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dFH: about eleven records to 1961 all spring to autumn where dated (all below?). |
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| 1851 |
One shot with a walking-stick gun in the garden of Dr Smith's seminary at Rottingdean (ES). |
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WB |
| 1855 |
A pair procured at Brighton (ES) in or most probably before November. |
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WB |
| 1860 |
One obtained near Arundel (WS). |
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WB |
| 1862 |
One near Seaford (WS) on 22 or 23 August. WB but discounted] |
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| 1865 |
One near Ratham (WS) in September. WB but discounted] |
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| 1873 |
An adult male shot at Brighton Racecourse (ES) on 20 May (BoMNH 207240). |
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WB |
| 1884 |
One killed at Fairlight (ES) on 11 October. |
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WB |
| 1894 |
One killed near Arundel (WS) on 4 July. |
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WB |
| 1896 |
[One obtained at Fairlight, near Hastings (ES).] |
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WB HR |
| 1899 |
[An immature male shot at Hooe (ES) on 15 April.] |
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WB HR |
| 1900 |
One secured in Sussex during first week of May. |
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WB |
| 1901 |
[One shot near Pett (ES) on 3 June.] |
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WB HR |
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[One killed near Rye (ES) at 'about the same year'.] |
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WB HR |
| 1903 |
[Two obtained at Hooe (ES) on 12 September.] |
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WB HR |
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[One secured at St. Leonards (ES) circa 1903.] |
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WB HR |
| 1915 |
[An adult male killed near Robertsbridge (ES) 'some years since'.] |
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WB HR |
| 1920 |
[One obtained at Crowhurst (ES) on 17 May.] |
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WB HR |
| 1924 |
[A female obtained at Wadhurst (ES) on 2 September.] |
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WB HR |
| 1952 |
[A male on 11 April reported in HESN (either ES or Kent).] |
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British Birds 47:280 |
| 1956 |
An adult male shot and wounded at Thorney Aerodrome (WS) on 31 May was taken into care (and seen wounded on 5 June) but subsequently died. |
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* |
| 1958 |
An adult male near Seaford (ES) on 4 May. |
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* × |
| 1961 |
A male, probably in its second-summer, west over Whitbread Hollow, Beachy Head (ES) on 20 May. |
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* × dFH |
| 1968 |
A juvenile at Sidlesham (WS) during evening of 8 September. |
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* × |
| 1973 |
A second-summer male east over Whitbread Hollow, Beachy Head (ES) on 10 May. |
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* × |
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A male west at Belle Tout, Beachy Head (ES) on 1 June. |
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* × |
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A female at Lock Farm, Iden (ES) on 13 June. |
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* × |
| 1979 |
An immature female at Cissbury Ring (WS) from 25 May to 1 June. |
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* × |
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[A male at Church Norton (WS) on 11 August has been rejected following a review.] |
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*/*90 ×89 |
| 1987 |
A female at Bullock Hill, Woodingdean (ES) on 3 July. |
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* × |
