Wigeon & Gadwall - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton Six WAXWINGS were at Rectory Road, Carlton Colville on the 26th. The long staying SHORE LARK was still at Kessingland Beach on the 28th. Up to three SHORT-EARED OWLS have been present at Carlton Marshes recently. |
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GANNET Morus bassanus
Ness Point - 22nd (18 N).
SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Lake Lothing - 9th - 22nd (1). With two on the 12th and 15th at least.
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Carlton Marshes - 1st (27 roosted), 2nd (24+ roosted), 22nd (27 roosted), 23rd (18+ roosted), 29th (25 roosted).
GREAT WHITE EGRET Ardea alba
Carlton Marshes - 1st (2 roosted), 2nd (2 roosted), 14th (1), 15th (1), 18th (1), 22nd (1 roosted), 23rd (2 roosted), 26th (1), 29th (1 roosted).
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| Great White Egret & Little Egret - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE Anser serrirostris
Breydon South Wall Marshes - 5th (7).
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
Carlton Marshes - 1st - 26th (1).
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons
Breydon South Wall Marshes - 5th (60+).
BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
Carlton Marshes - 26th (1), 29th (1).
GREEN-WINGED TEAL Anas carolinensis
Breydon South Wall - 6th (1 drake).
RED KITE Milvus milvus
Ashby - 1st (1).
Bradwell - 19th (1).
St. Olaves - 20th (1), 26th (1).
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| An old photograph from
c.1890 overlooking Oulton Broad
from the Wherry Hotel
area. |
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Carlton Marshes - 12th (2), 15th (1), 22nd (2), 26th (2).
Lake Lothing - 15th (2).
Ellough - 27th (1).
AVOCET Recurvirosta avosetta
Carlton Marshes - 26th (2), 29th (1).
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Kessingland Beach - 15th (8).
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Carlton Marshes - 8th (6), 12th (12), 18th (378), 22nd (90), 23rd (90), 26th (220), 29th (340).
SANDERLING Calidris alba
Kessingland Beach - 4th (8), 15th (8), 23rd (7), 28th (2).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Carlton Marshes - 12th (10), 15th (2), 18th (14), 22nd (21), 23rd (10+), 26th (18), 29th (13+).
Links Road car park - 29th (1).
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point - 1st (11), 3rd (10), 9th (6), 12th (9), 15th (9), 21st (9), 22nd (12), 28th (2).
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Carlton Marshes - 15th (1), 18th (1), 23rd (1), 26th (1).
REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Carlton Marshes - 26th (4), 29th (6).
WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
St. Olaves - 9th (1), 11th (1).
SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Ellough - 27th (c. 25).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Links Road car park - 1st (8), 26th (3), 29th (4).
BARN OWL Tyto alba
Carlton Marshes - 13th (4), 29th (1).
SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
Carlton Marshes - 6th (2), 7th (1), 8th (1), 13th (3), 17th (1).
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| Shore Lark - Kessingland Beach © Andrew Easton |
SHORE LARK Eremophila alpestris
Kessingland Beach - 1st - 28th (1).
WATER PIPIT Anthus spinoletta
Carlton Marshes - 12th (1), 15th (1).
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Kessingland sewage works - 26th (1).
WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus
Rectory Road, Carlton Colville - 26th (6).
CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Carlton Marshes - 29th (2).
CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Carlton Marshes - 15th (2), 22nd (1).
ASDA (Lake Lothing) - 21s (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 26th (3).
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Blundeston - 5th (43), 22nd (70).
Carlton Marshes - 18th (35), 29th (3).
REDWING Turdus iliacus
St. Olaves - 12th (1).
SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis
Kessingland Beach - 2nd (6), 15th (5).
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