Sussex Ornithological Society

The Birds of Sussex
	- Species Records and the Sussex List

Honey Buzzard

1998	One flew west at Cuckmere Haven (ES) on 6 September.	*
	One over Beachy Head (ES) on 6 September.	*00
	Two, possibly three, were recorded at Pett Level (ES) on 12 September.	*
1999	One flew over Eastbourne (ES) on 29 May.	*
	An adult or near-adult, over the Brighton by-pass, just north of Hollingbury on 9 June.	*
	Last year's pair was again successful, raising one young and there were two isolated records for the same general area.	*
	Two flew E over Shooters Bottom, Beachy Head (ES) on 29 August.	*
	Three flew W over Fairlight Church (ES) on 31 August.	*
	Two at Beachy Head (ES) on 4 September.	*00
	One over Ivy Lake, Chichester GPs (WS) on 20 September.	*
	One SW over Church Norton on 25 September.	*
	One over Ivy Lake, Chichester GPs (WS) on 30 September.	*
2000	One pair bred successfully and wing-clapping was observed at another site.	*
	One over Whitehawk, Brighton (ES) on 27 June.	*
	One in East Dean/Friston Forest Area (ES) on 25 August.	*
	One at Beachy Head (ES) on 30 August.	*
	One over Hollingdean, Brighton (ES) on 7 September.	*
	One at Beachy Head (ES) on 10 September.	*
	Three at Turner's Hill (WS) on 10 September.	*
	An unprecedented influx of almost 500 birds between 22 September and 5 October (see SxRB 53:187-192) included 105 on 29 September, 156 - 63 at Beachy Head (ES) - on 30th and 66 on 1 October.	*
	One at Isle of Thorns, Ashdown (ES) on 8 October.	*