Sussex Ornithological Society

The Birds of Sussex
	- Species Records and the Sussex List

Wallcreeper

1886( c )	One seen on the ruins of Greyfriars' Chapel at Winchelsea (ES) and promptly shot, probably in late spring 1886 (Walpole-Bond). It was the third British record.	WB dFH
1905	[A male shot near Ecclesbourne (ES) on 16 December.]	WB HR
1912	[A female shot inside the ruins of Camber Castle (ES) on 1 November (BoMNH 204821).]	WB HR
1915	[A female shot near Ecclesbourne (ES) on 28 December (BoMNH 204822).]	WB HR
1938	One along the undercliff at Rottingdean (ES) in early June (probably 4th) was seen running up and down the face of the cliff (Nicholl, J. B. 1939. Wall-creeper seen in Sussex. British Birds 32:272-3) was the sixth British record.	dFH
1977	A superb male in summer plumage on the cliffs at Ecclesbourne Glen, Hastings (ES) from 6 to 10 April appeared very tired when first found but was much more lively subsequently, feeding actively on the cliff face, often not far above the beach. At 07:00 hrs on 10 April it flew strongly south out to sea (Bonham, P.F. 1977. Those Hastings rarities again ... Sussex Ornithological Society Newsletter 61:5.). Indelibly engraved on the memories of those who saw it, it was the ninth British record.	* ×