Sussex Ornithological Society

The Birds of Sussex
	- Species Records and the Sussex List

Red Kite

	dFH: 18 seen or shot during 1843-1937 between September and May, but only 3 during 1938-61.
	Records from 1948 are:.
1953	One southwest over Seaford (ES) on 28 May.	*
1958	One northwest over Wadhurst (ES) on 29 March.	*
1960	One over Selsey Bill (WS) on 1 November.	* × dFH
1966	One over Sidlesham (WS) on 6 April.	*
1967	One over Angmering (WS) on 8 January.	*
1970	One at/over Beachy Head (ES) on 29 September.	*
1971	One south over Downs behind Worthing (WS) on 26 November.	*
1972	One at Whitbread Hollow, Beachy Head (ES) on 19 January.	*
	One over West Wittering and Itchenor (WS) on 18 March.	*
	One, presumably the same, at/over Petworth (WS) on 19 March.	*
1973	One at/over Duncton (WS) on 11 August.	*74
	One at/over Beachy Head (ES) on 26 August and Friston Forest on 27 August.	*
1974	One at Petworth (WS) on 18 March.	*
1975	One in Cuckmere Valley (ES) on 16 March.	*
1976	One over Hastings (ES) on 4 April.	*
	One at Chanctonbury (WS) on 9 May.	*
1977	One in Cuckmere Valley (ES) on 27 October.	*
1978	One at Chilgrove (WS) on 16 December stayed into January 1979.	*
1979	One found dead at Shipley (WS) on 30 March had been poisoned.	*
	One east over Pett Level (ES) on 15 April.	*
	One found dead at Folkington, Polgate (ES) on 5 May had been poisoned.	*
	One north over Cissbury Ring (WS) on 20 October.	*
1980	One picked up dead at Fernhurst (WS) in April.	*
	One at/over Alfriston (ES) on 5 June.	*
	One at/over Sidlesham (WS) on 3 November.	*
1981	One east over Beachy Head (ES) on 27 May.	*
	One at/over Kingley Vale (WS) on 30 May.	*
	One north over Sidlesham (WS) on 3 November.	*