| dFH: only 3 sight records during 1947-61, all below. One was obtained in August 1868. Occurred annually between latter half of February and late April (WB). | |
| Published records from 1948 are:. | |
| 1948 | Five at Hove Lagoon (ES) on 7 March. | * |
| 1951 | One at Pett Level (ES) on 26 March. | * |
| 1960 | One at Pett Pools (ES) on 27 March. | * |
| 1965 | One at Cuckmere Haven (ES) on 13 March. | * |
| One at Chidham (WS) on 21 March. | * |
| One at Pett Pools (ES) on 4 April. | * |
| 1968 | One at Pevensey Bay (ES) on 29 February and 6 and 22 March. | * |
| One at Newhaven Tidemills (ES) on 22 March. | * |
| 1969 | One at Pevensey Bay (ES) on 6 March with two on 7th. | * |
| One on Rother Saltings (ES) on 13 October. | * |
| 1971 | One at Selsey Bill (WS) on 27 and 28 March. | * |
| 1972 | One at Selsey Bill (WS) on 5 March. | * |
| Two in Cuckmere Valley (ES) on 31 March and 1 April. | * |
| 1975 | One at Selsey (WS) on 1 February. | * |
| Two at Arlington (ES) on 17 March with one on 19th. | * |
| 1976 | One at Cuckmere Haven (ES) on 22 March. | * |
| One at Sidlesham Ferry (WS) from 27 March to 16 April. | * |
| Singles at Sidlesham Ferry (WS) on 4 November and 21 December. | * |
| One at Litlington (ES) on 5 December. | * |
| 1977 | Three at Thorney Deeps (WS) on 6 March. | * |
| 1978 | One at Rye Harbour (ES) from 24 to 27 March. | * |
| 1979 | One at Rye Harbour (ES) on 17 April. | * |
| 1980 | Two at Church Norton (WS) on 5 March. | * |
| 1984 | One at Newhaven Tidemills (ES) on 11 and 18 March. | * |
| One at Brighton Marina (ES) on 10 April. | * |
| 1989 | [One at Belle Tout, Beachy Head (ES) on 13 May - withdrawn by observer.] | */*94 |
| 1991 | Two at Widewater (WS) on 23 March with a different individual there on 24th. | *97 |
| One at Newhaven West Pier (ES) on 24 March. | *93 |
| 1992 | One at Widewater (WS) on 28 March. | *97 |
| One at Newhaven (ES) on 12 September. | * |
| 1994 | Ten at Shoreham Fort (WS) on 27 February. | */*95/*96 |
| 1995 | A one-legged individual at Widewater (WS) on 11 March. | *96 |
| A different, two-legged, bird at Shoreham Fort (WS), on 11 March. | *96 |
| 1996 | One on the Upper Adur Levels (WS) on 13 March. | * |
| One at Cuckmere Haven (ES) on 17 March. | * |
| 1997 | One on the beach at Cow Gap, Beachy Head (ES) on 15 March. | * |
| Two at Pagham Harbour North Wall (WS) on 25 March. | * |
| 1998 | One at Brighton Marina (ES) from 18 to 22 March. | * |
| 1999 | Nine in Lower Cuckmere Valley (ES) on 27 February with 2 still present on 7 March. | * |
| Two at Widewater (WS) on 15 March. | * |
| One at Pagham North Wall (WS) on 30 October. | * |
| 2000 | One at Widewater, Lancing (WS) on 27 February. | * |
| Up to three at Saltdean (ES) between 1 and 8 March. | * |
| One at Rottingdean (ES) on 3 March. | * |
| Three at Brighton Marina (ES) on 6 March and one on 27th. | * |
| One on Goring Beach (WS) on 3 April. | * |
| One at Saltdean (ES) on 10 and 14 April. | * |