| 1868 | An adult female shot while following Yellowhammers near the windmill at Brighton Racecourse (ES) on about 3 November (BoMNH 208127) was the first British record. | WB dFH |
| 1894 | [An adult female picked up on railway at Bexhill (ES) on 3 November.] | WB HR |
| 1900 | [An adult male seen near Pevensey (ES) on 25 December.] | WB HR |
| 1905 | [An adult male obtained at Little Common (ES) on 21 April.] | WB HR |
| 1909 | [An adult male obtained at Little Holm Farm, Westfield (ES) on 5 May.] | WB HR |
| 1912 | [An adult male obtained near Battle (ES) in April (BoMNH 208126).] | WB HR |
| 1971 | A male in a grazed grass field southeast of Castle Water, Rye Harbour (ES) on 8 and 9 September was seen on one occasion beside a Tawny Pipit. | *78 (8th only) × |
| 1994 | An adult female in a 'set aside' field at Birling Gap (ES) from 17 to 20 June provided a particularly difficult identification challenge (Birding World 7:319). | * ×96 |