Lowestoft Bird News - March 2005

RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Kessingland - 1st (23 N, 4 S 1 o/s), 2nd (20 N, 11 S), 3rd (10 N, 1 S), 4th (16 N, 1 S), 5th (96 N, 4 S, 3 o/s), 6th (62 N, 17 S, 3 o/s), 7th (80 N, 4 S, 1 o/s), 8th (92 N, 12 S, 2 o/s), 9th (69 N, 3 S, 1 o/s), 10th (32 N, 4 S, 9 o/s), 11th (10 N, 3 S), 12th (19 N, 8 S), 13th (34 N, 3 S, 1 o/s), 14th (8 N, 7 S, 2 o/s), 15th (1 N, 4 S, 6 o/s), 16th (5 N, 3 S, 1 o/s), 17th (18 N, 2 S, 2 o/s), 18th (8 N, 11 S), 21st (4 N, 1 S, 1 o/s), 22nd (9 N, 2 S), 23rd (1 S), 24th (5 N, 1 o/s).
Ness Point - 6th (2 N).
Hamilton Dock - 21st (one oiled individual).

BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica
Kessingland - 10th (1 N).

DIVER sp. Gaviidae
Kessingland - 11th (1 N).

GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Kessingland - 1st (2 S, 1 o/s), 4th (1 S), 5th (3 N, 1 S), 7th (16 N, 16 S, 21 o/s), 8th (4 N, 2 S, 2 o/s), 9th (2 N, 2 S, 1 o/s), 10th (1 N, 4 S, 3 o/s), 11th (1 N, 1 S), 12th (5 N, 1 o/s), 13th (1 o/s), 14th (4 N, 4 S, 17 o/s), 15th (3 S), 16th (2 S, 6 o/s), 17th (4 S, 9 o/s), 18th (2 S), 23rd (4 S), 24th (2 o/s), 31st (1 o/s).

Little Grebe, Big Fish - Lake Lothing - February 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis
Hamilton Dock - 6th (5).
Lake Lothing - 6th (3), 15th (2).
Leathes Ham - 15th (5).
Kessingland sewage works (Fishing Pond) - 18th (1), 30th (3).

FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Kessingland - 6th (1 N), 10th (1 N). 18th (2 N), 21st (1 N), 25th (1 N).

GANNET Morus bassanus
Kessingland - 1st (2 N), 2nd (12 N), 3rd (1 N), 6th (32 N), 7th (1 N), 9th (2 N), 10th (3 N), 12th (2 N), 13th (6 N), 15th (2 N), 16th (6 N), 17th (46 N), 18th (2 N), 20th (4 N), 21st (11 N), 23rd (1 N), 28th (23 N, 1 S).

CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 5th (1 N), 6th (1 N), 9th (2 S), 10th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 13th (1 o/s), 15th (1 S), 25th (1 S), 26th (2 N).
Hamilton Dock - 10th (2), 28th (9 W).
Leathes Ham - 15th (1).

EUROPEAN SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Kessingland - 2nd (1 on sea).
Gunton - 6th (1 on sea).
Lake Lothing - 6th (1), 15th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 10th (1).
Leathes Ham - 25th (1 roosted).

COMMON BITTERN Botaurus stellaris
One was seen in flight over Share Marsh, Carlton Marshes on the 12th.

LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Breydon south wall - 28th (1), 29th (1).

GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus
Seen in flight at Burgh Castle on the 5th. It seems Arnie is lurking in ditches on the Berney Marshes RSPB reserve at the moment.

BEWICK'S SWAN Cygnus (columbianus) bewickii
At 17:55 on the 1st, 90-100 Bewick's Swans flew east over Henstead heading towards the coast. Three to four minutes later they could be heard but, unfortunately not seen, in the fading light as they flew south past Kessingland.

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
125 flew west over Breydon South Wall marshes on the 29th.

CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
Eight flew east over Oxford Street, Lowestoft on the 20th.

DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla bernicla
Kessingland - 3rd (46 N), 10th (2 N, 1 S), 15th (1 N), 20th (1 S), 21st (2 S), 22nd (5 S), 30th (3 S).
Pakefield - 3rd (41 N).
Ness Point - 21st (3 S).

EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Leathes Ham - 15th (2).

SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 7th (1 N), 10th (4 N), 11th (1 N), 15th (2 S), 18th (1 S), 20th (7 N), 21st (10 N), 22nd (1 S), 25th (1 S).
Pakefield - 3rd (5 N).

WIGEON Anas penelope
Kessingland - 2nd (11 N, 6 S), 5th (3 S).

GADWALL Anas strepera
Lound water works - 13th (10).

TEAL Anas crecca
Kessingland - 2nd (7 S), 11th (2 S), 20th (5 S), 30th (3 S).

SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Leathes Ham - 15th (30).
Kessingland - 16th (2 S).

POCHARD Aythya ferina
Leathes Ham - 15th (4).

TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S).
Leathes Ham - 15th (12).
Kessingland sewage works (Fishing Pond) - 18th (2), 30th (3).

COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima
Kessingland - 5th (1 N).

COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Kessingland - 1st (16 N), 2nd (3 N), 5th (5 N), 6th (3 N), 7th (61 N), 8th (63 N), 9th (6 N), 10th (3 N), 11th (1 N, 2 S), 13th (2 N), 14th (60 N), 15th (3 N), 22nd (1 N), 24th (1 N), 25th (2 S), 28th (7 N).

GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula
Lound water works - 3rd (1 first winter male).
Kessingland - 4th (4 S).

Red-breasted Merganser - Hamilton Dock - March 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Hamilton Dock - 5th to 11th, 20th (1).
Kessingland - 9th (1 N).

MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (1).
Breydon south wall - 28th (2).

HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus
One was seen over marshes along Breydon South Wall on the 28th and 31st.

GOSHAWK Accipiter gentilis
A female was mobbed by the local female Sparrowhawk as it flew south over the Kessingland sewage works area on the 24th.

SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus
Lake Lothing - 15th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (1), 24th (pair displaying).
Oulton Broad (Holly Road) - 18th (pair displaying).
Gunton Hall - 23rd (pair displaying).

COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
One flew north at Gunton on the 31st.

MERLIN Falco columbarius
One was watched hunting Linnets at Burgh Castle on the 23rd, with presumably the same being seen there on the 28th.

HOBBY Falco subbuteo
One early individual flew over Kessingland sewage works on the 30th.

GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix
Six were seen at Corton on the 19th.

WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus
One was showing well along the edge of Leathes Ham on the 1st. Also heard in the reedbed near Kessingland sewage works on the 18th and 30th; and Breydon South Wall on the 29th.

Water Rail - Leathes Ham - March 2005 - ©Robert Wincup

OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Kessingland - 7th (1 S), 8th (1 N), 9th (3 N), 10th (2 N), 11th (1 N), 18th (1 S), 29th (5 S).
Lake Lothing - 15th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (5), 24th (3).
Breydon south wall - 28th (1).

AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta
Breydon south wall - 19th (150), 28th (12).

RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Hamilton Dock - 6th (5), 21st (2).
Kessingland Beach - 11th (10 on beach), 12th (4 o/b), 17th (2 o/b), 20th (2 o/b), 28th (2 N).
Ness Point - 17th (1).

KILLDEER Charadrius vociferus
What an astonishing record!!! This screamer was just reward for diligent local patch worker, Ian Smith, who hit the jackpot on the 28th. The bird was found with a small flock of Golden Plover on Fisher's Marshes, Breydon South Wall. It was present for a mere 40 minutes before departing west with Golden Plover at 12:20 before the hordes arrived, so no photos on the first day. A totally unexpected addition to the Lounge Lizard avifauna.

Much to the amazement of most it appeared in the same field early morning on the 29th. We heard just a couple of birders, including Graham Etherington, made the effort to search for it while the Lounge Lizards were living up to their name. Let's just say several pairs of dark morph inner eyelids were being reported as news broke!!! The bird stayed in the same field all day wandering no further than 25 metres.

With a bit of luck it'll stay for the weekend so those who were frustrated on Easter Monday get the opportunity to see this wonderful bird!

No sign on the 30th. Could it be the bird found in the Netherlands on April 3rd?



Killdeer - Breydon South Wall - March 29, 2005 - ©Robert Wilton

GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (2).
Ellough Airfield, Beccles - 18th (450).
Breydon south wall - 28th (30), 29th (60 over).

LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Kessingland - 4th (4 N), 5th (13 N), 8th (118 N, 1 S), 10th (1200 in off the sea, then settled in fields by the sewage works), 11th (30 N, 3 S),13th (40 east then south).
North Denes - 6th (1).
Normanston Park - 6th (1).

SANDERLING Calidris alba
Kessingland - 17th (8 o/b), 22nd (5 N, 6 S), 23rd (2 S).
Hamilton Dock - 19th (1), 21st (3).
Lowestoft South Beach - 20th (1).

PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
North Beach/Ness Point - 1st (8), 2nd (13), 17th (6), 19th (5), 20th (8), 21st (6), 22nd (4), 24th (9), 25th (10), 28th (11), 31st (9).
Another spell of cold weather and gales, and the number of Purple Sandpipers increase again, this time from 11 in mid-February to 13 on the 2nd.
Just outside our area one was feeding on the mudflats with Ringed Plovers and a Turnstone on the north side of the channel at Breydon Water on the 28th, a rather unexpected sight at this location. It was no consolation though for the lack of a Killdeer!

DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Pakefield - 12th (1).
Kessingland - 11th (1 N, 6 S), 12th (3 o/b), 16th (6 S), 18th (1 S).

CURLEW Numenius arquata
One flew south past Kessingland on the 16th.

COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Corton (Radar Lodge fields) - 17th (30).
Corton (Old sewage works) - 18th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 24th (2).

WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
Oulton Broad (Hall Road) - 25th (2 in flight over).
Kessingland sewage works - 26th (1), 30th (1).
Kessingland Beach - 26th (1).

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Breydon south wall - 31st (50+)

SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus
Burgh Castle - 10th (2).

REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Lake Lothing - 6th (10), 15th (3).

GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
Henstead (Latymere Dam) - 27th (1).

COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
One was along Lake Lothing on the 1st, presumably the same as that seen on January 9th. It's proving rather elusive this winter.

TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point - 4th (10), 17th (5), 24th (5), 25th (26).
Lake Lothing - 6th (13), 15th (7).
Hamilton Dock - 10th (20), 12th (22), 17th (8), 19th (7), 21st (32), 30th (16).
North Beach - 11th (5), 22nd (18).
Pakefield - 12th (13), 22nd (2).
Kessingland - 5th (1N), 17th (3 o/b), 22nd (2 N, 10 S).

MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Kessingland - 1st (1 adult N), 5th (1 adult N), 8th (2 adults N), 10th (1 2nd sum. S), 25th (2 adults on beach), 26th (2 adults).
Hamilton Dock - 5th (1 green ringed adult).
Carlton Colville (Burnt Hill Lane) - 15th (2 adults).
Burgh Castle - 17th (1 adult summer).
Pakefield - 20th (4, 3 ads, 1 1st. year).
Kessingland sewage works - 24th (1 adult).
Breydon south wall - 28th (1 2nd. summer).

GLAUCOUS GULL Larus hyperboreus
A first winter was watched circling over Oulton Broad at 8:00 on the 4th, before drifting off northwards. What was probably the same bird was at Breydon Water on the 6th, but sticking firmly to the Norfolk side of the channel.

On the afternoon of the 29th both first and second winter birds were feeding at Aldeby rubbish tip, Norfolk mid-afternoon. On the off chance they would join the pre-roost flock at Oulton Broad this site was checked and sure enough the 1st winter was present at 17:35.

A probable second winter ICELAND GULL L. glaucoides was seen over Carlton Marshes, circling westwards towards Barnby, on the morning of the 12th. Unfortunately without the benefit of a pair of binoculars for a better view.

KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (2 N), 2nd (5 N, 1 S), 3rd (3 N), 4th (4 N, 3 S), 5th (7 N), 6th (131 N), 7th (6 N), 8th (4 N), 9th (22 N), 10th (1 S), 11th (2 N), 12th (1 N), 13th (9 N), 15th (7 N), 16th (6 N, 35 S), 17th (2 N, 5 S), 18th (1 N), 21st (20 N), 22nd (6 N, 1 S), 24th (1 N), 25th (3 N, 1 S), 26th (2 N), 29th (2 S), 30th (1 N).
Pakefield - 3rd (2 N).

Prospecting breeding birds were back on the Kittiwake Wall and the Claremont Pier by the 22nd.

Kittiwake - Ness Point - February 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
On the 2nd along the North Beach at Lowestoft there were two dead birds, and one weak individual being killed by a Herring Gull. None of them were oiled, and starvation following the recent storms seems the likely cause.
One drifted south past Ness Point on the 30th, occasionally being mobbed by gulls.

RAZORBILL Alca torda
At 13:35 on the 1st one was on the sea about 200 metres from the beach at Kessingland before later flying south.

AUK sp. Alcidae
Kessingland - 1st (13 N, 10 S), 2nd (13 N, 2 o/s), 3rd (5 N), 4th (5 N, 5 S), 5th (11 N, 2 S), 6th (16 N, 2 S), 7th (14 N, 3 S), 8th (19 N, 1 S), 9th (18 N, 2 S), 10th (2 N), 11th (8 N, 1 S, 1 o/s), 12th (6 N, 4 S), 13th (6 N, 4 S), 14th (1 N, 1 S), 15th (11 N, 3 S), 16th (4 S), 17th (7 N, 3 S), 18th (5 S, 1 o/s), 20th (3 N, 2 S), 21st (77 N), 22nd (1 N), 24th (1 S), 25th (1 N), 28th (1 N).

STOCK DOVE Columba oenas
Leathes Ham - 15th (pair roosted).
Burgh Castle - 17th (80), 19th (55), 30th (34).
Lowestoft North Denes - 20th (2).
Henstead - 31st (13).

BARN OWL Tyto alba
Henstead - 8th (1).
Burgh Castle - 18th (1), 19th (1).
Breydon south wall - 28th (2).

On the 28th one attempted to cross Breydon Water. It made it half way before gulls harassed it chasing it back onto the South Wall marshes.

LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
One in roadside tree at Blundeston on the 28th.

SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
One was roosting in a gorse bush at Gapton Marshes, Bradwell on the 18th. Four were hunting over the fields there on the 24th.
One flew south over the Kessingland sewage works area on the 24th, and presumably the same bird was then seen to settle on the beach.
Henstead - 27th (1).
Breydon south wall - 28th (3), 29th (3), 31st (1).

KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Lake Lothing - 6th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 7th (1).
Oulton Broad - 19th (2).

GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Lowestoft Cemetery - 15th (1).
Corton disused railway - 18th (1).
Hopton - 21st (1).
Corton (Broadlands Sands Holiday Village) - 21st (1).

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (3).

SKY LARK Alauda arvensis
Burgh Castle - 17th (45).
Corton (Old sewage works) - 18th (7).
Kessingland sewage works - 24th (24 S).

SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
One flew south along the beach at Kessingland on the 31st.

Scandinavian Rock Pipit - Kessingland - March 2005 - ©Colin Carter

ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
Ness Point - 10th (1).
Lake Lothing - 15th (1).
Hopton - 18th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - one of the Scandinavian race littoralis was ringed on the 24th.
Breydon South Wall - 28th (1).

Most of the Rock Pipits occurring along our coast are likely to be of the Scandinavian race A. littoralis.

GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (1), 20th (2), 21st (2), 24th (1), 25th (5), 26th (2), 27th (2), 30th (1).

WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba alba
Gunton - 17th (3).
Kessingland sewage works - 26th (2).
Breydon south wall - 28th (1).

PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrellii
Kessingland sewage works - 10th (35), 20th (15), 21st (30+), 24th (40+), 27th (20).
Gunton - 17th (50).
Lowestoft North Denes - 24th (3).

Black Redstart - Kessingland - March 2005 - ©Robert Wincup

BLACK REDSTART Phoenicuros ochruros
Ness Point (gas works) - 20th (1).
Kessingland Beach - 20th (4), 21st (3), 26th (2), 27th (1).
Gunton (disused railtrack) - 23rd (1).
Lowestoft (Sharon Drive) - 26th (1).

STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
One migrant was on the net posts on Lowestoft North Denes on the 20th.

NORTHERN WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Hopton - 17th (1).
Hopton/Corton (Radar Lodge fields) - 17th (4), 18th (28), 19th (4).
Corton (Old sewage works) - 18th (6).
Gunton - 17th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 17th (1), 21st (1), 24th (1), 27th (1).
Kessingland Beach - 17th (4+), 26th (5), 30th (1).
Ness Point (Birds Eye car park) - 25th (1).
Breydon south wall - 28th (1), 29th (1).

A good arrival on the 17th, with presumably a second wave on the 18th judging by the sharp increase in numbers at Hopton/Corton.

FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Good numbers present in the Mutford area up to the 11th at least.
Corton - 19th (30).
Ness Point (gas works) - 20th (3).
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (1), 27th (6).

REDWING Turdus iliacus
Good numbers present in the Mutford area up to the 11th at least. At least two were heard calling as they headed eastwards over Kessingland on the evening of the 12th. Others were heard departing over Lowestoft on the evenings of the 11th and 15th, and very large numbers again on the 18th and 19th. Many were grounded by the foggy conditions on the 19th and 20th.
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (21), 20th (6), 30th (1).
Corton disused railway - 18th (1), 31st (4).
Corton - 19th (12).
Lowestoft High Street - 19th (60+)
Ness Point (gas works) - 20th (1).
Henstead - 20th-22nd (50-100).
Kessingland (Heathlands Caravan Park) - 18th (21), 20th (160).
Kessingland Beach - 26th (2).

CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (1), 24th (1), 26th (1), 27th (2), 30th (1).
Oulton Broad (Hall Road) - 27th (1).
Breydon South Wall - 29th (1).

SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Breydon south wall - 28th (1), 29th (near pump house).

BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
One at Gunton Warren on the 21st seems to be the first of the year. No wintering birds having been reported.
Kessingland sewage works - 24th (2), 25th (2 ringed), 26th (4), 27th (4), 30th (1).
Henstead - 28th-29th (1).
Gunton - 31st (1).

CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Selby Street, Lowestoft - 1st (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 10th (2 singing), 18th (3+), 20th (12+), 21st (20), 23rd (8), 24th (12), 25th (10), 27th (10+), 30th (10+).
York Road, Lowestoft - 15th (1).
Henstead - 17th (1).
Hopton - 18th (2).
Corton (Old sewage works) - 18th (3).
Corton disused railway - 18th (1).
Jacobs Street, Lowestoft - 18th (1), 19th (2).
Lound water works - 18th (1).
Kessingland (High Path) - 18th (2)
Burgh Castle - 19th (1).
Kessingland (Sluice) - 20th (1).
Ness Point (gas works) - 20th (1).
Sparrows Nest Park - 21st (1).
Gunton Warren - 21st (1).
Gunton Woods - 21st (1), 31st (1).
Bradwell (Gapton Marshes) - 23rd (2).
Ness Point (Birds Eye car park) - 25th (1).
Oulton Broad (Hall Road) - 25th (1).
Back Lane, Burgh Castle - 29th (1).

A marked arrival on the 18th, and another on the 20th. Six (out of 20) were trapped and ringed at Kessingland on the 21st. New arrivals were apparent again at Kessingland on the 30th, where a further six were ringed.

DUSKY WARBLER Phylloscopus fuscatus
There having been no sightings of the Dusky Warbler since February 26th, it was feared it may have succumbed in the cold snap. However it reappeared along the cliff face early morning on the 12th, but then proved elusive for the remainder of the day. On the 13th and 14th it ranged along the cliff face again.

On the 18th it was seen to cross the road near the bus stop and was thought to be heading for the sewage works. No sign of it on the 19th, but on the 20th it was first heard, and then seen well along the fenceline bushes at the sewage works. It then flew across the path in the direction of the coast.

It was seen again at the sewage works on the 21st. On the 22nd it was seen early morning near the bus stop, and on the 24th it was seen again at the sewage works. From the 25th until the month end it spent most of it's time along the cliff face.

WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
One was singing at Kessingland sewage works on the 30th.

GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
Kessingland sewage works - 10th (1), 20th (2), 21st (9 trapped and ringed), 24th (10), 25th (10), 27th (10+).
Lound water works - 13th (2).

FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (1), 21st (1), 23rd (2), 24th (1), 25th (2), 26th (1), 27th (2), 30th (1).

BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Heard calling along Breydon South Wall on the 29th.

EURASIAN TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
One in a clifftop garden at Kessingland on the 25th was first for the site, and was presumably a migrant on passage.

JACKDAW Corvus monedula/ROOK C. frugilegus
Several Jackdaws and Rooks were noted arriving in off the sea at Hopton on the 15th.

HOODED CROW x CARRION CROW Corvus cornix x C. corone
One of the regular hybrids was noted at Burgh Castle on the 19th and 28th.

STARLING Sturnus vulgaris
1500 flew south over Kessingland sewage works on the 24th.

BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
Two were seen at Lound Waterworks on the 19th.

GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
Kessingland sewage works - 24th (12).

SISKIN Carduelis spinus
Lound Waterworks - 13th (2 W).
Oulton Broad (Holly Road) - 17th (10 W).

LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Burgh Castle - 17th (125), 20th (200), 30th (60).
Corton (Old sewage works) - 18th (30).
Lowestoft North Denes - 24th (5).

LAPLAND BUNTING Calcarius lapponicus
While watching the Killdeer at Breydon on the 29th one appeared in the same field of view. It was with Sky Larks and was present for less than a minute before flying off.

SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis
Kessingland - 5th (3), 12th (1), 17th (3), 21st (1).

REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Corton (Radar Lodge fields) - 17th (4).
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (15), 20th (7), 24th (10), 25th (10), 27th (7).
Breydon South Wall - 29th (5).

CORN BUNTING Miliaria calandra
Share Marsh, Carlton Marshes - 6th (4), 7th (5) and 8th (6).


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