Starlings - Lowestoft © Andrew Easton A SHORE LARK was at Kessingland Beach 2nd to 26th. |
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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Ness Point - 26th (4 N, 8 S).
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Ness Point - 26th (1 N).
SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Lake Lothing - 26th (1).
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Carlton Marshes - 1st (25 roosted), 2nd (21 roosted), 4th (23 roosted), 10th (26 roosted), 11th (22 roosted), 12th (25 roosted), 18th (20 roosted), 19th (22 roosted), 21st (15+ roosted), 22nd (13), 25th (26 roosted), 26th (24 roosted).
GREAT WHITE EGRET Ardea alba
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1 roosted), 2nd (1 roosted), 4th (1 roosted), 9th (2 roosted), 10th (1 roosted), 11th (1 roosted), 12th (1 roosted), 18th (2 roosted), 19th (2 roosted), 21st (1 roosted), 22nd (1), 24th (1), 25th (1 roosted), 26th (2 roosted).
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| Great White Egret & Little Egret - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor
Carlton Marshes - 25th (150).
GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
Carlton Marshes - 25th (220).
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
Oulton Marshes - 1st (500+), 4th (c. 600).
Oulton/Blundeston Marshes - 2nd (c. 450), 18th (c. 450 over).
Somerleyton Marshes - 19th (600).
Carlton Marshes - 22nd (1), 25th (1), 26th (1).
TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE Anser serrirostris
Oulton Marshes - 4th (1).
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1 over), 2nd (20 S), 18th (8 N), 25th (2 S).
Oulton Marshes - 1st (21+), 4th (16+).
Oulton/Blundeston Marshes - 2nd (38).
One of the birds at Oulton Marshes on the 4th had a neck collar and had been ringed in August 2017 as an adult on Kolguyev Island in the Russian Arctic. The most recent sighting had been in November 2019 when it was near Brandenburg in Germany.
SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1), 11th (7), 18th (8), 19th (4), 22nd (5), 25th (8).
PINTAIL Anas acuta
Carlton Marshes - 22nd (17), 25th (6).
Leathes Ham - 26th (28).
GADWALL Anas strepera
Leathes Ham - 26th (205).
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Leathes Ham - 1st (10), 4th (7), 22nd (5), 26th (12).
Carlton Marshes - 25th (1).
POCHARD Aythya ferina
Carlton Marshes - 1st (male).
Leathes Ham - 1st (2 females).
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Pakefield - 4th (c. 40).
GOOSANDER Mergus merganser
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (1 over).
RED KITE Milvus milvus
Kessingland - 4th (1 S).
Waveney Forest - 18th (1).
PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus
Lake Lothing - 1st (2), 18th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (1).
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| An old photograph from
c.1890 overlooking Oulton Broad
from the Wherry Hotel
area. |
LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Carlton Marshes - 1st (500+).
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Carlton Marshes - 18th (83), 19th (13).
SANDERLING Calidris alba
Kessingland Beach - 3rd (3), 4th (4), 9th (3), 19th (8), 25th (8).
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point - 1st (10), 9th (6), 11th (6), 25th (10).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Carlton Marshes - 19th (1), 25th (4), 28th (7).
REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1), 18th (3), 26th (2).
Lake Lothing - 26th (8).
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Carlton Marshes - 18th (1), 19th (1), 25th (1).
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (5).
WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
Carlton Marshes - 19th (4).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Links Road car park - 12th (9).
Oulton Broad - 26th (1).
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis
Carlton Marshes - 11th (1), 25th (1).
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
Fisher Row - 1st (2), 18th (3).
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| Shore Lark - Kessingland Beach © Andrew Easton |
SHORE LARK Eremophila alpestris
Kessingland Beach - 2nd - 26th (1).
WATER PIPIT Anthus spinoletta
Herringfleet Marshes - 1st (10), 2nd (16).
Carlton Marshes - 12th (1), 18th (2), 19th (1), 22nd (2+), 25th (5).
WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus
Crestview Drive - 9th (1).
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Blundeston - 1st (55), 19th (71).
Gisleham - 4th (30).
Carlton Marshes - 25th (6).
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Lowestoft - 25th (2).
CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1, 19th (1).
Leathes Ham - 1st (1), 4th (1).
Oulton Marshes - 4th (1).
Kessingland Cliffs - 4th (1).
FIRECREST Regulus ignicapilla
Corton Wood - 1st (1).
NUTHATCH Sitta europaea
Corton Wood - 5th (1), 19th (1).
SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis
Kessingland Beach - 1st (2), 4th (8).
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