1572 RAVEN (Corvus corax)

dFH: bred inland to c1880 and on chalk cliffs to c1895 and one pair at Seaford Head (ES) in 1938 and Beachy Head (ES) during 1939-45 (half of which was possibly a pet released in Eastbourne (ES) in 1936), one remaining in area to 1950.
Records from 1948 are:.
1948One at Brighton (ES) in mid January.*
1949One at Beachy Head (ES) on 20 March and 20 August.*
One, presumably the same, in lower Cuckmere Valley (ES) on 1 September.*
1950One at Birling (ES) on 7 January.*
1958One in off the sea at Holywell, Eastbourne (ES) on 9 October.*
1959One east over Mount Caburn (ES) on 1 August.*
1963One over Chichester Harbour (WS) on 31 March.*
1976One at Beachy Head (ES) from 10 April to 1 May 1977.
[Two released at Pippingford Park (ES) in August.]
1977One near Steyning (WS) on 15 January.*
1987One at Combe Haven (ES) on 24 October.*
1994One at Pagham Harbour North Wall (WS) on 9 August departed to north.*
One, presumably the same, roosting on Pilsey Sands on 23 August flew off east.*
1996One east along the beach at the Severals, Church Norton (WS) on 24 October was probably seen later in Pagham Harbour.*
Two, of unknown origin, at Weir Wood Reservoir (E/WS) on 6 November.*98
One west over Mill Hill, Shoreham-by-Sea (WS) on 11 December.*
1997One at Belle Tout, Beachy Head (ES) on 6 April.*
One flying over Playden, near Rye (ES) on 30 September, 4 October and 31 December.*
One, presumably the same, at Nook Beach, Winchelsea (ES) on 24 October.*
1999One along the Seven Sisters (ES) on 24 January.*
One, presumably the same, at CuckmereHaven (ES) on 20 February.*
Three at Beachy Head (ES) from 22 to 24 March, with two remaining to at least 5 April.*
Two, possibly the same, at Birling Gap (ES) on 22 October.*
2000One east of Belle Tout, Beachy Head (ES) on 26 February.*
Two at Shooters Bottom, Beachy Head (ES) on 1 April.*
One, presumably of the two, at Birling Gap (ES) on 6 April.*
One, presumably of the two, at Shooters Bottom, Beachy Head (ES) on 18 to 19 April and two, presumably the same, on 1 May.*
One at Blackham, north of Crowborough (ES) on 3 June.*
One was at Amberley Mount (WS) during at least 3 to 10 September.*
One at Beachy Head on 26 September.*
Two east over Hollingbury Camp (ES) on 29 September.*
One at Shooters Bottom, Beachy Head (ES) and another E at Cow Gap on 30 September (presumably included that of 26th).*
Two at Newhaven Tidemills (WS) on 19 November.*
One at Hope Gap, Seaford Head (WS) on 21 December and at nearby Cuckmere Haven on 23 December.*
Two at West Dean Woods (WS) from 27 December into 2001.*



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