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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Hamilton Dock - The first winter bird (pictured below) was still present from the 1st to 13th, though it occasionally ventures westward along Lake Lothing almost as far as the railway footbridge.
Kessingland - 1st (7 N), 2nd (3 S, 1 o/s), 3rd (2 S), 7th (1 N), 9th (1 N), 11th (1 o/s), 12th (1 S, 1 o/s), 13th (5 N, 2 o/s), 14th (10 N, 1 o/s), 15th (8 N, 4 o/s), 16th (4 N), 21st (3 N, 2 S), 22nd (6 N), 24th (1 N, 1 o/s), 25th (27 N), 26th (37 N, 1 S, 4 o/s), 27th (4 N, 96 o/s), 28th (1 N, 1 S), 29th (16 N, 19 o/s), 30th (4 N, 7 S, 8 o/s), 31st (4 N, 3 S, 3 o/s).
Ness Point - 25th (3 N, 1 S).



BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 5th (1 N).
DIVER spp.
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 13th (1 N).



GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Kessingland - 1st (3 N, 1 S, 2 on sea), 2nd (1 N, 8 S), 3rd (1 S, 1 o/s), 6th (1 S), 7th (1 N, 2 S, 3 o/s), 8th (3 o/s), 9th (1 N, 2 S), 10th (1 o/s), 12th (1 S), 15th (1 o/s), 26th (1 S), 27th (2 o/s), 29th (1 o/s).
LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis
Lake Lothing - 3rd (7), 17th (8).
Leathes Ham - 17th (3).

Red-throated Diver ©Andrew Easton
Red-throated Diver - Hamilton Dock - March 2007- ©Andrew Easton

FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Ness Point - 25th (10 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 28th (1 N).
Kessingland - 25th (58 N), 26th (1 N), 30th (2 N).



GANNET Morus bassanus
Kessingland - 2nd (2 N), 3rd (1 N), 5th (2 N), 10th (11 N), 11th (1 N), 14th (2 N), 15th (12 N, 1 S, 1 feeding), 16th (2 N), 17th (4 N), 18th (5 N), 20th (1 N), 21st (4 N), 22nd (14 N), 23rd (22 N), 24th (10 N), 25th (603 N, 2 S), 30th (1 N), 31st (58 N).
Ness Point - 25th (146 N, 3 S).



CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 7th (1 N), 10th (1 N), 12th (1 N), 13th (1 N), 14th (1 o/s), 15th (2 N), 16th (1 S), 18th (1 N), 19th (1 o/s), 20th (2 N), 21st (23 N, 2 S), 22nd (3 N), 23rd (1 o/s), 24th (4 N), 25th (3 N, 3 S), 27th (70 N, 46 S), 28th (5 N, 1 S), 29th (10 N), 30th (23 N, 1 S, 15 o/s), 31st (25 N, 3 S).
Ness Point - 25th (6 N, 3 S).



SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Lake Lothing - 3rd (3).
Hamilton Dock - 10th (1), 18th (1).



GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
Kessingland - 16th (1 S).
Herringfleet Marshes - 17th (32).



CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
Herringfleet Marshes - 3rd (28).



BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
Lound Waterworks - 3rd (52), 11th (49), 14th (48), 20th (3 N).



DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta (bernicla) bernicla
Kessingland - 11th (1 S), 17th (1 S), 18th (1 S), 20th (3 N), 24th (2 S), 26th (1 N).
Ness Point - 25th (1 N).

EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Leathes Ham - 10th (pair with 5 young).
Herringfleet Marshes - 17th (10).



[ WOOD DUCK Aix sponsa
A drake was adding a splash of colour to Lound waterworks on the 25th. ]



WIGEON Anas penelope
Kessingland - 2nd (1 on sea), 3rd (60 o/s), 30th (3 S).



GADWALL Anas strepera
Kessingland- 5th (1 N).
Lound Waterworks - 14th (22).



TEAL Anas crecca
Kessingland - 8th (1 on sea).



PINTAIL Anas acuta
Kessingland - 22nd (2 N).



SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Leathes Ham - 3rd (7).
Lound Waterworks - 14th (2).



TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Lound waterworks - 11th (11), 14th (29).



COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima
Kessingland - 17th (2 N).



LONG-TAILED DUCK Clangula hyemalis
One was on the sea off Gorleston on the 6th.



COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Kessingland - 9th (1 N), 13th (5 S), 15th (1 S), 16th (1 S), 17th (1 N), 21st (3 N, 1 S), 22nd (10 N), 25th (5 N).
Ness Point - 25th (1 N).



VELVET SCOTER Melanitta fusca
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 22nd (2 N).



MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
One was seen at Lound waterworks on the 14th.
One was seen at Kessingland on the 25th.



HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus
A male was seen at Mutford on the 28th.



COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
One was seen at Lound Waterworks on the 3rd.
Two were seen at Ashby on the 3rd, 10th and 11th.
One was between Ashby and Herringfleet on the 17th.
One flew westwards over Somerleyton on the 10th.



WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus
Breydon South Wall - 27th (1).
Herringfleet Marshes - 27th (1).



OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Lake Lothing - 3rd (2), 17th (2).
Lound Waterworks - 3rd (2), 14th (2).
Kessingland - 7th (1 N), 9th (4 N), 14th (5 S), 22nd (1 N).
Blundeston Marshes - 31st (2).



RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Kessingland - 1st (3 on beach), 3rd (3 o/b).



KNOT Calidris canutus
Kessingland - 6th (3 S).



SANDERLING Calidris alba
Gorleston - 6th (3).
Pakefield - 9th (2).



PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point/North Beach - 3rd (1), 4th (6), 8th (5), 9th (3), 10th (3), 11th (5), 15th (5), 18th (7), 28th (7), 31st (8).

Purple Sandpipers ©Kelvin Hill
Purple Sandpipers sitting out the high tide - Lowestoft North Beach - March 2007- ©Kelvin Hill

DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Kessingland - 6th (2 S).



COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
One was flushed at Mutford on the 11th.
Three were seen at Lound waterworks on the 14th.



WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
One was flushed at Corton new sewage works on the 3rd.
Two were flushed at Mutford big wood on the 11th.
Two were flushed at Fisher Row on the 13th.
One was flushed at Mutford on the 14th.
One was seen at Kessingland sewage works on the 16th.



BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Kessingland - 9th (1 N), 21st (1 S).
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (20), 8th (11), 9th (17), 10th (22), 15th (38), 28th (22).
Gorleston - 6th (5).
Kessingland - 4th (2 S), 5th (4 S), 7th (4 N), 8th (1 N), 19th (3 S).
Lake Lothing - 17th (7).



MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Gorleston - 6th (3).
Pakefield - 9th (2 adults), 12th (2 adults), 15th (1 adult).
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 4th (1 S), 9th (1 N), 10th (1 N).
Lound waterworks - 14th (2).



LITTLE GULL Larus minutus
An adult was seen off Gorleston on the 6th.



KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Hamilton Dock - 3rd (1), 4th (1).
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 7th (1 N), 8th (2 N), 9th (3 N), 10th (1 N), 11th (1 o/s), 13th (1 N), 16th (1 N), 17th (3 S), 19th (5 N), 21st (7 N), 22nd (10 N), 23rd (1 N), 24th (2 N), 25th (21 N, 1 S), 26th (3 N, 2 S), 27th (2 N), 28th (2 N), 30th (1 N, 1 S), 31st (17 N).



AUK sp. Alcidae
Kessingland - 18th (1 N).



BARN OWL Tyto alba
One was seen at Lound waterworks on the 3rd, 4th and 14th.
Two were seen at Mutford on the 3rd.
Two were seen at Fisher Row on the 13th.
One was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 16th.



LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
Lound Waterworks - 14th (1).



TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
Lound Waterworks - 14th (1).
Mutford - 15-17th (1 calling during the day).
Fisher Row - 17th (2 calling during the day).



LONG-EARED OWL Asio otus
Lound Waterworks - 14th (1).



KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Carlton Marshes - 16th (1).



GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Lound Waterworks - 4th (1), 11th (1), 14th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 16th (1).
Warrenhouse Wood - 16th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (1).



GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Lound Waterworks - 4th (1), 11th (3), 14th (2).
Herringfleet - 11th (1).
Warrenhouse Wood - 16th (2), 24th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (1).



LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos minor
One was seen at Lound waterworks on the 4th and 14th.



WOOD LARK Lullula arborea
One was heard singing at Ashby on the 10th.



SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
The first of the year was hawking along the seawall and over the North Denes on the 9th before heading inland over the town.



ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
Ness Point - 3rd (1), 9th (1), 25th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 17th (1).



GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 16th and 23rd, with two on the 25th.



WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba alba
Single birds were at Kessingland sewage works on the 10th and 25th.



PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarellii
A roost in bushes around the Morrison's supermarket car park at Gisleham numbered 30 on the 2nd and 50+ on the 13th.
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (8), 23rd (20+), 25TH (20+).



BOHEMIAN WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus
One was seen in Lucerne Close, Carlton Colville, on the 8th.



DUNNOCK Prunella modularis
Gunton Warren - 10th (12 singing males).



BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros
One was at the Denes Oval on the 29th.



STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
Carlton Marshes - 16th (1).



WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Two were at Hamilton Dock on the 29th.
Two were on Lowestoft North Denes on the 31st.



FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Mutford - 3rd (6).
Beccles Marshes - 12th (10), 25th (7).
Lound waterworks - 14th (15).



REDWING Turdus iliacus
Lowestoft - 3rd (many migrants leaving for Europe were heard calling overnight), 29th (many migrants calling overhead in the evening, plus the odd Blackbird mixed in as well), 30th (small numbers passing over in the evening).
"Flycatcher Lane", Denes Oval - 10th (1).
Mutford - 11th (2), 14th (100+).
Beccles Common - 12th (1), 25th (5).
Beccles Marshes - 12th (1).
Lound waterworks - 14th (46).
Blundeston Marshes - 31st (6).



MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus
Lound Waterworks - 3rd (2), 11th (2), 14th (5).
Ashby - 10th (4).
Waddling Lane, Flixton - 10th (2).
Mutford - 12th (3).



CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Four were heard at Fisher Row on the 13th.
Two were at Lound waterworks on the 14th.
Two were singing at Kessingland sewage works on the 16th, with three there on the 23rd.



CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
One was in bushes in the Birds Eye car park at Ness Point on the 4th, 8th and 9th.
One was along the Linear Park cycle track by Water Lane, Lowestoft on the 8th.
One was singing along Waddling lane between Flixton and Somerleyton on the 10th.
One was singing at Lound waterworks on the 11th and 14th.
One was singing at Gunton church on the 11th.
Two were at Gunton Warren on the 11th.
One was singing at Kirkley cliff on the 11th.
Two were singing at Beccles Common on the 12th.
One was at Mutford on the 12th and 13th, with two singing there on the 14th.
One was in Beccles Cemetery on the 13th.
Three were singing at Fisher Row on the 13th.
One was singing opposite the BP station north Lowestoft on the 14th.
One was along Lake Lothing on the 16th.
One was singing at Kessingland sewage works on the 16th.
Three were singing at Carlton Marshes on the 16th.
Two were at Gunton Warren on the 16th.
Two were singing at Blocka Lane, Fritton on the 17th.
Four were singing at Herringfleet Hills on the 17th.
Three were at Gunton Warren on the 28th.
Six were around the Blundeston Marshes area on the 31st.


BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Fisher Row - 3rd (1).
Clarkson Road, Oulton Broad - 4th (1).



FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus
One was seen at Gunton church on the 9th.
One was seen at Lound waterworks on the 15th.
One was seen along Hubbard's Loke, Gunton on the 28th.
One was in Warrenhouse Wood on the 28th.
One was in Corton Wood on the 28th.



BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Three were seen at Fisher Row on the 13th.



MARSH TIT Parus palustris
Lound waterworks - 14th (1).



NUTHATCH Sitta europaea
Lound waterworks - 14th (1).
TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
Lound waterworks - 4th (1), 14th (2).
Beccles Marshes - 12th (1).



JAY Garrulus glandarius
Lound Waterworks - 4th (1).
Gunton Warren - 10th (1).

Egyptian Geese ©Andrew Easton
"Scandinavian" Jackdaw (left) - Herringfleet - March 2007- ©Andrew Easton

JACKDAW Corvus monedula
One showing the paler gray nape and whitish lower collar more typical of the nominate Scandinavian race was at Herringfleet on the 17th.



GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Gunton Warren - 10th (4 singing males), 11th (2), 16th (4), 28th (2).
Lound Waterworks - 14th (14).



GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (6).
Lound Waterworks - 14th (15).



SISKIN Carduelis spinus
Lound Waterworks - 14th (6).



LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Gunton Warren - 10th (17), 11th (5), 16th (5), 24th (21), 28th (7).
Waddling Lane, Flixton - 10th (10).
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 31st (10).



LESSER REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret
Blocka Lane, Fritton - 17th (3+).



SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis
Kessingland Beach - 1st (20 o/b), 2nd (20 o/b), 3rd (12 o/b), 5th (3 o/b).



YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Gunton Warren - 10th (4 singing males), 11th (2), 16th (3).



REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Lound waterworks - 11th (1).
Fisher Row - 13th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 23rd (2), 25th (1).



NON-BIRD NEWS


GREY SEAL
Kessingland - 1st (1), 3rd (1), 25th (1), 31st (1).


COMMON SEAL
Kessingland - 14th (1), 30th (1).


HARBOUR PORPOISE
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 2nd (2 S), 4th (1 N), 5th (1 N), 10th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 13th (2 S), 15th (1 N, 1 feeding), 16th (4 N), 23rd (1 N), 30th (2 N).
Pakefield - 13th (2).
Ness Point - 15th (1 S).


RED FOX
One was trotting north along the pavement in London Road South on the evening of the 27th.


OTTER
Breydon South Wall - 27th (2). An encouraging sign that the slow return to former haunts is continuing.


WATER VOLE
Breydon South Wall - 27th (2). Equally encouraging signs that this species may also be staging a small comeback from oblivion.
Herringfleet Marshes - 27th (1).


GRASS SNAKE
Lound waterworks - 11th (1).
Mutford - 11th (1).
Flixton Decoy - 31st (7).


The second Hummingbird Hawk-moth of the year was seen in Wolseley Road, Southtown on the 14th.

Clear skies on the evening of the 3rd, as well as providing excellent conditions for migrating Redwings to head back to Europe, also resulted in good views of the total lunar eclipse. Saturn was also on show nearby as well.
Lunar eclipse & Saturn - 3rd March 2007- ©Andrew Easton