| dFH: most records December to February, one October 1898, few November and March and c20 above Bramber (WS) on 20 April1941. Up to 70 recorded in a winter. | |
| Records from 1948 are:. | |
| 1949-50 | Recorded in dFH but none in *. | |
| 1957 | One at Ardingly College (WS) on 25 November. | * |
| One at New Winchelsea Road, Rye (ES) on 15 December. | * |
| 1958 | Seven at Crowhurst (ES) from 1 to 5 January. | * |
| Six at Prince's Park, Eastbourne (ES) on 25 January. | * |
| Three at Willingdon (ES) on 2 March. | * |
| Two at Hotham Park, Bognor (WS) on 9 March. | * |
| 1959 | Eight in a Hastings garden (ES) on 29 and 30 November. | * |
| One at Chichester (WS) on 13 December. | * |
| 1961 | Two at Sidlesham (WS) from 17 to 20 November. | * |
| 1962 | One in a Brighton garden (ES) on 9 and 10 January. | * |
| 1963 | One in Eastbourne (ES) on 1 December had been present for some weeks. | * |
| 1964 | Two at Rustington (WS) on 15 February. | * |
| 1965 | Six at Beachy Head (ES) on 14 November, one on 21st, five on 26th and eight on 27th. | * |
| Twelve at Eastbourne (ES) on 15 November and 18 from 6 to 8 December. | * |
| c55 at Pett (ES) on 21 November and 80 from 28 November to 2 December. | * |
| Five to eight at Shoreham-by-Sea (WS) during 28 November to 7 December. | * |
| One at the Midrips (ES) on 28 November. | * |
| One at Pulborough (WS) on 28 November. | * |
| 20 at Crawley (WS) on 3 December and one on 29th. | * |
| Five at Lower Willingdon (ES) on 5 December, with 18 on 24th and three on 25th. | * |
| Two at Lewes (ES) on 5 December with eight on 10th and four north on 11th. | * |
| Two at Lancing (WS) from 5 to 9 December. | * |
| Two at Hartfield (ES) during second week of December. | * |
| c130 at Groombridge (ES) on 10 December. | * |
| 20 at Polegate (ES) from 10 to 24 December and one on 28th. | * |
| One at Robertsbridge (ES) from 12 to 20 December. | * |
| One at Winchelsea (ES) on 13 December. | * |
| Ten at East Grinstead (WS) on 13 December. | * |
| One at Chichester (WS) on 13 December. | * |
| Four in Worth Forest (WS) on 19 December. | * |
| Three in St. Leonards (ES) from 20 to 26 December. | * |
| Ten at Rye (ES) from 21 December to the end of the year. | * |
| Two at Hailsham (ES) on 21 December. | * |
| Four at Bexhill (ES) on 25 December. | * |
| 13 south (flocks of 9 and 4) at Groombridge (ES) on 27 December. | * |
| One at Battle (ES) on 28 December. | * |
| 1966 | 96 in 15 localities during January to March including:. | |
| Twelve at Hailsham (ES) on 16 January. | * |
| 22 at Horsham (WS) on 13 February. | * |
| 20 at Haywards Heath (WS) on 6 March. | * |
| Two at Bexhill (ES) on 5 April. | * |
| 1968 | One at Rye (ES) on 28 December. | * |
| 1970 | One at Lindfield, near Haywards Heath (WS)on 14 February. | * |
| present at Horsham (WS) from 30 November to 19 December with a maximum of 10-15 on 14 December. | * |
| Up to six at Lewes (ES) during 2 to 9 December. | * |
| One at Fernhurst (WS) on 9 December. | * |
| Four at Milland (WS) on 17 December. | * |
| Six at Gossops Green, Crawley (WS) on 20 December. | * |
| 1971 | A number of records in the Three Bridges/Crawley area (WS) from 6 January to 5 April. These include: | |
| 30 at Ifield (WS) from 6 to 9 January. | * |
| 20 at Three Bridges (WS) on 21 February. | * |
| Twelve at Furnace Green (WS) on 5 April. | * |
| Two at Rowan Wood, Slinfold (WS) on 16 January. | * |
| One in Slinfold village (WS) on 25 and 26 January. | * |
| Three in East Grinstead (WS) during last week of February. | * |
| 1974 | One at Pett (ES) on 17 November. | * |
| One at Camber (ES) on 24 November. | * |
| 1975 | Two at Mannings Heath (WS) on 15 February. | * |
| One in St. Leonards (ES) on 8 March. | * |
| One at Beachy Head (ES) on 16 November. | * |
| 1976 | Two at Mannings Heath (WS) on 9 February. | * |
| c10 at Rushlake Green (ES) on 1 October. | * |
| 1977 | One at Mannings Heath (WS) on 28 December. | * |
| 1979 | One in a Lewes garden (ES) on 18 February. | * |
| 1980 | One at Blunts Wood, near Cuckfield (WS) on 23 November. | * |
| 1982 | One at Tilgate (WS) on 6 January. | *84 |
| One at Roffey (WS) on 13 January. | * |
| 1984 | Two at Wakehurst Place (WS) on 15 January. | * |
| 1985 | One at Easebourne on 24 November. | * |
| 1987 | Two at Rye Harbour (ES) on 24 January. | * |
| 1988 | One at Pagham Harbour (WS) on 27 November. | * |
| One to two at Pett (ES) on three dates during 8 to 24 December. | * |
| Two at Selmeston (ES) on 10 and 18 December. | * |
| 1990 | One at Beachy Head (ES) on 4 November. | * |
| 1991 | One in gardens at Aldwick (WS) from 24 February to 7 March. | * |
| One in St. Leonards-by-Sea (ES) from 1 to 3 March. | * |
| One at Rye Harbour (ES) on 28 November. | * |
| One at Hodcombe, Beachy Head (ES) on 2 December. | * |
| One at Littlehampton Golf Course (WS) on 14 December. | * |
| One at Rottingdean (ES) on 28 December. | * |
| 1992 | Two on the Kent/Sussex border south of Tunbridge Wells (K/ES) on 4 January. | * |
| 1996 | at least 1200 between 10 January (12 at Rye (ES)) and 19 April (one at East Grindstead (WS)). Most were east of a line from Crawley to Brighton and included counts of 43 at Seaford (ES) on 8 February, 25 in Ashdown Forest (ES)on 13th, 30 at Bexhill (ES) and 50 in Hastings (ES) on 15th, 12 at Rustington (WS) on 16th, 150 in East Grinstead (WS) on 29 February and 7 March, 27 at Forest Row (ES) and 27 in Ashdown Forest (ES) on 3rd March, 32 in Burgess Hill (WS) on 30th, 31 at Bexhill (ES) on 31st, 80 at Burgess Hill (WS) and 53 at Bexhill (ES) on 7 April. | * |
| One at Chelwood Vachery (ES) on 21 November. | * |
| 1997 | One at Mountfield, near Battle (ES) on 21 January. | * |
| 1999 | One at Fairlight (ES) on 28 December. | * |
| 2000 | Three south over Blackham, Forest Row (ES) on 5 February. | * |
| One in Crawley (WS) on 16 and 17 February. | * |
| One at Winchelsea (ES) on 30 December. | * |