| dFH: 18 seen or shot during 1843-1937 between September and May, but only 3 during 1938-61. | |
| Records from 1948 are:. | |
| 1953 | One southwest over Seaford (ES) on 28 May. | * |
| 1958 | One northwest over Wadhurst (ES) on 29 March. | * |
| 1960 | One over Selsey Bill (WS) on 1 November. | * × dFH |
| 1966 | One over Sidlesham (WS) on 6 April. | * |
| 1967 | One over Angmering (WS) on 8 January. | * |
| 1970 | One at/over Beachy Head (ES) on 29 September. | * |
| 1971 | One south over Downs behind Worthing (WS) on 26 November. | * |
| 1972 | One at Whitbread Hollow, Beachy Head (ES) on 19 January. | * |
| One over West Wittering and Itchenor (WS) on 18 March. | * |
| One, presumably the same, at/over Petworth (WS) on 19 March. | * |
| 1973 | One at/over Duncton (WS) on 11 August. | *74 |
| One at/over Beachy Head (ES) on 26 August and Friston Forest on 27 August. | * |
| 1974 | One at Petworth (WS) on 18 March. | * |
| 1975 | One in Cuckmere Valley (ES) on 16 March. | * |
| 1976 | One over Hastings (ES) on 4 April. | * |
| One at Chanctonbury (WS) on 9 May. | * |
| 1977 | One in Cuckmere Valley (ES) on 27 October. | * |
| 1978 | One at Chilgrove (WS) on 16 December stayed into January 1979. | * |
| 1979 | One found dead at Shipley (WS) on 30 March had been poisoned. | * |
| One east over Pett Level (ES) on 15 April. | * |
| One found dead at Folkington, Polgate (ES) on 5 May had been poisoned. | * |
| One north over Cissbury Ring (WS) on 20 October. | * |
| 1980 | One picked up dead at Fernhurst (WS) in April. | * |
| One at/over Alfriston (ES) on 5 June. | * |
| One at/over Sidlesham (WS) on 3 November. | * |
| 1981 | One east over Beachy Head (ES) on 27 May. | * |
| One at/over Kingley Vale (WS) on 30 May. | * |
| One north over Sidlesham (WS) on 3 November. | * |
| 1982 | One at/over Beachy Head (ES) on 28 March. | * |
| 1983 | One west over Lewes (ES) on 5 March. | * |
| One at/over Fairlight (ES) on 21 November. | * |
| 1984 | One near Battle (ES) on 18 June. | * |
| One west over Fairlight (ES) on 4 November. | * |
| One, probably the same, at/over Beachy Head (ES) on 5 November. | * |
| One over Pagham Harbour (WS) on 9 December. | *84 |
| 1985 | One at West Grinstead (WS) on one date in October. | *86 |
| 1986 | One at/over Pett Level (ES) on 27 April. | * |
| One at/over Southease (ES) on 20 August. | * |
| 1987 | One over Ashdown Forest (ES) on 15 February. | * |
| One over Combe Haven (ES) on 16 March. | * |
| One over Cuckmere Valley (ES) on 19 December. | * |
| One, possibly the same, over Sandy Cross, Heathfield (ES) on 23 December. | * |
| 1988 | One over Lancing (WS) on 21 January. | * |
| One at/over Charleston Bottom (ES) on 16 February. | * |
| One at/over Walberton (WS) on 5 March. | * |
| One over Seaford (ES) on 22 March. | * |
| One over Brighton (ES) on 22 March. | * |
| One over Fairlight (ES) on 5 April. | * |
| One at/over Kingley Vale (WS) on 6 May. | * |
| One at/over Blackcap (ES) on 16 June. | * |
| One over Pett Level and Rye Harbour (ES) on 5 November. | * |
| One at/over Firle Beacon (ES) on 27 November. | * |
| 1990 | One at/over Balsdean (ES) on 1 April. | * |
| One over Sidlesham Ferry (WS) on 21 April. | * |
| One at/over Steyning Round Hill (WS) on 17 August. | * |
| One at/over Balsdean (ES) on 5 November. | * |
| 1991 | One over Shoreham-by-Sea (WS) on 21 January. | * |
| One over Ditchling Beacon (ES) on 13 December. | * |
| 1992 | One over Angmering Park Estate and West Worthing (WS) on 25 May. | * |
| One west over Beachy Head (ES) on 17 October. | * |
| 1993 | One at/over High Hill, Balsdean (ES) on 18 October. | * |
| 1994 | One at St. Leonards-on-Sea (ES) on 10 February. | * |
| One at Bexhill (ES) on 29 March. | * |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 10 April. | * |
| One at Storrington (WS) on 27 April. | * |
| One at Heathfield (ES) on 2 May. | * |
| One at Billingshurst (WS) on 6 June. | * |
| One (wing-tagged) at Balcombe (ES) on 16 June, Arlington Reservoir (ES) on 7 August and 4 September, West Firle(ES) on 13 September and 26 November. | * |
| 1995 | One, presumed to be the same, at Selmeston (ES) on 15 January and near Ringmer (ES) on 16 and 24 March. | * |
| One at Udimore, near Rye (ES), on 23 February. | *98 |
| One, also wing-tagged, at West Dean Woods (WS) from 17 November to at least 17 March 1996. | * |
| 1996 | One at Horse Eye Level, Pevensey (ES) on 2 March and 8 April. | * |
| One at Burton Mill Pond (WS) on 9 March. | * |
| One at Cuckmere Haven (ES) on 23 March. | * |
| One drifting west at Walberton (WS) on 23 March. | *97 |
| One at Binsted Valley (WS) on 23 March. | * |
| One at Newick, north of Lewes (ES) on 29 March. | * |
| One at Thorney Deeps (WS) on 14 April. | * |
| One at Pulborough Brooks (WS) on 6 May. | * |
| One at Arundel (WS) on 10 August. | * |
| One at Hammerpot and Harrow Hill, Patching (WS) on 10 and 13 August. | * |
| One (wing tagged) at Belle Tout, Beachy Head (ES) on 2 October. | * |
| 1997 | One at Seaford (ES) on 1 May. | * |
| One (wing tagged) at Cissbury (WS) on 17 May. | * |
| Two over the River Adur at Shoreham-by-Sea (WS) on 26 May. | * |
| Two , perhaps the same, inland on 30 May. | * |
| One at Newtimber Hill, Poynings (ES) on 28 July. | * |
| One (wing tagged) at Beachy Head on 28 July. | * |
| One at Harrow Hill, Patching (WS) on 12 August. | * |
| One at Rustington (WS) on 22 September. | * |
| 1998 | One at Hooe Level, Pevensey (ES) on 23 May. | * |
| One at Mount Caburn, near Lewes (ES), on 22 June. | * |
| One over Friston Hill (ES) on 9 August. | * |
| One, presumably the same, over Hollingdean, Brighton (ES) on 9 August. | * |
| One at Holland Wood, near Petworth (WS) from early November to late December. | * |
| One at Cuckmere Haven (ES) on 1 December. | * |
| One, possibly the same, at Seaford Head (ES) on 20 December. | * |
| One, presumably the same, at Tarring Neville, Newhaven (ES) on 25 December. | * |
| 1999 | One SW at Rye Harbour (ES) on 5 March. | * |
| Two in the general area of Harrow Hill, Patching (WS) on 27 March and three birds together were observed at the same locality on 4 and 5 April. | * |
| One E at Beachy Head (ES) on 1 May. | * |
| One at Stansted Forest (WS) on 7 May. | * |
| One, possibly the same, at Cocking (WS) on 7 May. | * |
| One N at Sidlesham Ferry on 6 June. | * |
| One over Batemans, Burwash (ES) on 16 June. | * |
| One W at Church Norton on 18 October. | * |
| One at Upwaltham (WS) on 3 and 27 November. | * |
| One at Watergate, West Marden (WS) on 22 December. | * |
| 2000 | 30 records involving at least 21 birds. | * |