1048 WAXWING (Bombycilla garrulus)

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:.
1949-50Recorded in dFH but none in *.
1957One at Ardingly College (WS) on 25 November.*
One at New Winchelsea Road, Rye (ES) on 15 December.*
1958Seven 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.*
1959Eight in a Hastings garden (ES) on 29 and 30 November.*
One at Chichester (WS) on 13 December.*
1961Two at Sidlesham (WS) from 17 to 20 November.*
1962One in a Brighton garden (ES) on 9 and 10 January.*
1963One in Eastbourne (ES) on 1 December had been present for some weeks.*
1964Two at Rustington (WS) on 15 February.*
1965Six 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.*
196696 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.*
1968One at Rye (ES) on 28 December.*
1970One 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.*
1971A 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.*
1974One at Pett (ES) on 17 November.*
One at Camber (ES) on 24 November.*
1975Two at Mannings Heath (WS) on 15 February.*
One in St. Leonards (ES) on 8 March.*
One at Beachy Head (ES) on 16 November.*
1976Two at Mannings Heath (WS) on 9 February.*
c10 at Rushlake Green (ES) on 1 October.*
1977One at Mannings Heath (WS) on 28 December.*
1979One in a Lewes garden (ES) on 18 February.*
1980One at Blunts Wood, near Cuckfield (WS) on 23 November.*
1982One at Tilgate (WS) on 6 January.*84
One at Roffey (WS) on 13 January.*
1984Two at Wakehurst Place (WS) on 15 January.*
1985One at Easebourne on 24 November.*
1987Two at Rye Harbour (ES) on 24 January.*
1988One 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.*
1990One at Beachy Head (ES) on 4 November.*
1991One 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.*
1992Two on the Kent/Sussex border south of Tunbridge Wells (K/ES) on 4 January.*
1996at 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.*
1997One at Mountfield, near Battle (ES) on 21 January.*
1999One at Fairlight (ES) on 28 December.*
2000Three 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.*



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