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Great White Egret
- Carlton Marshes
© Andrew Easton

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SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Lake Lothing
- 5th (1), 10th (2), 11th (3), 18th (3), 19th (3), 25th (2).



FULMAR
Fulmarus glacialis
Oulton Broad
- 15th (1), 21st (1).



LITTLE EGRET
Egretta garzetta
Carlton Marshes
- 4th (8), 11th (6), 19th (6+), 26th (6+).



GREAT WHITE EGRET
Ardea alba
Carlton Marshes
- 4th
(1), 11th (1), 19th (1), 25th (1), 26th (1).
Bradwell - 24th (1 S).



PURPLE HERON Ardea purpurea
Kessingland Cliffs - 25th (1 N).



SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia
Oulton Broad - 4th (2 over), 16th (2 over).
Carlton Marshes - 16th (1 over).
Oulton - 25th (3 over).

Great White and Little
                    Egret
Great White Egret & Little Egret - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton


BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
Carlton Marshes - 4th (5), 11th (6), 12th (11), 25th (18), 26th (7).
Lake Lothing - 14th (8 W), 15th (1 E).
Oulton Broad - 26th (2 S).



DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla bernicla
Ness Point - 23rd (2).

 


GARGANEY Anas querquedula
Carlton Marshes -
19th (1 drake), 22nd (1 drake).



GOOSANDER Mergus merganser
Carlton Marshes - 10th (1).



OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
Lowestoft North Denes - 27th (1 N).



RED KITE Milvus milvus
Beccles - 1st (1), 3rd (1), 5th (1), 7th (1), 11th (1), 15th (1), 25th (1).
Lowestoft
- 2nd (1), 6th (1), 11th (2), 24th (1), 25th (1), 27th (2).

Hopton - 2nd (2).
Mutford
- 2nd (1), 4th (2).

Worlingham - 4th (1), 16th (1), 20th (1), 22nd (1).
Oulton Broad - 5th (1), 8th (1+), 9th (2), 15th (2), 16th (1), 23rd (1), 24th (2), 26th (1)
St. Olaves - 6th (1), 9th (1), 11th (1), 12th (1), 15th (1), 19th (2), 20th (1), 24th (1).
Kessingland - 9th (1).
Carlton Marshes
- 10th (1).

Ellough
- 22nd (1).
North Cove - 24th (1).
Blundeston - 26th (1).



HOBBY Falco subbuteo
North Cove - 24th (2).


Oulton
                    Broad
An old photograph from c.1890 overlooking Oulton Broad from the Wherry Hotel area.


CRANE Grus grus
Parkhill, Lowestoft -
12th (1 SW).



AVOCET
Recurvirosta avosetta
Carlton Marshes
- 10th (27), 25th (25), 26th (31).



LITTLE RINGED PLOVER
Charadrius dubius
Carlton Marshes - 10th (1), 12th (1), 26th (1).



GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Carlton Marshes - 4th (22).



GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Carlton Marshes - 12th (1).



DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Carlton Marshes - 4th (20), 5th (20).
Lowestoft North Beach - 27th (2).



PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point/Lowestoft North Beach - 24th (4), 27th (1).




GREENSHANK
Tringa nebularia
Carlton Marshes - 5th (1), 12th (1), 19th (1), 25th (1), 26th (2).



SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Carlton Marshes - 4th (3), 5th (1), 10th (2), 11th (2), 12th (3).



CURLEW Numenius arquata
Carlton Marshes - 12th (1).



WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopeus
Parkhill, Lowestoft - 3rd (1).
Carlton Marshes - 11th (1), 20th (8 E).
Lake Lothing - 17th (1 E).
Mutford - 18th (9 E).
Kessingland - 21st (1 N),
Worlingham Marshes - 22nd (30+).
Beccles Marshes - 23rd (45).
Hopton - 24th (4 S).



BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Carlton Marshes - 5th (9), 10th (18), 12th (3, 25th (1).



GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
Carlton Marshes - 25th (1).



COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
St. Olaves - 22nd (1).
Mutford Lock - 26th (4).



MEDITERRANEAN GULL Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Beverley Close, Oulton Broad - 11th (2).
Carlton Marshes
- 11th (2), 12th (2), 26th (2).
Oulton Broad - 11th (2), 12th (2).



LITTLE GULL
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Carlton Marshes - 5th (9).
Hopton - 5th (13 NE).



COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Carlton Marshes - 5th (7).
Lake Lothing - 26th (4).
Oulton Broad - 29th (1).



SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Ness Point - 23rd (2 N, 2 S).



TURTLE DOVE Stretopelia turtur
Hulver - 25th (2), 27th (3).



RING-NECKED PARAKEET Psittacula krameri
Hopton - 27th (1 SW).
Blackheath Road, Lowestoft - 27th (1).



CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
Carlton Marshes - 18th (1), 25th (2).





SWIFT Apus apus
Carlton Marshes - 18th (1), 25th (8), 26th (1).
Stevens Street, Lowestoft - 23rd (1).
Oulton - 26th (1).
Gunton - 27th (2 N).



SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Carlton Marshes - 18th (1), 19th (20+), 25th (10+), 26th (3).



HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Hopton - 6th (7 S).
Parkhill, Lowestoft - 8th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 18th (4).



SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Oulton Broad - 5th (1 S).
Blundeston - 5th (2).
Lake Lothing - 6th (1 N, 1 S).
Hopton - 6th (11 S).
St. Margarets, Lowestoft - 6th (1 S).
Rookery Close, Lowestoft - 6th (2 W).
Beverley Close, Oulton Broad - 8th (1).
Worlingham - 11th (2).
Mutford - 11th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 18th (1), 26th (3).



WATER PIPIT Anthus spinoletta
Carlton Marshes
- 4th (3), 5th (1).



GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Hopton - 6th (1 S).



YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
St. Olaves - 15th (1).
Parkhill, Lowestoft - 19th (1).



BLACK REDSTART
Phoenicurus ochruros
Queens Road, Lowestoft
- 2nd (1).
Heritage Green, Kessingland
- 2nd (1), 5th (1), 12th (1).
Gunton Wood Burial Grounds
- 4th (2).
Radar Lodge, Corton
- 5th (1).
Tonning Street, Lowestoft
- 5th (1).
Stevens Street, Lowestoft - 15th (1).



NORTHERN WHEATEAR
Oenanthe oenanthe
Potters, Hopton
- 5th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes
- 18th (2), 23rd (1), 24th (2), 27th (3).
Carlton Marshes
- 26th (1).


Northern Wheatear
Northern Wheatear - Lowestoft North Denes © Andrew Easton

RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus
Beccles Common
- 8th (1), 18th-22nd (2), 23rd (1).
Ellough
- 10th (1).



CETTI'S WARBLER
Cettia cetti
Carlton Marshes
- 18th (5).
North Quay, Lowestoft
- 17th-27th (1).



GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
Carlton Marshes - 12th (2).
Beccles Marshes - 23rd (2).



SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Carlton Marshes - 6th (1+), 10th (11).
Leathes Ham - 7th (1).
St. Olaves - 15th (1).
Cotmer Road, Lowestoft - 16th (1).
Mutford - 19th (1).



REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Leathes Ham - 18th (1), 19th (2), 26th (5).
Carlton Marshes - 25th (7).



COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Mutford - 7th (1), 12th (1).
Carlton Marshes
- 18th (1), 19th (2), 25th (6).
Lowestoft North Denes - 21st (1).



LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Mutford Lock, Oulton Broad - 26th (1).



WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Carlton Marshes - 10th (4), 12th (5).
Leathes Ham - 19th (1).



FIRECREST Regulus ignicapilla
St. Olaves - 7th (1), 22nd (2).
Gunton - 7th (1).
St. Margarets, Lowestoft - 8th (1).



COAL TIT Periparus ater
St. Olaves - 6th (1).



BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Carlton Marshes - 4th (1), 5th (3), 10th (2).
St. Olaves - 6th (2).



BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
Oulton - 7th (1).



YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Oulton - 27th (1 S).





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