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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Kessingland - 1st
(4 N, 1 o/s), 2nd (18 N, 6 S, 9 o/s), 3rd (99 N, 2 S, 8 o/s), 4th (51
N, 4 o/s), 5th (13 N, 2 o/s), 6th (21 N, 2 S), 11th (4 N, 7 o/s), 12th
(2 N, 3 S, 5 o/s), 13th (1 N), 14th (3 N, 2 S), 15th (3 N, 1 o/s), 16th
(1 N, 1 o/s), 17th (1 N), 22nd (1 S), 24th (1 S), 26th (1 N, 2 S, 1 o/s),
29th (2 N).
Ness Point - 3rd (1 S), 10th (1 N), 21st (5 N), 22nd (1
N), 24th (1 N), 26th (1 N), 28th (1), 30th (1 N).
BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica
Kessingland - 3rd (2 N), 11th (1 N), 12th (1 N).
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
Kessingland - 3rd (1 N).
DIVER spp.
Kessingland - 2nd (2 N), 5th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 18th (1
S).
FULMAR Fulmarus
glacialis
Kessingland - 1st (2 N), 2nd (4 N), 6th (1 N), 12th (3 N),
14th (3 N), 15th (3 N), 16th (1 S), 17th (1 N, 1 S), 18th (1 N, 1 S),
19th (2 N), 23rd (1 N, 1 S), 24th (1 N, 1 S), 25th (1 N, 3 S), 26th (1
S), 27th (1 N, 1 S), 28th (3 N), 29th (18 N), 30th (29 N).
Ness Point - 3rd (3 N), 21st (5 N), 24th (1 S), 26th (4
N), 27th (3 N), 28th (5 N), 30th (28 N, 1 S).
MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus
One flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the evening of the 30th.
GANNET Morus bassanus
Kessingland - 1st (77 N), 2nd (12 N), 3rd (15 N),
4th (61 N), 5th (2 N), 11th (6 N), 12th (41 N), 13th (5N), 14th (67 N),
15th (2 N), 18th (2 N), 19th (6 N), 20th (4 N, 3 S), 21st (2 N), 23rd
(2 N), 24th (8 N), 25th (8 N, 2 S), 26th (20 N, 3 S), 27th (14 N, 1 S),
28th (73 N, 3 S), 29th (71 N), 30th (150 N).
Ness Point - 3rd (5 N), 21st (6 N), 24th (3 N), 25th (2N),
26th (13 N, 1 S), 27th (11 N), 28th (17 N, 1 S), 30th (51 N).
CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Kessingland - 1st (10 N, 1 o/s), 2nd (12 N, 1 S), 3rd (2
N), 4th (16 N, 7 S, 30 o/s), 6th (3 N), 11th (6 o/s), 14th (4 N), 17th
(1 N, 1 S), 18th (1 N), 19th (1 N, 1 S, 4 o/s), 20th (8 N, 1 S, 8 o/s),
21st (1 N, 3 o/s), 22nd (5 S), 23rd (1 S), 25th (2 N), 27th (2 N), 28th
(1 N), 29th (2 N).
A flock of around
80 flew eastwards over Rackham's Corner roundabout at 06:30 on the 6th.
Ness Point - 21st (12 N, 39 S), 22nd (8 S), 27th (2 N, 35
on the sea), 28th (15 N), 20th (57 N).
SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
One was in Hamilton Dock on the 9th and 28th.
Two were roosting on the Kittiwake Wall in Lowestoft Harbour on the 30th.
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
One flew westwards over Oulton Broad on the 19th.
[BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus
One flew out to sea off Pakefield on the 20th and then returned back.
On the 21st it was on Oulton Broad. ]
CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
Four flew south at Gunton Warren on the 22nd, accompanied by a Greylag
Goose.
BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
Lound Waterworks - 6th (25).
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta (bernicla) bernicla
Kessingland - 3rd (2 N), 14th (2 N), 23rd (3 N).
Ness Point - 21st (1 S).
EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Lound Waterworks - 6th (2).
SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Kessingland - 5th (2 N), 14th (2 N), 17th (1 N, 7 S, 2 o/s),
21st (3 S), 24th (1 S), 26th (3 N).
One flew south eastwards over Henstead on the 17th.
Ness Point - 21st (4 S).
Gunton Warren - 21st (3 S).
TEAL Anas
crecca
A pair were feeding in a pond north of Stirrups Lane, Corton on the 6th.
PINTAIL Anas acuta
Three flew north together past Ness Point on the 26th.
SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Two flew south past Kessingland on the 20th.
COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima
A female flew north past Ness Point on the 25th before settling on the
sea off the North Beach.
One female flew north past Ness Point on the 28th.
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Kessingland - 1st (2 N), 3rd (7 N, 1 S), 6th (20 N), 11th
(1 N), 14th (9 N), 16th (60 N, 40 S), 17th (1 N), 18th (1 N), 19th (1
N), 20th (1 N), 21st (1 N), 23rd (9 N), 26th (13 N), 29th (7 N), 30th
(2 N).
Ness Point - 10th (50 on the sea), 30th (5 N).
VELVET SCOTER Melanitta fusca
Kessingland - 4th (2 N), 17th (2 N).
RED KITE Milvus milvus
One flew over St. Olaves on the 9th.
One flew south westwards over Henstead on the 19th.
MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Two were at Carlton Marshes on the 7th with three there on the 11th.
Four were at Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 15th.
One flew eastwards over Oulton Broad on the 17th.
SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus
Three were soaring together (along with three Marsh Harriers) over Castle
Marshes, Barnby on the 15th.
COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
One was circling over Mutford on the 7th.
Two drifted over Pakefield on the afternoon of the 18th. One headed northwards
the other westwards.
One was circling over the River Hundred water meadows at Henstead on the
19th before drifting off towards Benacre.
One was seen at Beccles Marshes on the 29th.
MERLIN Falco columbarius
One was seen at Kessingland sewage works on the 12th.
One immature male was seen at Corton old sewage works on the 28th.
HOBBY Falco subbuteo
One was at Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 29th.
[ SILVER PHEASANT Lophura nycthemera
A female was at Ash Farm, Mutford on the 7th. ]
MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus
A pair with five young were in Kensington Gardens on the 12th.
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Lound Waterworks - 6th (2).
Kessingland - 5th (3 N), 15th (7 N), 20th (2 S), 23rd (3
N, 2 S), 25th (3 o/b), 27th (1 N), 28th (1 N, 1 S).
Castle Marshes, Barnby - 15th (2).
Ness Point - 21st (4 S), 26th (4 N), 28th (1 N).
Gunton Warren - 23rd (1), 27th (10 S).
Lake Lothing - 28th (2).
Mutford - 29th (1 S).
GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
One flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the 27th.
LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
12 were at Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 9th.
Two migrants were grounded in the fog on the Denes Oval on the morning
of the 13th.
PURPLE
SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point/North Beach - 3rd (2), 8th (1), 11th (6), 12th
(5), 21st (2), 26th (1).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
One flew north past Ness Point on the 26th.
Two flew north past Kessingland on the 29th.
JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus
One was flushed from fields at Mutford on the 7th.
COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
One was flushed at Carlton Marshes on the 7th.
Ten were flushed from fields at Mutford on the 7th.
One was at Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 9th.
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
172 were at Burgh Castle mudflats on the 15th.
BAR-TAILED
GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 4th (3 N), 19th (1 S), 25th (2 S),
28th (6 N), 29th (4 S), 30th (2 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 27th (2 N).
Denes Oval - 28th (6 feeding), 29th (6 initially, increasing
to 13 by the afternoon), 30th (15 initially, increasing to 18).
Lake Lothing - 28th (1).
Ness Point - 30th (8 N).
The feeding flock on the Denes Oval were completely unfazed by the
cricket matches taking place there.
WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
One was on the south flats at Breydon on the 15th.
14 were at Beccles Marshes on the 20th, with 10 there on the 23rd.
One flew north at Henstead on the 24th.
Seven were at Beccles Marshes on the 24th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the 26th.
Kessingland - 27th (2), 28th (2 N), 29th (3 N).
CURLEW Numenius arquata
Kessingland - 2nd (2 N), 5th (1 S), 14th (1 N).
Gunton Warren - 9th (1 N), 14th (1).
REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Two were at Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 9th.
170 were at Burgh Castle mudflats on the 15th.
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
One was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 7th.
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
One was at Corton on the 24th.
One flew over Oulton Broad on the 24th calling as it went.
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (13), 12th (25), 21st
(10), 25th (21), 26th (10).
Lake Lothing - 28th (4).
POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
One flew north past Kessingland on the 27th.
A flock of five flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the evening of
the 30th.
GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
One flew north past Kessingland on the 27th (1 N), 29th (1 N), 30th
(3 N).
One flew north at Ness Point at 07.00 on the 30th, before the three
of Kessingland the same day.
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Pakefield - 12th (2 second summers).
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HERRING
GULL Larus argentatus
A first winter/summer bird with very pale wingtips was around the
fish market in Lowestoft harbour on the 9th.
KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (25 N), 2nd (18 N), 3rd (2 N), 4th (21
N), 5th (1 N), 6th (2 N, 1 S), 11th (7 N, 2 S), 12th (22 N), 13th (12
N), 14th (9 N), 15th (8 N, 2 S), 16th (9 N), 17th (10 N, 1 S), 18th (11
N), 19th (19 N, 5 S), 20th (8 N, 2 S), 21st (1 N, 2 S), 22nd (3 N, 2 S),
23rd (1 S), 24th (3 N, 8 S), 25th (7 N, 7 S), 26th (28 N, 9 S), 27th (50
N, 2 S), 28th (45 N, 2 S), 29th (33 N, 1 S), 30th (27 N, 3 S).
SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
The first three of the year flew north together past Kessingland on
the 11th.
Kessingland - 14th (1 N), 16th (1 N), 17th (2 N), 19th (5
N), 23rd (1 N, 4 S), 24th (2 S), 25th (2 N), 26th (4 N, 2 S), 27th (1
N, 2 S), 28th(2N) 29th(3N) 30th(3N).
Ness Point - 24th (3 N), 27th (3 N), 28th (3 N), 30th (3
N).
COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
One was at Oulton Broad on the 24th.
Two were at Mutford Lock, Oulton Broad on the 29th.
LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons
Single birds flew north at Kessingland on the 25th and 27th.
'COMMIC' TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Kessingland - 19th (2 N), 20th (4 N), 22nd (1 S), 23rd
(1 N), 24th (1 S), 25th (2 N), 26th (1 N), 27th (2 N), 28th (4 N), 29th
(8 N), 30th (11 N, 2 S).
Ness Point - 26th (2 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 26th (1), 30th (5 N).
AUK sp. Alcidae
One flew north past Kessingland on the 29th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the 30th then settled on the sea.
STOCK DOVE Columba oenas
One was at Fisher Row on the 19th.
WOOD PIGEON Columba palumbus
11 flew north at Gunton Warren on the 18th.
TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur
One was at Belton Common on the 25th.
One was at Mutford on the 26th, 28th and 29th.
CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
One was seen and heard at Fisher Row on the 19th and 24th.
One was at Barsham Drain near Beccles on the 22nd, with two there on the
27th.
Two were calling at Carlton Marshes on the 28th.
BARN OWL Tyto alba
Two were at Carlton Marshes on the 11th.
One was seen at Fisher Row on the 19th.
LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
One was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 18th.
One was at Corton sewage works on the 21st.
One was at Beccles Marshes on the 23rd.
One was at Gisleham on the 24th.
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
One was being mobbed by garden birds in Gunton Drive, Lowestoft, on the
23rd.
Four were around the Mill Road area at Mutford on the 24th.
SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 11th.
SWIFT Apus apus
One was over Beccles church on the 22nd.
Two were over Oulton Broad on the 24th.
One was feeding over Bradwell on the 26th.
One flew north at Kessingland on the 26th.
Oulton Marshes - 28th (5+).
Carlton Marshes - 28th (1).
Castle Marshes, Barnby - 29th (6).
GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Corton sewage works - 6th (1).
Warrenhouse Wood - 5th (1), 17th.
Fisher Row - 19th (3).
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Warrenhouse Wood - 10th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 14th (1).
WOOD LARK Lullula arborea
One was heard singing at Blocka Lane, Herringfleet, on the 3rd.
SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Singles flew north at Kessingland on the 4th and 5th.
One was around the nesting cliffs at Corton on the 6th.
One flew south at Gunton Warren on the 9th.
One was at Corton on the 9th.
Two were at Kessingland on the 14th.
Gunton Warren - 19th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (20).
Corton - 22nd (70+).
Ness Point - 24th (2).
Beccles Marshes - 29th (2).
SWALLOW
Hirundo rustica
After a long wait the second of the year was seen at Gunton Beach on the
6th.
Another was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 6th.
One was seen at Henstead on the 8th.
One flew north at Gunton Warren on the 10th.
One flew south off Ness Point on the 10th.
One was at Henstead on the 11th.
One flew north at Kessingland on the 11th.
One was at Mutford on the 12th.
One was at Beccles Common on the 12th.
One was at Kessingland on the 14th.
Eight were seen at Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Warren on the 14th.
Four were at Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 15th.
Four were at Beccles Common on the 15th.
Three were at Beccles Marshes on the 15th.
Gunton Warren - 19th (2), 21st (3 S), 22nd (1 N, 13 S),
23rd (1), 30th (1 N).
Hopton - 18th (4).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (10).
Lowestoft North Beach - 25th (5 S), 26th (2 S).
HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Two flew north at Pakefield on the 14th.
Two flew south at Gisleham on the 19th.
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (10), 22nd (4).
Henstead - 21st (2).
Mutford - 25th (5).
Oulton Marshes - 28th (1).
Beccles Marshes - 29th (1).
Castle Marshes, Barnby - 30th (6).
TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 8th.
MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Lowestoft North Denes - 11th (5).
A Meadow Pipit ringed at Spurn Head, East Yorkshire on 18th September
2006 was trapped and released at Corton 17 days later.
YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
One flew north at Gunton Warren on the 22nd.
One was on the Denes Oval on the 22nd.
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 22nd.
Two were seen at Corton on the 22nd.
One bright male was by the net posts on Lowestoft North Denes on the 25th.
Two males were on the Denes Oval on the 26th, later flying off south.
One was at Beccles Marshes on the 29th.
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
One flew south over Lowestoft North Denes on the 22nd.
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (11), 20th (2).
WREN Troglodytes troglodytes
Lowestoft North Denes - 24th (5 singing).
Gunton Warren - 24th (3 singing).
NIGHTINGALE Luscinia megarhynchos
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 22nd.
One has been singing by the Colville Road Industrial Estate from the 25th
to 29th.
BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros
One was at the Birds Eye car park at Ness Point on the 6th.
One was singing at Lowestoft North Denes on the 13th.
WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
One was ay Benacre/Kessingland Sluice on the 25th.
STONECHAT
One was at Gunton Warren on the 3rd.
WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Two were at Gunton Warren on the 9th.
One was on Lowestoft North Denes on the 10th.
Seven were on Lowestoft North Denes on the 11th.
One was at Henstead on the 11th.
One was at Pakefield on the 11th.
One was on Lowestoft North Denes on the 12th.
One was at Beccles Marshes on the 13th.
One was on Lowestoft North Denes on the 15th.
One was at the Dip Farm football pitches at Gunton on the 19th.
Four were on Lowestoft North Denes on the 22nd.
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 22nd.
Three were at Corton on the 22nd.
Lowestoft North Denes - 24th (5), 25th (4), 26th (2).
Corton - 24th (9), 28th (1).
Bradwell - 28th (1).
Beccles Marshes - 29th (1).
RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus
One was briefly on the Broadland Rugby Club playing field at the south
wall of Breydon on the 9th.
One male was at Lound Waterworks on the 15th.
One was between Kessingland and the sluice on the 22nd.
One female was at Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 29th.
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Henstead - 7th (10), 8th (1).
Beccles Marshes - 9th (2), 17th (20), 20th (1).
REDWING Turdus iliacus
Lowestoft - 5th (small numbers passing over in the evening).
Beccles Common - 5th (1), 13th (1), 17th (1).
Fisher Row - 9th (1), 10th (3).
A Redwing that was trapped at ringed at Corton on 16th October 2004 was
shot in France on 17th December 2005.
CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 4th, with two there on
the 8th.
At least 16 were heard (and several were quite showy as well) at Carlton
Marshes on the 7th.
20 were singing at Carlton Marshes on the 11th.
Eight were at Kessingland sewage works on the 13th. (Three new birds were
trapped and ringed, three were retrapped and two more were singing from
the fishing lake area).
2+ were at Burgh Castle on the 16th.
Another new bird was trapped and ringed at Kessingland on the 20th.
Numerous on both banks of the River Waveney at Beccles Marshes this spring.
The succession of mild winters is certainly to this species advantage.
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
One was singing at Fisher Row on the 9th and 10th.
Fisher Row - 19th (5).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (1), 22nd (1).
Beccles Marshes - 24th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 28th (1).
Barsham Drain - 27th (1).
SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
One was singing at Carlton Marshes on the 9th and 19th.
One was singing at Fisher Row on the 10th.
One was singing at Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 15th.
Fisher Row - 19th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (2).
Beccles Marshes - 23rd (4).
REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
One was singing at Beccles Marshes on the 20th, with two there on the
23rd.
One was at Fisher Row on the 28th.
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 28th.
Three were singing at Beccles Marshes on the 29th.
CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
One was at Beccles Common on the 2nd.
Three were at Kessingland sewage works on the 4th.
Three were at Gunton Warren on the 5th.
Three were singing at Carlton Marshes on the 7th.
Six were at Kessingland sewage works on the 13th.
Five were at Gunton Warren on the 14th.
Warrenhouse Wood - 17th (3).
Gunton Warren - 17th (1), 18th (2), 19th (4), 23rd (2),
27th (1), 28th (2), 30th (2).
Flycatcher Lane (Denes Oval) - 17th (1), 28th (1).
Fisher Row - 19th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (4).
WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
One was at Beccles Common on the 2nd.
One was singing at Carlton Marshes on the 9th.
Two were singing at Beccles Common on the 9th.
One was at Kessingland on the 11th.
Five were singing at Carlton Marshes on the 11th.
Four were at Beccles Common on the 12th.
Two were at Kessingland sewage works on the 13th and 14th.
One was at Gunton Warren on the 14th.
Four were singing at North Cove on the 15th.
Lowestoft North Denes - 17th (1), 21st (1), 24th (3), 28th
(1).
Links Road - 17th (1).
Gunton Warren - 17th (1), 18th (4), 19th (3), 23rd (4),
24th (2), 27th (2), 28th (2), 30th (2).
Fisher Row - 19th (3).
Flycatcher Lane (Denes Oval) - 21st (1).
Gunton Drive - 24th (2).
LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
One was singing at Kessingland sewage works on the 14th.
One was singing at Belton Common on the 19th.
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (3), 22nd (2+).
Lowestoft North Denes - 21st (1), 28th (1).
Mutford - 22nd (5+).
Gunton Warren - 23rd (2), 24th (1), 27th (1), 28th (1).
Henstead - 23rd (1).
Camps Heath - 24th (3).
WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
One was at North Cove on the 14th.
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 17th.
One was at Mutford on the 18th.
One was singing at Fisher Row on the 19th.
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (2).
Gunton Warren - 21st (1), 23rd (1), 24th (1), 27th (5),
28th (3), 30th (8).
Beccles Marshes - 23rd (3).
Henstead - 23rd (2).
Ness Point (Birds eye car park) - 24th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 24th (3), 28th (6).
Fisher Row - 24th (2).
Lake Lothing - 28th (1).
GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
A Garden Warbler warbler ringed on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth,
Scotland on 12th August 2006 was trapped and released at Kessingland three
days later on the 15th, a distance of 504 kilometres. It weighed 21.5
grams on the 12th and 17.4 grams on the 15th, a loss of nearly a fifth
of it's starting body weight.
One was seen and heard at Beccles Marshes on the 19th.
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
One was singing at Corton Wood on the 2nd.
A male was trapped and ringed at Kessingland sewage works on the 4th.
One was singing at Henstead on the 7th and 8th.
Two were singing at Waveney Forest on the 9th.
Two were at North Cove on the 9th.
One was at Fisher Row on the 10th.
Six were singing at Carlton Marshes on the 11th.
One was at Pakefield on the 12th.
One was at Beccles Common on the 12th.
Four were at Kessingland sewage works on the 13th.
Six were singing at North Cove on the 15th.
Four were at Beccles Common on the 15th.
One was at Beccles Marshes on the 15th.
Fisher Row - 19th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (3).
Flycatcher Lane (Denes Oval) - 21st (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 21st (2), 24th (1), 28th (3).
Beccles Common - 22nd (8+ singing).
Corton - 22nd (1).
Gunton Warren - 28th (1).
FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus
One was in Gunton Wood on the 4th.
MARSH TIT Parus palustris
Four were at North Cove on the 15th.
TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
Six were at North Cove on the 15th.
JAY Garrulus glandarius
Lound Waterworks - 6th (1).
Henstead - 8th (group of 6).
Gunton Warren - 9th (1), 27th (1).
Burgh Castle - 15th (1).
MAGPIE Pica pica
Gunton Warren - 5th (9).
JACKDAW Corvus monedula
Four flew south high over Ness Point with Rooks on the 8th.
ROOK Corvus frugilegus
Nine flew south high over Ness Point on the 8th.
CARRION CROW Corvus corone
Gunton Warren - 5th (30 N), 18th (5 N), 19th (2), 23rd (25).
BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
Two were at Kessingland sewage works on the 13th.
GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Gunton Warren - 5th (4), 10th (4), 17th (4), 19th (1), 27th
(5), 30th (5).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (8).
GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (6).
LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Gunton Warren - 10th (13), 14th (15), 17th (15), 18th (20),
19th (21), 23rd (30), 24th (9), 27th (21), 30th (20).
Lowestoft North Denes - 11th (12), 14th (100+ N), 24th (8),
25th (9).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (2).
YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Gunton Warren - 6th (1) 10th (4), 14th (4), 17th (2), 18th
(2), 19th (3), 21st (3), 23rd (1), 24th (3), 27th (3), 30th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 18th (2).
REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
At least 12 were at Carlton Marshes on the 7th.
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (4).
Carlton
Marshes - 18th (3), 28th (5).
Beccles Marshes - 23rd (1).
NON-BIRD NEWS
Small Copper and Speckled Wood butterflies were at Kessingland
sewage works on the 14th. Speckled Woods were also seen at Beccles
Common and Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 15th.
A Hairy Dragonfly was on the wing at Beccles Marshes on the
23rd, and by the 28th more were seen at Belton and Fisher Row, on the
29th also at Castle Marshes, Barnby and at Mutford on the 30th. Large
Red Damselfly was noted at Mutford on the 19th and Variable
Damselflies were seen at Fisher Row on the 28th.
At least one Dolphin/Pilot Whale was seen off Ness Point early
morning on the 21st. On the 25th at least 6-8 Common Dolphins were
seen off Kessingland.
GREY SEAL
Lowestoft North Beach - 27th (1 N).
Kessingland - 28th (1).
HARBOUR PORPOISE
Kessingland - 3rd (1 N), 5th (2 S), 16th (1 N), 19th (1
S), 23rd (1 S), 24th (1 S).
Ness Point - 22nd (1), 24th (1), 25th (2).
WATER VOLE
One was seen at Fisher Row on the 10th, with two there on the 19th.
One was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 18th.
ADDER
Waveney Forest - 9th (5).
GRASS SNAKE
Waveney Forest - 9th (4).
North Cove - 15th (3).
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (1).
