| WB: 'in days long departed ...evidently fairly frequent and perhaps indeed of annual occurrence'(Walpole-Bond II pp309-311)). Most records refer to immatures. | |
| dFH: over 50 records up to 1961 but very few since1900. | |
| 1837 | One shot at Camber (ES) in early spring recovered from its wounds and was kept in captivity for many years. | WB dFH |
| 1848 | An immature male trapped at Cowdray Estate,Midhurst (WS) in December. | WB |
| 1859 | One shot while feeding on a dead 'turtle' at Birling (ES) in mid-December (Arnold, E.C. 1936. Birdsof Eastbourne. Strange the Printers. Eastbourne.). | |
| 1860 | An adult at Seaford (ES) prior to 23February. | WB |
| 1862 | One at Arundel Park and RiverAdur (WS) in November. | |
| 1863 | A juvenile female shot near Lancing (WS) on 19November (BoMNH 207172). | |
| 1864 | An adult seen east of Henfield(WS) on 26 December. | WB |
| 1868 | One shot at Arundel (WS) on 20 February. | WB |
| One obtained at Compton Wood, Firle Park (ES) on 8November. | WB |
| 1872 | One shot at Iden, near Rye (ES)in November. | |
| 1881 | One succumbed at Shoreham-by-Sea (WS) inFebruary. | WB |
| 1893 | One shot at Wadhurst Park (ES) on26 December. | WB |
| 1900( c ) | An adult seen at Beachy Head (ES). | WB |
| 1902 | Three seen at St. Leonards Forest (WS) duringwinter of 1902-03. | WB |
| 1908 | One seen at St. Leonard's Forest(WS) on 7 March. | WB |
| 1929 | One seen at Firle Beacon (ES) on 20March. | WB |
| 1944 | [A juvenile over Hove (ES) on 12March (seen by Walpole-Bond).] | * |
| 1945 | One snared at Holts Farm, East Dean (WS) on 18 November (skin in Natural History Museum cat. Number 1945.46.1). | *99 |
| 1961 | An adult fishing for 10 minutes off Selsey Bill (WS) on 30 July took a fish 400 yards offshore was quite probably of suspect origin due to the unusual date. | * ×dFH |