| dFH: about 60 recorded to 1961. 5 in August, 40* September, 9 October, 1 November, 5 undated (>> 2 August, 5 September and 2 undated missing, 1 October too many). | |
| 1858 | One obtained at Shoreham Harbour (WS) on 17 August was the first British record. | WB |
| 1862 | One obtained near Rottingdean (ES) on 24 September was the second British record. | WB |
| 1864 | One netted between Brighton and Rottingdean (ES) on 30 September (BoMNH 208132). | WB |
| 1869 | Two shot near Rottingdean (ES) on 6 September (one was 'blasted beyond repair', one BoMNH 208134). | WB |
| 1870 | One obtained near Brighton (ES) on 29 September. | WB |
| 1871 | One caught in a net near Brighton (ES) in October (BoMNH 208133). | WB |
| Two obtained near Brighton (ES) (undated). | WB |
| 1874 | One netted near Eastbourne (ES) on 8 November. | WB dFH |
| One captured at the east end of Brighton (ES) (undated). | WB |
| 1876 | One procured inland at Ditchling Bostell (ES) on 29 September. | WB dFH |
| One caught near Brighton (ES) on 7 October. | WB |
| 1882 | [One obtained near Brighton (ES) on 23 October.] | WB The Blyth's Pipit! |
| 1886 | One shot at Rottingdean (ES) on 3 October. | WB |
| Three netted on the Downs northeast of Brighton (ES) on different days in early October. | WB |
| 1887 | One netted at Ditchling Road, Brighton (ES) on 25 August. | WB |
| 1894 | One shot near Brighton (ES) on 1 October. Field 13th Oct. | 1894 |
| 1903 | [An immature male and immature female shot near Rye (ES) on 22 September.] | WB HR |
| [An immature male and immature female shot near Rye (ES) on 24 September.] | WB HR |
| 1904 | [An adult shot near Rye (ES) on 14 August, a pair was thought to have bred.] | WB HR |
| [An adult shot near Rye (ES) on 17 August.] | WB HR |
| Two adults seen near Brighton (ES) on 12 September (Walpole-Bond I p215). | WB |
| [An immature shot at Cooden (ES) on 27 September.] | WB HR |
| One adult seen near Shoreham-by-Sea (WS) on 27 September (Walpole-Bond I p215). | WB |
| 1905 | [A pair shot at a nest in south-east of county on 23 May.] | WB HR |
| 1906 | ['without any doubt breeding again took place in the spot above-mentioned.'] | WB HR |
| 1912 | One netted at the Crumbles (ES) on 24 September. | WB |
| 1914 | [A male shot at Little Common (ES) on 30 April.] | WB HR |
| 1917 | One seen in the new recreation ground in Eastbourne (ES) in early October. | WB |
| 1918 | [One obtained at Pevensey (ES) on 2 May.] | WB HR |
| 1921 | One seen or obtained near Eastbourne (ES) on 12 September. WB [same observer as 28 July 1928] | |
| 1922 | [One shot at Pevensey (ES) on 21 April.] | WB HR |
| 1927 | One seen near Rye (ES) on 4 September. | WB |
| 1928 | [An adult seen near Eastbourne (ES) on 28 July.] | WB, not in dFH |
| 1932 | An immature female shot near Eastbourne (ES) on 17 September. | WB |
| 1939 | One, location not given, on 23 August. | Witherby et al p288 |
| 1943 | [One shot in Hastings area (ES) in September and five at Pett Level (ES) on 4 September, one shot on 13th, remaining four to 5 November.] | British Birds 38:228, 41:112 & 46:147 |
| [One shot at Pett Level (ES) in September (= 13th above?).] | * |
| [One obtained at Pett Level (ES) on 22 September (= Hastings Area above?).] | * |
| 1945 | [Two at Pett Level (ES) from late February to late April and five in July.] | British Birds 40:30 |
| 1946 | [Five at Pett Level (ES) in early April/August/October.] | British Birds 40:383 & 46:147 |
| 1947 | [Three at Pett Level (ES) on 17 September.] | British Birds 41:116 |
| 1948 | One at Pett Level (ES) on 24 October. | * |
| 1950 | One at the Midrips (ES) on 30 September (SxBR 3:8). | * |
| 1954 | One at the Crumbles (ES) on 17 September. | * |
| One at the Crumbles (ES) on 26 and 27 September. | * |
| 1956 | Two at Camber Sands (ES) on 3 and 5 September, and one on 6th. | * |
| One at the Crumbles (ES) on 4 September. | * |
| One at Hove Lagoon (ES) on 10 September. | * |
| One at Camber (ES) on 22 September. | * |
| 1957 | Two at Sidlesham (WS) on 8 September. | * |
| One at the Midrips (ES) on 22 September. | * |
| 1959 | One at the Crumbles (ES) on 9 September. | * × |
| 1960 | One at Selsey Bill (WS) on 17 September. | * × |
| Three at Selsey Bill (WS) on 18 September (all different). | * × |
| Three at Langney Point (ES) on 19 September, one from 17th and two from 18th. | * × |
| One at Langney Point (ES) on 25 and 27 September. | * × |
| 1961 | A juvenile at the Crumbles (ES) on 19 September. | * × |
| 1963 | One at Seaford Head (ES) on 8 September. | * × |
| One at Rye Harbour (ES) on 14 September. | * × |
| One at Langney Point (ES) on 16 September. | * × |
| 1964 | One at Sidlesham (WS) on 2 and 3 September. | * × |
| An adult at the Crumbles (ES) on 3 September. | * × |
| One at Selsey Bill (WS) on 6 September. | * × |
| A juvenile at the Crumbles (ES) from 7 to 11 September. | * × |
| 1965 | One at Langney Point (ES) on 22 September. | * × |
| One at Darwell Reservoir (ES) on 6 October (2nd inland record). | * × |
| 1966 | One at Beachy Head (ES) on 28 August. | * × |
| One at the Crumbles (ES) on 18 September. | * × |
| 1967 | One at the Midrips (ES) on 2 September. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 17 September. | * × |
| One at the Crumbles (ES) on 17 September. | *68 × |
| One at Sidlesham (WS) on 20 September. | * × |
| One at Seaford Head (ES) on 24 September. | * × |
| 1968 | One at Saltdean (ES) on 10 August. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 24 and 25 August. | * × |
| One at the Midrips (ES) on 4 September. | * × |
| One at Selsey Bill (WS) on 8 September. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 8 September. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 11 September. | * × |
| 1969 | One at Whitbread Hollow, Beachy Head (ES) on 24 May. | * × |
| Two adults at Pebsham Rubbish Dump (ES) on 7 September, one being trapped. | * × |
| Two at Beachy Head (ES) on 10 September, with one or other on 8, 14, 15 and 19th. | * × |
| 1970 | One at Beachy Head (ES) on 23 August. | * × |
| Two at Tenant's Hill, Cissbury (WS) on 27 August. | * × |
| One east at Birling Gap (ES) on 28 August. | * × |
| One at Rye Harbour (ES) from 5 to 7 September. | * × |
| Two at Beachy Head (ES) on 21 September. | * × |
| One east at Birling Gap (ES) on 22 September. | * × |
| One east at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 11 October. | * × |
| One east at the Crumbles (ES) on 11 October. | * × |
| 1971 | One at Castle Water, Rye (ES) from 6 to 9 September. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 10 and 16 September. | *72 ×72 |
| One at Belle Tout, Beachy Head (ES) on 23 and 28 September. | */*94 × |
| 1972 | One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 29 August. | * × |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) from 10 to 12 September. | * × |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 26 September. | * × |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 13 October. | * × |
| 1973 | One killed near Brighton (ES) few days prior to 8 October. | WB |
| One at Arlington Reservoir (ES) on 6 August. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 30 August. | * × |
| One at Birling Gap (ES) on 22 September. | * × |
| Four at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) from 7 to 10 October, one remaining to 12th. Three were trapped. | */*94 × |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) from 15 to 17 October. | * × |
| One over Crowlink (ES) on 28 October. | * × |
| 1974 | One at Beachy Head (ES) on 29 August. | * × |
| Two at Beachy Head (ES) from 30 August to 2 September. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 2 September. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) between 8 and 14 September. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 16 September. | * × |
| One at Rye Harbour (ES) on 16 and 17 September. | *75 × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 29 September. | * × |
| 1975 | One at Horse Eye, Pevensey Levels (ES) on 30 April. | * × |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 27 August. | * × |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 31 August. | * × |
| Three at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 17 September. | * × |
| 1976 | Two at Birling Gap (ES) from 28 to 31 August. | * ×77/×96 |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 2 September. | * × |
| One at Arlington Reservoir (ES) on 4 September. | *77 ×77 |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 20 September. | * × |
| 1977 | One at Crowlink (ES) on 21 August. | * × |
| One at Cissbury (WS) on 23 August. | * × |
| One at the Crumbles (ES) on 26 August. | * × |
| Four at Beachy Head (ES) on 27 August, one east and three together near Belle Tout. | */*94 × |
| One at Church Norton (WS) on 28 August. | * × |
| One at Pett (ES) on 3 September. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 18 September. | *79 ×79 |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 25 September. | * × |
| One at Littlehampton West Beach (WS) on 27 September. | * × |
| Two at Cuckmere Haven (ES) on 29 September, one to 1 October. | * ×/×96 |
| 1978 | One flying west towards Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 29 April. | * × |
| 1979 | One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 7 September. | * × |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 28 September. | * × |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 5 October. | * × |
| 1980 | One west at Birling Gap (ES) on 4 May. | * × |
| One at Birling Gap (ES) on 16 August. | * × |
| One at Littlehampton West Beach (WS) on 3 September. | *81 ×81 |
| Six at Beachy Head (ES) on 21 September (a party of five near Cornish Farm and a single at Hodcombe), four of the five remaining to 22nd). | * × |
| Two at Steyning Round Hill (WS) on 21 and 22 September. | * (near Cissbury) × |
| One at Littlehampton Golf Course (WS) on 21 September. | * × |
| One at the Crumbles (ES) on 27 September. | * × |
| 1981 | One west at Selsey Bill (WS) on 31 August. | * × |
| One at Roedean (ES) on 6 September. | * × |
| One at Pett Level (ES) on 12 September. | * × |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 26 September. | * × |
| One at Church Norton (WS) on 3 and 4 October. | * × |
| 1982 | Two at Ovingdean (ES) on 3 October. | *83 × |
| 1983 | Four at Cornish Farm, Beachy Head (ES) on 24 September. | * |
| Two at Littlehampton Golf Course (WS) on 24 September, one to 25th. | * |
| One west at Beachy Head (ES) on 2 October. | * |
| 1984 | Two at Combe Haven (ES) on 4 September. | *85 |
| An adult at Selsey (WS) on 22 September. | * |
| 1985 | Two at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 30 August. | * |
| One at Ovingdean (ES) on 30 August. | * |
| Two at the Crumbles (ES) on 31 August and 1 September. | * |
| One west at Whitbread Hollow, Beachy Head (ES) on 1 September. | * |
| One at Combe Haven (ES) on 1 and 2 September. | * |
| One at Camber Sands (ES) on 9 September. | *93 |
| One at Shooters Bottom, Beachy Head (ES) on 25 and 28 September. | * |
| Three east over Newmarket Hill, Woodingdean (ES) on 27 September. | * |
| One at Littlehampton Golf Course (WS) on 28 September. | * |
| One at Cornish Farm, Beachy Head (ES) on 5 October. | * |
| 1986 | Two adults at mouth of River Rother at Rye Harbour (ES) on 9 September. | * |
| One near Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 13 September. | *87 |
| One west at Roedean (ES) on 17 September. | * |
| An adult at Church Norton (WS) on 18 September. | * |
| A juvenile at Cornish Farm, Beachy Head (ES) on 20 September. | * |
| 1987 | One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 30 August. | * |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 1 September. | * |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 17 September. | * |
| One at Pagham Harbour (WS) on 21 September. | * |
| One at Littlehampton West Beach (WS) on 22 September. | * |
| One at Birling Gap (ES) on 26 September. | * |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 1 October. | * |
| One at Church Norton (WS) on 3 October. | * |
| 1988 | One at Pett Level (ES) on 14 May. | * |
| One northeast over Combe Haven (ES) on 29 August. | * |
| An adult at Littlehampton Golf Course (WS) on 6 September. | * |
| Two at Pilsey Island (WS) on 7 September. | * |
| One west at Combe Haven (ES) on 7 September. | * |
| One near Belle Tout, Beachy Head (ES) on 22 September. | * |
| 1989 | One at Littlehampton Golf Course (WS) on 12 September. | * |
| An adult at Shooters Bottom, Beachy Head (ES) on 12 September. | * |
| One northeast over Newhaven Cliffs (ES) on 23 September. | * |
| 1990 | One at Littlehampton Golf Course (WS) on 4 September. | * |
| One at Belle Tout, Beachy Head (ES) on 16 September. | * |
| 1991 | One southwest over Seaford Head (ES) on 1 September. | * |
| One at Littlehampton Golf Course (WS) on 22 September. | * |
| 1992 | One at Littlehampton Golf Course (WS) on 14 May. | * |
| One at Church Norton (WS) on 10 September. | * |
| One at Birling Gap (ES) on 10 September. | * |
| Three at Birling Gap (ES) on 13 September, 1 remaining to 14th. | * |
| An adult at Birling Gap (ES) on 19 September. | * |
| One east over Shooters Bottom, Beachy Head (ES) on 26 September. | * |
| One at Littlehampton West Beach (WS) on 28 September. | * |
| 1993 | One between Balsdean and Rottingdean (ES) on 25 August. | * |
| One on the shingle spit at Church Norton (WS) from 31 August to 2 September. | * |
| 1994 | An adult in a 'set aside' field at Birling Gap (ES) on 23 May. | * |
| An adult, considered to be different, in the 'set aside' field at Birling Gap (ES) on 29 May. | *96 |
| An adult on the old Pontins' site at Selsey Bill (WS) from 8 to 10 September. | * |
| One at Church Norton (WS) on 8 October. | * |
| 1995 | A first year between Ternery Pool and Narrow Pit, Rye Harbour (ES) on 10 September. | * |
| One on the cliff edge to east of Beachy Head Hotel (ES) on 10 September. | *96 |
| An adult flew west over River Arun at Littlehampton West Pier (WS) at 06.35 hrs and was relocated briefly at Church Farm on 11 September. | * |
| 1997 | A juvenile at Littlehampton Golf Course (WS) on 6 September flew off to west. | * |
| 2000 | A probable adult at Steyning Round Hill (WS) on 22 to 23 August. | * |
| One on Pebsham Tip (ES) on 26 August. | * |
| One flew in from east at Rye Harbour LNR (ES) on 27 August landed in a stubble field. | * |
| One at Newhaven Tidemills (ES) on 23 September (photo in SxBR 53:193). | * |
| One flew east over Belle Tout, Beachy Head (ES) on 23 September. | * |