Very rare autumn passage migrant.

The earliest record is of one shot near Stevenage on 1 August 1907.

Eight records from Fairlands Valley Lakes: one on 21 September 1974; two on 15 May 1981; one on 27 July 1994; two flying over and calling on 22 December 2010; one on 28 June 2018; one on 1 and 2 August 2018; one on 22 and 23 August 2019; two on 11 August 2020.

Other records are of single birds: Astonbury (by a stream) on 6 August 1975; Astonbury Wood on 27 July 1990; the Stevenage Brook (opposite B & Q) on 19 January 2009; Norton Green Tip on 27 August 2010; on a flooded field next to Norton Green Tip on 20 March 2024.