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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deborah4" data-source="post: 1410977" data-attributes="member: 29880"><p>In Sussex yes, but restricted to a very small population now and rarely seen in more than a few numbers at a time and even then, breeding is doubtful.  Only place I've seen them in Sussex is Pulborough Brooks some years back and more recently north of West Dene Woods in West Sussex.  Unlikely given the much declined population they will hold out much longer in Sussex.   Also, any optimistic reports of sightings may well be biaised by misidentification especially with nearly 50% of the locations also overlapping with Marsh Tit habitat.  The two habitats are not mutually exclusive.</p></blockquote><p></p>