Very rare winter visitor and passage migrant.

Six records: An immature at Fairlands Valley Lakes from 18 to 29 December 1994; two large flocks seen flying over Stevenage in early 1996, the first, a flock of 28 flew high in a north westerly direction over the Old Town on 19 February, the other a flock of approximately 45 flew south west to east over Norton Green on 7 April; one at Fairlands Valley Lakes on 15 January 2012; one at Fairlands Valley Lakes from 12 to 20 March 2015 and, possibly the same bird at the Town Centre Gardens and Fairlands Valley Lakes on the, un-seasonable dates of 4 and 5 June 2015.