A rare visitor to the UK and a BBRC rarity.

Accepted records (5)Edit

• 1840: Brent Reservoir (Middx), shot (Harting, 1866)
• pre-1866: Brent Reservoir (Middx), shot (Harting, 1866)
• 1979: Rye Meads (Herts), on July 1st (LBR 56, Hardwick & Self)
• 1997: Walton Reservoir (Surrey) on June 17th, also seen in flight over Stain Hill Reservoir (Middx) (LBR 62)
• 2007: Crossness Southern Marsh (Kent), adult from May 29th to June 8th (BBRC report)