| dFH: 15 records from coast or immediate vicinity to 1961 1 in January, 1 August, 4 September, 7 October, 1 December and 1 undated (>> 1 undated missing). | |
| 1853 | One killed near Newhaven (ES) on or just before 22 October. | WB |
| 1856 | One obtained at Shoreham-by-Sea (WS) on 16 October. | WB |
| 1858 | One killed at Hove (ES) on 7 October. | WB |
| 1865 | One shot near Brighton (ES) on 28 October. | WB |
| 1866 | One shot at Black Rock, Brighton (ES) on 14 September. | WB |
| 1870 | One procured near Eastbourne (ES) on 10 October. | WB |
| 1871 | A juvenile found dying at Hove (ES) on 21 September (BoMNH 208123). | WB |
| One killed near Brighton (ES) on 7 October (possibly at Portslade). | WB |
| 1876 | One obtained near Brighton (possibly at Portslade) (ES) on 18 December. | WB |
| 1932 | One coming to bread thrown out in a street in Hove (ES) on 26 January (Walpole-Bond III p263). WB [not very convincing] | |
| 1951 | A first-summer off Langney Point (ES) on 25 August (British Birds 45:429). | * |
| 1956 | A juvenile at Shoreham-by-Sea (WS) on 2 September (SxBR 9:19). | * |
| 1957 | A juvenile west off Langney Point (ES) on 8 September. | * |
| 1959 | A juvenile west off Langney Point (ES) on 10 October. | * × dFH |
| 1967 | A juvenile at Newhaven Harbour and Tidemills (ES) on 11 and 12 October. | * |
| 1968 | [One reported west past Selsey Bill (WS) on 26 September was not aged. Record currently held in abeyance pending receipt of documentation.] | */*98 |
| 1970 | A juvenile east past Selsey Bill (WS) on 13 September. | * |
| A juvenile lingering off Langney Point (ES) on 13 September. | * |
| A juvenile in Newhaven Harbour (ES) from 13 to 18 September. All three were assumed to be different. | * |
| 1971 | A juvenile in Pagham Harbour flew west over Sidlesham Ferry (WS) on 27 December. | * |
| 1979 | One, presumably a juvenile, west past Worthing (WS) on 3 January reportedly lacked a dark tail band, an inconsistent plumage characteristic. | * |
| 1980 | A juvenile east past Selsey Bill (WS) on 2 November. | *83 |
| 1983 | One, presumably a juvenile, west past Worthing (WS) on 11 May lacked a dark tail band, an inconsistent plumage characteristic. | * |
| 1984 | An adult inside Brighton Marina (ES) on 28 September flew out southwest. | * |
| 1987 | At least 18 (and possibly 26) adults and a juvenile between Cuckmere Haven and Chichester Harbour between 16 and 21 October following the great storm in October 1987, details follow (all adults unless stated otherwise). | * |
| Two at Cuckmere Haven (ES) on 16 October. | * |
| Four (incl. one juvenile) at Brighton Marina (ES), singles west at Worthing (WS) and Selsey Bill (WS) and 6 to 8 in Chichester Harbour (WS) on 17 October. | * |
| Singles at Seaford (ES) and Newhaven (ES), three (incl. one juvenile) at Brighton Marina (ES), one at Southwick (WS), a juvenile west at Worthing (WS), two at Widewater (WS), two at Littlehampton (WS), one west at Selsey Bill (WS) (west) and one at Chichester Harbour (WS) on 18 October. | * |
| Two at Littlehampton (WS)and one at Church Norton (WS) on 19 October. | * |
| One at Worthing (WS) on 20 October. | * |
| One at Widewater (WS) and two at Littlehampton (WS) on 21 October. | * |
| 1988 | A juvenile at Galley Hill, Bexhill (ES) on 9 October from 12:30 to 13:00 hrs drifted off west. | * |
| A juvenile, presumably the same, at Shoreham Harbour (WS) on 9 October from 14:50 to 15:10 hrs drifted off west. | * |
| 1989 | [A juvenile at Church Norton (WS) on 17 December.] | */*90 |
| 1990 | A juvenile feeding off Worthing (WS) for a few minutes on 3 October before moving off west. | * |
| 1992 | A juvenile at Arlington Reservoir (ES) on 30 and 31 August. The only inland record. | * |
| 1995 | A distant bird, thought to be a first year, east off Worthing Beach (WS) at 18.35 hrs on 30 April. | * |
| A juvenile west past Selsey Bill (WS) at 09.23 hrs on 4 October. | * |
| 1997 | A juvenile flew east off Brighton Marina (ES) at 1.15 BST on 12 September and was most probably the individual seen passing E off Portland Bill, Dorset earlier that morning. | * |
| A juvenile, presumably the same, at the mouth of the River Cuckmere (ES) on afternoon of 12 September and up to 08.15 BST on 13th, when it flew off west. | * |
| 1998 | A juvenile flew west off Brighton seafront (ES) at 09:40 BST on 27 October. | * |
| 1999 | An adult with an injured wing on pools behind the North Wall, Pagham Harbour (WS) on 2 October was found dead somewhile later. | * |
| 2000 | A juvenile flew E past Brighton's Palace Pier at 17:00 BST on 9 October. It was then seen to W of Newhaven Breakwater on 10th, off Splash Point, Seaford on 11th and at Newhaven Tidemills on 12th (all ES). | * |
| A juvenile or first-winter off Galley Hill, Bexhill (ES) on 12 October. | * |
| A juvenile at Pagham Hbr, North Wall (WS) on 14 October. | * |
| A juvenile off Selsey Bill (WS) on 4 November landed on the beach before being disturbed by a dog. | * |
| An adult W off Selsey Bill (WS) on 4 November. | * |