| dFH: bred in one area from at least 1938 (?1926) to 1951. | |
| Published records from 1948 are:. | |
| 1961 | One at Sidlesham (WS) on 20 May. | * |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 9 September. | * |
| 1962 | One at the Crumbles (ES) on 13 September. | * |
| 1963 | Two or three at Beachy Head (ES) on 14 September. | * |
| 1968 | [One west at Beachy Head (ES) on 12 September and one east there on 17th.] | * - both withdrawn by observer |
| 1974 | One near Steyning (WS) on 17 November. | *75 |
| 1975 | One at Sidlesham (WS) on 23 September. | * |
| A female at Beachy Head (ES) on 17 October. | * |
| A male at Beachy Head (ES) between 28 October and 9 November. | * |
| One at Alfriston (ES) on 11 November. | * |
| 1976 | An adult female at Beachy Head (ES) on 1 October. | * |
| 1981 | One north over Seaford (ES) on 6 November. | * |
| 1985 | An immature on the Downs on 19 January. | * |
| A female at Combe Haven (ES) on 24 February. | *87 |
| An adult on the Downs on 7 September. | * |
| 1986 | An immature female at Amberley Wild Brooks (WS) on 15 February. | * |
| A juvenile at Littlehampton (WS) on 2 September. | * |
| 1988 | A female over Bexhill (ES) on 17 April. | * |
| A female at Weir Wood Reservoir (E/WS) on 13 July. | * |
| A male at Pevensey Bridge Level (ES) on 26 October. | * |
| A male, presumably the same (due to plumage similarities), at Newmarket Hill, Woodingdean (ES) on 28 October. | * |
| 1989 | A pair in Friston Forest (ES) on 13 October. | * |
| A female at Friston Forest (ES) on 15 October. | * |
| 1990 | A pair in suitable habitat on 9 March. | * |
| A male at the Severals, Church Norton (WS) on 16 April and 6 and 25 November. | * |
| A male in the Cuckmere Valley (ES) on 30 September. | * |
| An immature in the Arun Valley (WS) on 14 November. | * |
| 1991 | An adult male, presumably the same as in 1990, at the Severals (WS) between 7 January and 7 May and again between 28 November and late May 1992. | * |
| A separate male and female seen at two potential breeding sites. | * |
| A female east along the cliffs at Beachy Head (ES) on 13 April. | * |
| 1992 | A female at Rye Harbour (ES) on 18 April. | * |
| 1993 | One, possibly the same as in 1991, at the Severals (WS) on 7 February, 13 March, 13 April and on 5 dates during 25 September to 31 October. | * |
| One at Charleston Reedbed (ES) on 7 August. | * |
| One at Westbourne, near Emsworth (WS) on 25 August. | * |
| A male at Pett Level (ES) from 16 to 22 October. | * |
| A female north over Beachy Head (ES) on 16 October. | */*95/*97 |
| A female at Harbour Farm, Rye (ES) on 22 November. | * |
| 1994 | Reported from three potential breeding sites. | * |
| One at Stanmer Down, Brighton (ES) on 22 April. | * |
| 1995 | Reported from three or four potential breeding sites in the west of the county. | * |
| An adult female at Michelgrove Farm, Patching (WS) on 31 October. | * |
| 1996 | A female at Greenlease Farm, Church Norton (WS) on 16 March. | * |
| 1997 | A female at Marsh Farm, Sidlesham (WS) on 15 January. | * |
| A pair displaying at one site (WS) on 3 May attracted the attention of a second female. | * |
| A female at Beachy Head (ES) on 6 April. | *00 |
| An immature female at North Stoke (WS) on 18 May. | * |
| A female at West Dean Woods (WS) on 28 June. | * |
| A female at Beachy Head (ES) on 10 August. | *00 |
| A male at Storrington (WS) on 20 September. | * |
| 1998 | A male, then a female mobbed a Buzzard at a downland locality (WS) on 19 June. | * |
| A juvenile female at Barcombe Reservoir (ES) on 14 September. | * |
| An immature female was at Pett Level (ES) on 22 November. | *99 |
| 1999 | A female at WestDean Woods (ES) on 2 May. | * |
| 2000 | A female at an undisclosed site (ES) on 6 June. | * |
| A female at an undisclosed site (WS) on 25 July. | * |