winters 1 first winter 1 first summer 1 first year 1 third year 1 1 second year 1 adult 1 third year 1 first winter 1 adult 1 first winter 1 first winter 1 first winter 1 first winter 1 first winter 1 first winter west 1 first/second yr |
23/12/79 6/1/82 19 to 20/2/83 5/1/85 19 to 20/4/85 9 to 17/3/85 16 to 28/4/85 1/12/85 18/12/85 21/12/85 23 to 26/12/85 11/1/86 2/2/86 17/3/86 18/3 to 21/4/86 5 to 7/7/86 25/1/87 7/2/87 27/3/89 21/1/90 3/3/90 10/12/90 20 to 22/2/91 18/1/92 9 to 23/2/92 20/2/94 17/11/99 19/11/99 5/3/00 21/1/08 22/3/08 |
Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver/Bishopstone Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Cold Harbour Cold Harbour Cold Harbour Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis BayReculver Reculver/Bishopstone Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Recuver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver |
| Gull-billed Tern | 1 | 11 to 16/6/60 | Reculver |
| Caspian Tern | 1 |
1/6/75 | Reculver |
| Roseate Tern | 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 adult 1 juvenile 1 adult 1 adult 1 adult 1 adult |
27/7/70 18/7/71 31/7/81 7/8/86 29/5/88 5/7/90 28/7/90 29/6/06 15/9 to 17/9/07 11/7/08 3 and 4/8/08 6 and 7/8/08 25/7/09 |
Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Cold Harbour Cold Harbour Reculver Reculver Cold Harbour Cold Harbour |
| White-winged Black Tern | 1 adult 1 juvenile |
17/9/87 28/8 to 6/9/88 |
Minnis Bay Minnis Bay |
| Black Guillemot | 1 adult 1 1 1 first summer |
9/9/89 10 to 16/12/95 1/11/06 13/8/11 |
Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver |
| Nightjar | 1 | 20/9/88 | Shuart |
| Alpine Swift | 1 1 1 flying west 2 1 flying west |
26/4/47 23/4/92 4/5/92 23 to 26/4/93 2/5/93 |
Reculver Minnis Bay Minnis Bay/Reculver Reculver Reculver |
| Bee-eater | 2 flying west 1 flying north 1 flying northwest |
29/6/91 13/7/03 23/5/07 |
Reculver Shuart Reculver |
| Hoopoe | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 flying east 1 1 1 1 flying west |
19/4/75 11 to 16/8/80 24/8/86 5/5/86 18/9/87 19/4/88 2 to 3/6/88 28/4/90 6/5/94 27/4/98 20/5/07 3/5/08 |
Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Cold Harbour Minnis Bay Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Netherhale Railway embankment |
| Short-toed Lark | 1 flying north | 23/9/11 | Shuart |
| Red-rumped Swallow | 1 1 flying west |
22/10/87 22/5/11 |
Bishopstone Chamber's Wall |
| Raven | 1 flying south 2 flying west 1 |
17/9/91 3/4/11 28/9 to 2/10/11 |
Shuart Bishopstone Reculver/Bishopstone |
| Richard's Pipit | 1 1 flying west 1 1 2 1 1 1 |
4/10/89 4/11/90 27/9/92 12/9/93 16/9/94 5 to 8/11/94 7/5/95 26/4/10 |
Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Chamber's Wall |
| Tawny Pipit | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 flying west 1 1 first year 1 |
24/9/60 2/5/71 1/10/72 17/10/77 16/9/79 5/9/87 3/5/88 10/9/88 28/4/90 5/5/90 8/9/90 12/9/92 30/9 to 2/10/93 |
Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Bishopstone Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver Bishopstone Minnis Bay Reculver |
| Grey-headed Wagtail | 1 male 1 male 1 male |
18/5/85 9/5/89 7/5/11 |
Reculver Reculver Coldharbour |
| Bluethroat | 2 immatures 1 male w.spotted 1 male w.s. ringed 1 female 1 |
15/9/68 4/4/87 29/3/92 16/9/96 10/10/98 |
Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Chamber's Wall Cold Harbour |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | 1 first year ringed | 14/10/11 | Shuart |
| Pied Wheatear | 1 first year male |
18 to 19/10/86 | Reculver |
| Desert Wheatear | 1 male 1 1 first year male |
8 to 10/11/97 29/3/98 28/11 to 2/12/03 |
Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver |
| Savi's Warbler | 1 singing |
30/4/89 | Minnis Bay |
| Marsh Warbler | 1 ringed 1 1 female ringed 1 male ringed 1 male ringed 2 males singing |
6/9/87 8/7/89 29/7/94 18/5/97 5 to 16/7/97 18 to 25/6/00 |
Shuart Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver |
| Booted Warbler | 1 |
14/9/94 | Chamber's Wall |
| Icterine Warbler | 1 1 1 2 1 |
20/8/92 21/8/92 6/9/93 14/9/93 25/8/94 |
Minnis Bay Shuart Minnis Bay Reculver Bishopstone |
| Melodious Warbler | 1 first year ringed 1 |
11/8/97 29/8/03 |
Reculver Reculver |
| Subalpine Warbler | 1 female |
5/5/88 | Reculver |
| Barred Warbler | 1 immature 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
25/9/77 23/9/86 10/9/88 1/10/93 11/9/94 14 to 18/10/94 9/10/10 |
Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Hillborough Bishopstone Minnis Bay Reculver Chamber's Wall |
| Greenish Warbler | 1 male singing 1 1 1 |
16 to 17/9/89 25/8/90 3 to 6/9/95 26 to 30/8/03 |
Bishopstone Reculver Shuart Reculver |
| Arctic Warbler | 1 |
1 to 8/10/96 | Bishopstone |
| Pallas's Warbler | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
20/11/89 16/10/93 31/10/93 16/10/99 23/10/99 19/10/03 23 to 24/10/03 13/11/04 19 to 20/10/06 22 to 26/10/07 23/10/07 2/11/08 17/10/10 13/10/11 |
Reculver Minnis Bay Bishopstone Reculver Reculver Bishopstone Reculver Bishopstone Reculver Reculver Chamber's Wall Railway Embankment Reculver Old Barns |
| Hume's Leaf Warbler | 1 |
16 to 18/10/99 | Reculver |
| Radde's Warbler | 1 | 12/10/08 | Bishopstone |
| Dusky Warbler | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
19 to 23/10/87 31/10 to 2/11/87 20 to 21/10/90 25 to 26/9/01 9/10/04 25 to 27/10/07 15/10/11 |
Bishopstone Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Chamber's Wall Minnis Bay Bishopstone Reculver Bushes |
| Western Bonelli's Warbler | 1 1 |
2/10/88 27/10 to 9/11/91 |
Reculver Shuart |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | 1 1 1 1 1 1 male 1 1 male 1 |
18/9/88 29/9/91 3/10/92 18/10/93 18/10/93 19 to 22/9/95 19 to 20/8/96 19 to 23/9/96 19 to 20/10/99 |
Bishopstone Bishopstone Minnis Bay Bishopstone Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Shuart Chamber's Wall Bishopstone |
| Short-toed Treecreeper | 1 female ringed | 29/7/90 | Reculver |
| Golden Oriole | 1 adult male 1 ad male ringed 1 adult male 1 adult male 1 calling 1 immature male 1 calling 1 male singing 1 female/imm 1 female/imm 1 female/imm 1 female/imm 1 female/imm 1 male 1 female/imm 1 immature male 1 male calling |
6/7/79 30/5/84 5/5/86 14/5/86 3/7/88 24 to 25/6/90 4/6/93 9/6/96 14/6/97 13/6/99 20/5/00 15/6/02 13/6/04 27/4/06 28/5/07 31/5/07 5/6/09 |
Brook Farm Brook Farm Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Oare Farm West Brook Valley West Brook Valley Brook Farm Old Barns Wagtail Farm Brook Farm Shuart Shuart Bishopstone Chamber's Wall White Poplars Shuart |
| Great Grey Shrike | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
17/4/71 29/9/71 15/10/71 22/10/83 8/10/84 24 to 29/11/85 3/11/86 3 to 4/10/89 10/10/98 17/10/04 30/9/07 4/10/07 26/10/07 28/09/08 |
Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Shuart Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Minnis Bay/Reculver Chamber's Wall Chamber's Wall Minnis Bay Netherhale |
| Red-backed Shrike | 1 1 1 1 immature 1 1 male 1 female 1 1 female 1 immature 1 immature 1 immature 1 male 1 immature 1 immature 2 immatures 1 1 1 1 1 1 male 1 1 1 imm/female 1 imm/female 1 1 1 1 1 male 1 juvenile 1 imm/female |
?/9/61 25/9/77 24/9/83 16 to 30/9/84 8/10/84 26/5/85 15/5/85 24/6/87 23/5/88 16 to 23/9/89 1 to 2/9/91 25 to 28/9/92 11 to 20/5/93 11 to 19/9/93 15/9/93 20/9/96 21/9/94 8/10/94 15 to 19/10/94 20 to 21/9/95 12/6/00 6 to 7/6/04 3/9/05 17 to 18/9/05 1/9/06 24/8/07 24/4/09 19/9/09 21/9/09 25 to 26/9/09 28/5/10 18/8/10 2 to 5/9/10 |
Reculver Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Bishopstone Minnis Bay Bishopstone Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Chamber's Wall Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Bishopstone Shuart Minnis Bay Minnis Bay Bishopstone Chamber's Wall Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Shuart Chamber's Wall Cold Harbour Shuart Chamber's Wall Plumpudding |
| Woodchat Shrike | 1 1 1 male 1 |
23 to 30/4/97 19 to 22/4/04 5/6/04 1/5/10 |
Reculver Chamber's Wall Minnis Bay Shuart |
| Rose-coloured Starling | 1 juvenile | 18/9/08 | Reculver |
| Serin | 1 1 south west 1 flying west 1 flying west 1 flying west 1 flying west 1 1 1 flying west 1 flying west |
22/10/88 8/10/90 19/5/91 6/11/91 10/4/93 9/11/93 28/4/95 14/5/95 22/4/00 11/4/05 |
Reculver Chamber's Wall Reculver Reculver Reculver Reculver Minnis Bay Reculver Reculver Reculver |
| Common Rosefinch | 1 first year | 27/8/90 | Chamber's Wall |
| Hawfinch | 1 1 1 male 1 1 1 1 1 flying south 1 flying south |
14/4/72 27/3/89 4 to 7/11/93 21 to 22/3/01 30/9/05 2/10/07 3/2/08 23/10/08 29/9/10 |
Chamber's Wall Brook Shuart Bishopstone Shuart Reculver Lane Shuart Minnis Bay Chamber's Wall |
| Black-headed Bunting | 1 male | 19/8/73 | Chamber's Wall |
| Cirl Bunting | 1 | ?/11/55 | Minnis Bay |
| Ortolan Bunting | 2 males 1 female 1 immature 1 immature 1 immature 1 1 immature |
1/5/72 10/9/85 30/8/87 10/9/88 16/9/90 7/9/97 27/8/00 |
Reculver Minnis Bay Bishopstone Minnis Bay Brook Chamber's Wall Reculver |
