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Mediterranean Gull - Pakefield - February 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Kessingland - 19th (3 N, 1 on sea), 20th (2, N), 22nd (1 N), 23rd (1 N), 28th (1 N).



BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica
Kessingland - 19th (2 N).



DIVER sp. Gaviidae
Kessingland - 19th (2 N).



LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis
Leathes Ham - 7th (12).
Kessingland Wildlife Park - 24th (2 pairs).



GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Kessingland - 10th (1 S), 17th (1 S), 22nd (1 S).



FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Kessingland -1st (10 N), 2nd (1 N), 3rd (2 N), 6th (3 N, 2 S), 7th (5 N), 8th (1 S), 10th (1 N, 1 S), 11th (3 N), 12th (1 N), 13th (1 N, 1 S), 14th (1 N), 15th (3 S), 16th (4 N), 17th (3 N, 3 S), 19th (8 N, 3 S), 20th (7 N, 4 S), 21st (11 N, 4 S), 22nd (13 N, 1 S), 23rd (10 N), 24th (3 N), 25th (1 N), 26th (1 N), 27th (1 N), 28th (3 N).
Gunton - 22nd (1), 24th (1 S).



GANNET Morus bassanus
Kessingland - 1st (3 N), 2nd (5 N), 3rd (1 N), 5th (7 N), 6th (11 N), 7th (101 N), 10th (3 N), 11th (1 N), 15th (4 N), 16th (29 N), 17th (45 N), 18th (9 N, 1 S), 19th (62 N), 20th (61 N, 2 S), 21st (110 N), 22nd (178 N), 23rd (78 N), 24th (23 N), 25th (11 N), 26th (22 N), 27th (23 N), 28th (6 N), 29th (9 N).



CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 2nd (2 N), 3rd (2 N, 1 S), 7th (1 N), 11th (1 S), 12th (2 S), 15th (2 N), 16th (1 N), 17th (1 N), 19th (1 N), 20th (3 N), 21st (1 S), 22nd (1 S), 23rd (3 N, 1 o/s), 24th (1 N), 25th (2 N), 27th (1 N, 1 S), 28th (4 S).
Ness Point - 20th (1 S).



EUROPEAN SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Leathes Ham - One roosting up to the 8th.
Lowestoft Harbour (Kittiwake Wall) - 8th (5 roosting), 17th (3 roosting).
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N).
Lake Lothing - 24th (1).

Little Egret - Breydon south wall - April 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Breydon south wall - 2nd (2), 16th (1), 24th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (1).



GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
Two arrived in off the sea at Hopton on the 2nd. One arrived in off the sea at Corton on the 30th.



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons
The injured bird was seen again at The Boulevard at Oulton Broad on the 30th.



CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (5), 24th (2), 27th (8).
Lound water works - 24th (6).
Kessingland Wildlife Park - 24th (18).



BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
18 were noted at Kessingland Wildlife Park on the 24th. A few pairs normally take advantage of the perimeter and enclosure fences keeping foxes out, an nest in the grounds.
Kessingland sewage works - 27th (10).



DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla bernicla
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 4th (2 S), 5th (4 N), 9th (2 S), 12th (2 N), 16th (2 S), 17th (3 N), 18th (1 N), 21st (1 S), 23rd (1 N).
Ness Point - 9th (4 N).



EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (2).
Burgh Castle - 24th (2).
Lowestoft (Peto Way) - 25th-27th (pair on the North Quay roundabout). They were regular there last year as well.
Leathes Ham - 30th (1).



SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Kessingland - 10th (2 S), 13th (2 S), 17th (1 S), 22nd (2 N), 24th (2 N, 1 S).
Kessingland Wildlife Park - 24th (2).



GADWALL Anas strepera
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (3), 19th (2), 22nd (2), 24th (2), 27th (2).
Kessingland Wildlife Park - 24th (2).



TEAL Anas crecca
Kessingland - 9th (2 N).



PINTAIL Anas acuta
A pair flew south-east over Holly Road, Oulton Broad on the 19th.



SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Leathes Ham - 5th (1).
Kessingland - 16th (2 S), 19th (2 N).



POCHARD Aythya ferina
Leathes Ham - 5th (1).



TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Leathes Ham - 5th (15).
Kessingland - 15th (2 N).
Kessingland sewage works - 19th (2), 22nd (2), 27th (2).



COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Kessingland - 4th (2 N), 5th (6 N), 7th (3 N), 8th (6 N), 9th (1 N), 10th (1 N), 14th (1 N, 3 S), 15th (1 N), 18th (3 S), 19th (25 N, 2 o/s), 20th (5 N), 23rd (2 N), 24th (1 N), 29th (6 o/s).



GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula
Kessingland - 4th (2 S).



RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Kessingland - 1st (1 N).



RUDDY DUCK Oxyura jamaicensis
One drake was at Leathes Ham on the 7th.

Red Kite - Burgh Castle - April 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

RED KITE Milvus milvus
One flew south over Flixton Decoy at 12:30 on the 2nd. On the 3rd one flew south across the estuary at Burgh Castle then continued southwards across the marshes and was shortly afterwards seen between Bradwell and Belton continuing to head southwards in the direction of Lound Waterworks. It was shortly afterwards seen going south over Blundeston.

It, or another, was seen being mobbed by a crow over fields by the A12 south of Jay Lane, Lound/Hopton on the 13th.



MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Breydon south wall - 2nd (1), 24th (2).
Kessingland Levels - 9th (1 male), 16th (1), 27th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 10th (1 male).
Henstead - 24th (1).



HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus
One female was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 10th.



SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus
Oulton Broad (Holly Road) - 17th (4 together).
Kessingland sewage works - 24th (2), 27th (2).



COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
Beccles Middle School - 1st.
Ashby - 2nd-3rd (2), 19th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (3).
Kessingland Levels - 9th (1).
Corton - 16th (1 S).
Kirkley Fen Park - 16th (1 NW).
Oulton Broad - 16th (1 W, same as Kirkley bird above)
Kessingland - 16th (2 N).
Mutford - 29th (1).



HOBBY Falco subbuteo
Singles flew north at Kessingland on the 25th and 30th. One was seen at Nebb Wood, Flixton on the 28th.



PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus
One was watched circling over Oulton Broad on the evening of the 18th.

Red Junglefowl - Ashby - April 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

RED JUNGLEFOWL Gallus gallus
Two were feeding by the roadside at Ashby on April 2nd and 3rd. (We didn't see them cross the road though!)



WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus
One was seen running along the lane near Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.



COMMON CRANE Grus grus
One flew south-eastwards over Fisher Row, Oulton on the 29th. It was later seen farther down the Suffolk coast at Dunwich and Minsmere.



OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Kessingland - 6th (2 S), 11th (2 S), 15th (5 o/b), 17th (1 N, 1 S), 18th (1 S), 19th (1 N, 2 S), 20th (3 S), 21st (2 S), 26th (7 S), 27th (1 N),
29th (5 N, 2 S), 30th (3 S).
Kessingland Wildlife Park - 24th (2).



AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta
Breydon south wall - 2nd (82).
Henstead - 2nd (1 N calling in flight).
One flushed from Lowestoft North Beach on the 3rd was a surprise. It headed off northwards over Birds Eye. Possibly an injured bird as one leg was trailing lower than the other in flight.



RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 14th (2 o/b), 15th (2 o/b), 17th (4 o/b), 30th (2 o/b).
Pakefield - 24th (2).
A pair were rather optimistically conducting display flight over Gunton Beach on the 24th.



GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Breydon south wall - 2nd (5).



GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Kessingland sewage works - 19th (1 S).



SANDERLING Calidris alba
Kessingland - 18th (2 S), 27th (8 S).



PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
One was feeding on the mudflats along the south shore of Breydon on the 3rd.
Ness Point - 3rd (9), 10th (1), 13th (3), 17th (4), 20th (2), 24th (3), 30th (1).



DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Ness Point - 26th (1).



COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Henstead - 4th (1).



WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
Mutford - 3rd (2).



BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Burgh Castle mudflats - 24th (175).



BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Burgh Castle mudflats - 24th (17).
Kessingland - 26th (5 S), 27th (8 S), 28th (1 S).

Whimbrel - Burgh Castle - April 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
Two flew south east at Burgh Castle on the 16th and appeared to settle on the marshes there.
Kessingland - 19th (2 N), 23rd (1 N), 24th (2 N), 25th (13 N in one group), 27th (1 N), 29th (1 N).
Burgh Castle mudflats - 24th (61).
Castle Masrses, Barnby - 22nd (15).
Kessingland sewage works (reedbed) - 27th (2).
Ellough - 29th (1).
Gunton - 30th (1 S).

CURLEW Numenius arquata
Kessingland - 4th (1 N), 8th (1 N), 11th (2 N), 12th (2 N), 16th (4 N, 2 S), 17th (1 N), 18th (1 S), 19th (1 N), 20th (1 N), 23rd (1 S), 24th (1 S), 26th (1 S).
Henstead - 17th (1 N).



GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Two were at Burgh Castle on the 16th.



TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point - 3rd (15), 10th (10), 13th (16), 23rd (9), 24th (7), 26th (9).
Pakefield - 24th (1).
Burgh Castle mudflats - 24th (1).



ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
At 18:37 on the 18th a pale phase arctic Skua flew north about 1 kilometre from the beach at Kessingland.



GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
At 7:15 on the 24th the first Bonxie of the year was seen at Kessingland. It was traveling north followed in close formation by 4 Gannets." I have often seen Bonxies shadowing Gannets but never the reverse. It appeared that the Bonxie was just taking its turn in setting the pace and there was no sign animosity between any of the parties."
Kessingland - 25th (1 N), 27th (1 N).



MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Two flew over Kessingland sewage works on the 4th, 17th and 27th.



GLAUCOUS GULL Larus hyperboreus
A first winter was flying around Lowestoft Harbour at dusk on the 8th, but disappeared to the north along with most of the other gulls soon afterwards. Presumably the same bird seen at Oulton Broad on March 29th and in the harbour on February 21st.



KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (4 N), 2nd (2 N), 3rd (2 N, 1 S), 5th (1 N, 1 S), 6th (4 N, 1 S), 7th (4 N, 5 S), 9th (4 N), 10th (11 N, 3 S), 12th (1 N), 13th (1 N, 3 S), 15th (1 N), 16th (5 N), 17th (15 N, 2 S), 18th (7 N, 13 S), 19th (26 N, 4 S), 20th (9 N, 1 S), 21st (49 N, 1 S), 23rd (29 N, 3 S), 24th (9 N), 25th (32 N), 26th (1 N), 27th (4 S), 28th (8 S), 29th (1 S), 30th (2 S).



SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Kessingland - 6th (1 N), 7th (1 N), 8th (2 S), 15th (2 N), 19th (5 N, 1 S), 20th (5 N, 1 S), 21st (1 N), 22nd (8 N), 24th (8 N), 25th (1 N), 26th (1 N), 29th (2 N, 1 S), 30th (2 S).
Ness Point/North Beach - 30th (4 S).



COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Kessingland - 15th (1 N), 20th (1 S), 22nd (3 N).
Lake Lothing - 24th (1).
Corton - 27th (6 feeding offshore).
Kessingland sewage works - 27th (1).
Oulton Broad - 27th (2), 30th (10+).
Lowestoft North Beach - 30th (14 on groynes).
Lowestoft Harbour - 30th (6).



"COMMIC" TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Kessingland - 17th (5 N), 20th (6 N), 21st (2 N), 22nd (21 N), 24th (8 N), 25th (5 N), 26th (21 N, 6 S), 27th (4 N, 2 S), 28th (1 S), 30th (1 N).



LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons
Kessingland - 20th (1 N).



AUK sp. Alcidae
Kessingland - 9th (2 N), 19th (3 N), 20th (3 N), 22nd (1 N).



TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur
One was at Beccles Cemetery on the 17th. Two were seen at Mutford on the 30th.



CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
One was heard on the 14th at Henstead/Kessingland in the Black Street area. One was heard at Carlton Marshes on the 17th. A silent individual was flying around at Carlton Marshes on the 24th.
Henstead/Rushmere - 25th-29th. (1)



BARN OWL Tyto alba
Burgh Castle - 2nd (1).



LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
One was at Lound waterworks on the 3rd.



TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
Corton Woods - 24th (2).
Gunton Woods - 24th (2).



COMMON SWIFT Apus apus
The first of the year were noted on the 24th, with two seen flying north over Henstead, and two reported over Oulton Broad.
Lowestoft South Beach - 26th (3 in from the sea).
Corton - 26th (1).
Lowestoft (Peto Way) - 26th (1).
Kessingland sewage works (reedbed) - 27th (3), 30th (6).
Oulton Broad - 27th (2)
Somerleyton (Wicker Well) - 28th (1).
Lowestoft (Stevens Street) - 28th (2).
Lowestoft (Oxford Road) - 30th (2).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 30th (6).
Normanston Park - 30th (8).
Kessingland - 30th (2 S).



GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Oulton (Union Lane) - 24th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 24th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 27th (1).
Corton disused railway track - 30th (1).



GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (1).
Carlton Marshes - 24th (2).
North Cove nature reserve - 24th (1).



LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos minor
One was seen on the 30th in Corton Road, near the junction with Links Road. It then flew across to Gunton Drive.



SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (4 N), 16th (1), 19th (4), 22nd (8), 24th (10), 27th (2).
Kessingland - 10th (2 S), 17th (10).
Burgh Castle - 16th (1 N).
Gunton Warren - 24th (3 N).
Lound Waterworks - 24th (6).



SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (2 N), 4th (2), 16th (7), 17th (c.50), 19th (50+), 22nd (18), 24th (50), 27th (10), 30th (30+).
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2), 9th (2).
Burgh Castle - 3rd (1 W), 16th (5 N).
Henstead - 10th (1 NW), 24th (2).
Hopton (Warren Lane) - 12th (1 N).
Corton - 16th (1 N).
Fisher Row - 17th (2).
Leathes Ham - 17th (1).
Ness Point - 26th (9 S).

Widespread in small numbers at most locations on the 24th. New arrivals were noticeable on the 30th, though many were heading southwards!



HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Burgh Castle - 16th (1 N).
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (5), 17th (4), 19th (6), 22nd (8), 24th (10), 27th (16), 20th (6+), 30th (30).
Kessingland Beach - 16th (1N), 18th (1 S).
Henstead - 24th (4 already inspecting old nests).
Lowestoft (Norwich Road) - 27th (1).



GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Lake Lothing - 16th (1).



BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL Motacilla flava flava
Corton - 27th (1 male).



YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava flavissima
Burgh Castle - 16th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 19th (1).
Burgh Castle - 24th (2).
Corton - 27th (10), 29th (3).
Ellough - 29th (1).
Gunton Warren - 30th (1 S).
North Denes - 30th (1 N).
Kessingland Levels - 30th (3 in sheep paddocks).

Very scarce around here so far this year, hopefully those at Corton on the 27th will be the start of a rush.



WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba alba
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (1), 24th (2).
Corton - 27th (1), 28th (1).



PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrellii
Kessingland sewage works - 5th (1), 19th (5), 27th (2).
Corton - 27th (10).



DUNNOCK Prunella modularis
A nest containing four eggs was found in a Henstead garden on the 3rd. An early start prompted by the mild weather.


NIGHTINGALE Luscinia megarhynchos
One was singing from deep cover in bushes by the footbridge over Bloodmoor Road, Pakefield on the 3rd. Another was noted singing at 23:45 at Barsham Hill, near Beccles on the 19th.
Kessingland sewage works - 27th (1), 28th (1), 30th (1).

Black Redstart - Kessingland - April 2005

BLACK REDSTART Phoenicuros ochruros
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (2), 4th - 5th (1).



COMMON REDSTART Phoenicuros phoenicuros
An adult male was seen at Gunton Warren on the evening of the 22nd.



WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
One was at the old sewage works at Corton on the 28th.



NORTHERN WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Kessingland Beach - 21st (3).
Gunton Warren - 24th (1).
Corton - 27th (15), 30th (8).
Ness Point - 30th (5).
North Denes - 30th (6).



RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus
On the 21st one was skulking around in the scrub by the Hundred River at Kessingland Sluice.

Ring Ouzel - Kessingland - April 2005 - ©Robert Wincup

FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
40+ were noted at Henstead on the 17th, with 15 still there on the 18th.



CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (5), 9th (7).
Kessingland - 4th (2), 9th (1), 19th (1 female, ringed here last year), 21st (1), 27th (1), 30th (2).
Oulton Broad (Hall Road) - 27th (1).



GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
Fisher Row - 17th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 16th (1).
Kessingland sewage works (reedbed) - 21st - 22nd (1), 27th (1), 30th (1).



SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Breydon south wall - 16th (2).
Fisher Row - 17th (1).
Kessingland sewage works (reedbed) - 19th (2), 21st (1), 22nd (7), 27th (6), 30th (6).
Carlton Marshes - 24th (4+).



REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Kessingland sewage works (reedbed) - 27th (1).
Oulton Broad (near Yacht Club) - 30th (2).



DARTFORD WARBLER Sylvia undata
One was seen briefly at Gunton Warren on the 22nd.



LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (1), 27th (1), 30th (4).
Gunton Warren - 24th (1), 30th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 24th (1).
Henstead - 24th (1), 25th (1).
Kessingland Beach - 27th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery/North Quay retail park - 27th (2).
Corton disused railway track - 30th (1).
North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 30th (1).



COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Carlton Marshes - 10th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (2), 17th (1), 19th (4), 22nd (3), 24th (3), 27th (6).
Gunton Warren - 22nd (2), 24th (2).
Gunton disused railtrack - 24th (1).
Oulton (Union Lane) - 24th (1).
Henstead - 28th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 29th (1), 30th (1).
Lake Lothing - 30th (1).

One trapped at Kessingland sewage works on the 16th had originally been ringed there on 17th April 2004.



GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Four were trapped and ringed at Kessingland sewage works on the 30th.



BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (2), 4th (1 ringed), 17th (8), 22nd (6), 24th (6), 27th (6).
Flixton - 9th (1 singing).
Lowestoft (Kirkley Cliff Road) - 9th (2).
Hopton (Warren Lane) - 12th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery/Cycle Track - 12th (1), 27th (2).
Burgh Castle - 16th (1).
Lound Waterworks - 16th (1).
Fisher Row - 17th (4).
North Cove nature reserve - 24th (2+).
Gunton Woods - 27th (5).

One at Kessingland sewage works on the 17th had been ringed there on 9th May 2004. Two more trapped on the 19th also proved to have been ringed there in April and July last year!



CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Hervey Street, Lowestoft - 1st (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (2 ringed), 9th (1), 19th (3), 22nd (6), 24th (6), 30th (1). (34 have been ringed here so far this year.)
Carlton Marshes - 10th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery/Cycle Track - 12th (2).
Fisher Row - 17th (4).
North Cove nature reserve - 24th (2+).

One very greyish brown, ringed, individual was at Kessingland sewage works on the 16th. It looked much like the eastern race type bird ringed there last February and March. It was singing like a standard Chiffchaff though.

Dusky Warbler - Kessingland - April 2005 - ©Robert Wincup

DUSKY WARBLER Phylloscopus fuscatus
The Kessingland Dusky Warbler first seen on December 2nd 2004 was still present along the cliff above the beach up to April 18th at least, but with no sightings since we must hope it is now well underway on its long journey eastwards. Good Luck, and thanks for keeping us busy on many a winter day trying to locate you!.

Judging by the photo above, taken on April 11th, I think we can safely say its pre-breeding moult was well underway at the time!

WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2), 9th (1), 10th (6).
Kessingland sewage works - 9th (1), 17th (1), 22nd (1), 27th (3), 30th (10+).
Hopton - 16th (2).
Gunton Warren - 16th (3), 30th (2).
Fisher Row - 17th (7).
Lowestoft Cemetery/Cycle Track - April 27th (1).

A considerable improvement in numbers compared to last year so far.



GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
Jacobs Street, Lowestoft - 1st (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (2), 27th (1).

X rated Goldcrests - Kessingland - April 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus
One was at Hopton Holiday Village on the 2nd, and two were seen at Kessingland sewage works on the 4th.



BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Heard calling along Breydon South Wall on the 2nd, 3rd and 16th.



COAL TIT Parus ater
One was in Sparrows Nest Park on the 30th.



JAY Garrulus glandarius
North Cove nature reserve - 24th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 24th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery/Cycle Track - April 27th (1).
Corton disused rail track - 30th (1).



LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Kessingland sewage works - 5th (30), 22nd (30), 27th (10).
Lowestoft North Denes - 13th (16), 26th (21).



LESSER REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret
One was seen at Holly Road, Oulton Broad on the 19th.



HAWFINCH Coccothraustes coccothraustes
One was feeding in a garden in Gunton Drive, Lowestoft on the morning of the 1st. One or two pass through our area in most years, usually between April and May, and there was one in the same garden in 1997.



REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Kessingland sewage works - 19th (5), 24th (2), 27th (6).