Lowestoft Bird News

RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Kessingland - 19th (1 N).

BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica
Kessingland - 16th (1 N).

GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Lound water works - 1st (pair), 5th (pair).
Kessingland - 10th (1 on sea).
Oulton Broad - 14th (pair).

FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis ****
Ness Point - 1st (3 N, 1 S), 7th (10 N, 2 S), 14th (1N), 15 (35 N, 1 S).
Kessingland - 1st (10 N, 2 S), 2nd (2 N, 2 S), 5th (8 N, 1 S), 6th (1 N), 7th (11 N, 3 S), 9th (6 N, 3 S), 10th (3 N, 1 S), 11th (2 N), 12th (11 N, 1 S), 13th (25 N), 14th (8 N), 15th (52 N), 16th (13 N), 17th (18 N), 18th (2 N), 20th (5 N, 1 S), 21st (3 N, 1 S), 22nd (4 N, 1 S), 24th (1 N, 2 S), 25th (2 N), 27th (2 N, 1 S), 28th (11 N, 2 S), 29th (4 N), 30th (2 N, 1 S), 31st (3 N, 2 S).

Fulmar - Ness Point - May 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

GANNET Morus bassanus ****
Ness Point - 1st (15 N), 5th (7 N), 7th (15 N, 2 S), 8th (2 N), 15th (43 N), 17th (2), 21st (7 N).
Kessingland - 1st (35 N), 2nd (1 N), 3rd (26 N), 4th (17 N, 1 S), 5th (241 N), 6th (42 N), 7th (38 N, 6 S), 8th (31 N), 9th (39 N), 10th (60 N, 1 S), 11th (219 N, 1 S), 12th (673 N), 13th (190 N), 14th (117 N, 2 S), 15th (224 N), 16th (244 N), 17th (126 N), 18th (326 N), 19th (306 N), 20th (241 N), 21st (104 N), 22nd (24 N), 23rd (31 N, 2 S), 24th (59 N, 3 S), 25th (24 N), 26th (13 N), 27th (37 N, 1 S), 28th (13 N), 29th (7 N), 30th (14 N, 2 S), 31st (77 N, 2 S).

CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo ****
Ness Point - 1st (1 N), 2nd (2 N).
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 2nd (4 N, 1 S), 3rd (2 S), 4th (1 N, 2 S), 5th (2 S), 6th (1 N), 9th (1 N), 10th (5 N, 2 S), 11th (1 S), 12th (1 S), 14th (1 S), 15th (1 N), 16th (5 N), 17th (2 N), 18th (2 N), 21st (1 S), 23rd (6 S), 24th (1 S), 25th (2 S), 29th (1 N, 1 S), 31st (3 N).

LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Breydon south wall - 1st (1), 5th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 22nd (3 flew over).

GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
One arrived in off the sea at Gunton Warren on the 4th. One was also seen at Kessingland sewage works the same day.

MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor
One was drifting south on the sea past Ness Point on the 15th. A flock of ten flew north past Kessingland on the 27th.

GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
One flew south past Gunton Beach on the 2nd. Six flew south past Kessingland the same day. Five were at Leathes Ham on the 8th. Two flew south past Kessingland on the 25th.

CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
Lound water works - 1st (2 pairs with 10 goslings + 11 others adults).
Gunton Hall - 14th (8).

BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
Lound water works - 1st (4).
Oulton Broad - 21st (one escorting a Mallard with ducklings).

DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla bernicla
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S).

Egyptian Goose - Oulton Broad - May 2005 - ©Shaun Hawkins

EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Lound water works - 1st (2).
Hopton/Lound - 1st (10), 8th (18 + a brood of three goslings).
Leathes Ham - 8th (1), 28th (2).
Oulton Broad - 14th (5). A pair at Mutford Lock on the 16th had six goslings with them, as shown in the photo above.
Lound village pond - 21st (pair with 6 young).
Herringfleet Hills - 22nd (pair).

SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna ****
Kessingland - 2nd (7 N), 5th (7 N, 1 S), 6th (3 N, 1 S), 7th (3 N), 9th (4 N), 11th (2 N), 12th (2 S), 15th (1 S), 16th (1 N, 10 S), 19th (10 S), 20th (5 S), 21st (5 S), 23rd (1 S), 24th (3 S), 27th (1 S), 31st (4 N).

GADWALL Anas strepera
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (1).
Lound water works - 8th (3).
Henstead - 25th (pair on the River Hundred)

The photo below shows a drake Gadwall found dead below overhead wires at Lound water works on 30th April. Swans aren't their only victims. The red on the breast is blood marking the site of impact with the wire.

Gadwall - Lound water works- May 2005 - ©Derek Beamish

SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 2nd (3 S), 26th (1 S).

TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Kessingland - 2nd (7 on sea), 5th (3 S), 10th (2 S), 17th (4 N), 22nd (1 S), 24th (2 S).
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (2).

COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima
Two first summer males drifted slowly north past Ness Point early morning on the 2nd.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 7th.
Two were on the sea off Hopton on the 11th.
Two were on the sea off Kessingland on the 22nd.

COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra ****
Kessingland - 2nd (24 o/s), 3rd (86 N), 4th (4 N), 5th (10 N, 2 S), 6th (37 N, 4 o/s), 7th (7 N), 8th (14 N), 9th (6 N), 10th (3 N), 12th (7 N), 13th (3 N), 14th (4 N), 15th (16 N, 45 S), 16th (1 N), 18th (15 N, 7 S, 1 o/s), 19th (16 N), 22nd (18 N, 4 S), 23rd (1 N), 24th (15 S), 25th (3 N), 26th (1 N, 2 S), 27th (3 N), 31st (1 N).
Ness Point - 7th (19 N, 11 S), 15th (25 N).

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Kessingland - 17th (1 N then S).

RUDDY DUCK Oxyura jamaicensis
Two drakes were at Leathes Ham on the 8th to 14th at least.

RED KITE Milvus milvus
One circled briefly over Oulton Broad early afternoon on the 1st, then headed off northwards. One was watched over Ash Farm, Mutford on the 28th before it drifted off towards the coast.

MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Breydon south wall - 1st (1), 8th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (1), 17th (1).
Kessingland - 6th (1 S).
Carlton Marshes - 20th (1), 26th (1).

HOBBY Falco subbuteo
One was seen at Mutford on the 6th.
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S together), 5th (1 S), 7th (1 S), 19th (1 N), 24th (1).
Waveney Forest - 8th (1), 30th (1).
Blundeston Marshes - 8th (1).
Somerleyton - 22nd (1).
Ashby - 28th (1).
Gisleham - 29th (1).

GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix
Corton new sewage works - 14th (2).
Ellough - 28th (1).

QUAIL Coturnix coturnix
One was flushed twice by farm machinery at Mutford on the 6th and 11th. Two flew across a track between fields of crops at Gisleham on the 14th, a pleasant surprise for the observers who were watching a Corn Bunting when the two Quail flew across a short distance behind it!

Two were again seen in flight at Gisleham on the evening of the 23rd.

OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus ****
Ness Point - 1st (1 S).
Lound water works - 1st (2).
Kessingland - 2nd (2 N, 8 S), 5th (1 S), 6th (1 N), 7th (2 N), 8th (2 S), 9th (1 N, 3 S), 10th (2 N), 11th (1 S), 12th (2 S), 15th (3 N, 7 S), 16th (2 N, 2 S), 17th (1 N 2 S), 18th (5 S), 20th (2 N), 23rd (5 S), 24th (1 N), 25th (2 S), 27th (3 S), 29th (1 S), 31st (1 S).
Carlton Marshes - 26th (one harassing a Kestrel).

AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta ****
Singles flew south past Kessingland on the 25th and 29th.

Stone Curlew - Corton - May 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

STONE CURLEW Burhinus oedicnemus
On the 2nd one apparently arrived in off the sea over the MoD fields at Corton, continued inland just beyond the old railway line and settled in the pea field to sleep.
The distance and heat haze resulted in only very poor record shots being obtained, the one above being the best of a bad lot. Although the shot that on closer inspection turned out to be a lump of earth was marginally worse!

RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Gunton Beach - 2nd (2).
Kessingland - 3rd (1 N, 4 S), 9th (2 N), 10th (3 N), 14th (5 N), 17th (6 N), 18th (8 N), 22nd (3 S).
Ness Point - 15th (1 N).
Breydon South Flats - 22nd (44).
A pair with two very recently hatched young were on Kessingland Beach on the 28th.

GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
One flew south past Kessingland on the 22nd.

GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Six were on Breydon South Flats on the 14th.

SANDERLING Calidris alba
Ness Point - 15th (8 N), 21st (6 S).

KNOT Calidris canutus
Twelve were noted at Burgh Castle on the 5th; with three on nearby Breydon South Flats on the 14th. One flew south past Kessingland on the 28th.

PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
One was still at Ness Point on the 1st, with two on the 2nd. One was there again on the 7th. Now in the non-purple breeding plumage.

Purple Sandpiper - Ness Point - May 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Kessingland - 3rd (2 S), 9th (1 N), 15th (20 N), 16th (18 N), 17th (4 N), 28th (4 S).
Breydon South Flats - 14th (250+), 22nd (150+).

CURLEW Numenius arquata
Kessingland - 2nd (16 S), 8th (1 N), 9th (3 N), 10th (2 N), 30th (2 S).

WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus ****
Ness Point - 1st (1 S), 14th (1 N), 15th (3 N).
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 1 o/b), 2nd (2 N), 3rd (3 S), 4th (3 N), 5th (2 N), 6th (9 N), 9th (25 N), 10th (5 N, 1 S), 11th (66 N), 12th (17 N), 13th (3 N), 14th (6 N), 15th (13 N), 16th (5 N), 18th (2 N), 19th (2 S), 27th (2 N), 28th (1 S), 31st (2 N).
Henstead - 2nd (1 N).
Burgh Castle - 5th (5), 8th (1).

BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Kessingland - 1st (5 N, 2 o/b), 4th (2 N).
Burgh Castle - 14th (3).

SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus
One was at Burgh Castle on the 5th.

GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
One was at Burgh Castle on the 14th.

COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
Lound water works - 1st (6), 2nd (3), 8th (1), 14th (1), 15th (1).
Gunton Beach - 2nd (1 on the groynes).
Leathes Ham - 8th (2).
Hopton Holiday Village - 17th & 18th (1).
Breydon South Flats - 22nd (1).

TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point - 1st (3), 2nd (4), 7th (2), 8th (3), 15th (3).
Kessingland - 30th (4 N), 31st (7 N).

POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
1st - three flew north past Kessingland (1 @ 1Km offshore, 2 together @ 330 metres) and one past Ness Point (@ 550 metres). All fine adults with full tail spoons!
12th - At 19:30 five Poms flew north together past Kessingland.
13th - Five flew north past Kessingland on the 13th (a further five were also seen northbound at Covehithe just to the south of our area the same day).
14th - Seven north at Kessingland (4 @ 7:45, 3 N @ 9:10).
15th - One flew north past Ness Point on the evening of the 15th (four had flown north past Covehithe early morning on the 15th).
16th - One north past Kessingland.
17th - One north past Kessingland.

ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
Kessingland - 5th (1 N), 9th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 12th (7 N), 13th (4 N).
Ness Point - 15th (1 N).

GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
Kessingland - 13th (3 N), 15th (2 N), 19th (2 N).

MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Two flew over Kessingland sewage works on the 11th. One flew south past Kessingland on the 27th.

LITTLE GULL Larus minutus
At 19:40 on the 27th a 2nd summer Little Gull was feeding 200 metres from the beach.

KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla ****
Ness Point - 1st (7 N, 4 S), 17th (30+).
Kessingland - 1st (9 N), 2nd (1 N, 2 S), 3rd (2 N, 4 S), 4th (7 N, 1 S), 5th (19 N, 11 S), 6th (9 S), 7th (3 N, 3 S), 8th (7 N, 1 S), 9th (12 N, 2 S), 10th (5 N), 11th (7 N, 1 S), 12th (51 N, 3 S), 13th (23 N), 14th (22 N, 2 S), 15th (48 N, 3 S), 16th (19 N, 10 S), 17th (30 N, 3 S), 18 (13 N, 6 S), 19th (3 N, 1 S), 20th (4 N, 25 S), 21st (14 N, 11 S), 22nd (2 N, 11 S), 23rd (1 N, 20 S), 24th (6 N, 18 S), 25th (8 N, 34 S), 26th (5 N, 5 S), 27th (7 N, 7 S), 28th (2 N, 19 S), 29th (9 N, 3 S),
30th (5 N, 16 S), 31st (20 N, 6 S).

SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis ****
Kessingland - 1st (24 N), 2nd (6 N), 3rd (2 N, 3 S), 4th (4 N, 2 S), 5th (8 N, 10 S), 6th (3 N, 30 S), 7th (6 N), 8th (1 N, 4 S), 9th (25 N, 5 S), 10th (9 N, 6 S), 11th (20 N), 12th (30 N, 1 S), 13th (7 N), 14th (2 N), 15th (24 N), 16th (20 N, 2 S), 17th (16 N, 2 S), 18th (28 N), 19th (17 N), 20th (7 N), 21st (7 N), 22nd (2 N, 1 S), 23rd (2 S), 25th (2 N, 2 S), 26th (1 S), 27th (5 N, 5 S), (4N 4S) 29th (2 N), 30th (9 N, 1 S), 31st (9 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (3).
Ness Point - 1st (10 N), 7th (1 N), 15th (2 N).
Hopton Holiday Village - 2nd (1 N).

COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Ness Point - 2nd (2 S), 7th (3), 14th (2 N), 17th (7).
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (3).

ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea
Ness Point - 7th (2 N), 14th (1 N), 15th (1+ N).
Kessingland - 14th (3 N).

"COMMIC" TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea ****
Kessingland - 1st (11), 2nd (1 N, 1 S), 3rd (1 N, 1 S), 4th (7 N, 4 S), 6th (3 N, 1 S), 7th (1 N, 4 S), 8th (9 N, 7 S), 9th (24 N, 6 S), 10th (27 N, 11 S), 11th (20 N, 1 S), 12th (50 N, 4 S), 13th (13 N, 2 S), 14th (38 N, 1 S), 15th (417 N, 2 S), 16th (24 N, 10 S), 17th (37 N, 7 S), 18th (14 N, 1 S), 19th (3 N, 4 S), 20th (7 N, 7 S), 21st (12 N, 4 S), 22nd (11 N, 4 S), 23rd (1 N, 10 S), 24th (4 N, 4 S), 25th (3 N, 6 S), 26th (4 N, 4 S), 27th (4 N, 1 S), 28th (4 N, 10 S), 29th (9 N, 1 S),
30th (5 N, 2 S), 31st (11 N, 1 S).
Ness Point - 7th (5 N), 14th (7 N), 15th (165 N), 17th (8).

LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons ****
Kessingland - 2nd (33 N, 8 S), 4th (8 N, 4 S), 8th (6 N, 3 S), 9th (5 N, 2 S), 10th (6 N, 3 S), 11th (6 N, 1 S), 12th (3 N), 13th (3 N), 15th (37 N, 6 S), 16th (14 N, 19 S), 17th (10 N, 2 S), 18th (9 N, 9 S), 19th (1 N, 3 S), 20th (3 S), 21st (14 N, 4 S), 22nd (3 N, 10 S), 23rd (5 S), 24th (1 N, 2 S), 25th (2 N, 17 S), 27th (9 N, 12 S), 28th (5 N, 3 S), 29th (2 N, 3 S), 30th (1 N, 3 S), 31st (26 N, 11 S).
Ness Point - 17th (1 S), 21st (1 N).

BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger
At 17:38 on the 5th a single Black Tern flew north past Kessingland about 300 metres from the beach.

RAZORBILL Alca torda
One flew north, about 20 metres offshore, at Kessingland on the 14th.

AUK sp. Alcidae
Kessingland - 6th (7 N), 14th (1 N), 15th (3 N), 17th (1 N), 19th (1 N).
Ness Point - 7th (2 N), 15th (2 N).

STOCK DOVE Columba oenas
Burgh Castle - 1st (2 pairs), 14th (1).
Flixton - 1st (pair)
Lound (Back Lane) - 2nd (pair).
Corton sewage works - 2nd (4).
Leathes Ham - 8th (1), 14th (1).

TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 29th.

CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
Lound water works - 1st (pair), 5th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 1st (pair), 25th (1), 28th (1).
Hopton Holiday Village - 2nd (1), 5th (1 in from the sea), 11th (1).
Fisher Row - 5th (2).
Rushmere - 4th (1), 23rd - 27th (1).
Beccles Marshes - 30th (2).
Blundeston Marshes - 30th (1).

BARN OWL Tyto alba
Flixton - 1st (1), 2nd (1).
Carlton Marshes - 14th (1).
Lound water works - 15th (1).

LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
Flixton - 1st (pair).
Rushmere - 14th (1).

COMMON SWIFT Apus apus
Gorleston - 1st (2).
Lowestoft (North Denes) - 1st (3).
Lowestoft (Park Road) - 1st (2).
Lowestoft (Raglan Road) - 4th (18 screaming round the rooftops, it almost seemed like summer at last. Then the heavens opened!).
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (10).
Fisher Row - 5th (10).
Blundeston Marshes - 8th (130).

The one pictured below was carrying a feather back to its nest. They can often be seen patrolling Lowestoft harbour mouth in search of stray feathers from the Kittiwake colony at this time of year.

GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Lound water works - 2nd (1).
Fisher Row - 5th (1).
Leathes Ham - 14th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery/Cycle Track - 25th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 29th (1).

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Lound water works - 5th (2).
Corton disused railtrack - 14th (1).
North Cove - 22nd (1).
Herringfleet Hills - 22nd (1).
Kessingland Levels - 28th (1 flew north).
Beccles Marshes - 30th (pair feeding young).

WOOD LARK Lullula arborea
One was seen and heard in flight over Waveney Forest, Fritton on the 8th.

SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
One flying leisurely south along Stevens Street, central Lowestoft on the 4th was a bit of a surprise, as they are far from regular over this area of the town. Four were feeding over Leathes Ham on the evening of the 8th, with 15 there on the 10th. One was noted at Henstead on the 25th.

SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Ness Point - 1st (21 S), 2nd (7 S).
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (10+), 11th (10+), 31st (6).
Henstead - 28th (numbers up on recent years).

HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Henstead - 3rd (4-5 pairs back in residence), 28th (30 pairs, main arrival occured during this week).
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (100+), 11th (20+), 17th (15+), 24th (50+).
Ness Point - 7th (1 N).
Blundeston Marshes - 8th (58), 30th (140).

YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava flavissima
Burgh Castle - 1st (1).
Hopton Holiday Village - 5th (8).
Gisleham - 14th (1).
Breydon South Wall - 22nd (2).
Ellough - 28th (1).

PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrellii
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (2), 11th (2), 17th (2), 24th (3), 29th (5), 31st (5+).

NIGHTINGALE Luscinia megarhynchos
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (1), 4th (1), 17th (1), 31st (1).

NORTHERN WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Burgh Castle Marshes - 1st (2).
Lound water works - 1st (1).
Gunton Beach - 2nd (7), 3rd (1).
Corton MoD fields - 2nd (10).
Corton new sewage works - 2nd (1), 14th (4).
Lound (Church Lane) - 2nd (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 2nd (1), 3rd (5).
Ness Point - 3rd (3).
Gisleham - 14th (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 21st (2).
Kessingland Beach - 22nd (1).
A very good passage for this species this year.

RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus
One was at Parkhill, Oulton on the 18th.

SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelus
Lowestoft Cemetery/Cycle Track - 25th (1).

REDWING Turdus iliacus
One was singing at Henstead on the 25th, though it later departed northwards. A very infrequently heard song around here, but even a migrant Ring Ouzel has been heard singing in our area. On the 30th one was trapped and ringed at Kessingland.

CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Kessingland - 1st (1), 4th (1), 11th (3), 31st (1).
Blundeston Marshes - 8th (3), 27th (1), 30th (1).
Burgh Castle - 8th (1).
Oulton Broad/Carlton Marshes - 21st (3+).
North Cove - 22nd (1).
Carlton Marshes - 25th (3).

GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
Kessingland sewage works (reedbed) - 1st (1).
Fisher Row - 5th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 21st (1).

SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Breydon south wall - 1st (4+).
Kessingland sewage works (reedbed) - 1st (7), 4th (5), 24th (2).
Fisher Row - 5th (2).
Henstead - 26th (3).

REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Kessingland sewage works (reedbed) - 1st (1), 11th (3), 17th (6), 24th (4), 31st (5+).
Burgh Castle - 8th (7).

LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Lound water works - 1st (1), 5th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (2), 4th (6), 11th (2), 17th (1), 24th (2), 31st (4+).
Corton disused railway track - 1st (1), 5th (1).
Henstead - 2nd (1), 3rd (1).
Gunton disused railway track - 3rd (2).
Hopton disused railway track - 5th (2).
Lowestoft (Princes Walk) - 25th (1).

COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Ness Point (Birds Eye car park) - 1st (1).
Henstead - 2nd (3 newly arrived).
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (3), 4th (6), 11th (7), 17th (7), 24th (6), 31st (6+).
North Quay Retail Park - 25th (1).

GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Gunton disused railway track - 3rd (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (3), 11th (3, including a retrap from last year), 17th (2), 24th (2).
Waveney Forest - 8th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 14th (1).
Beccles Marshes - 30th (1).

BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (10+), 11th (4), 17th (6), 24th (4), 31st (4+).
Waveney Forest - 8th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery/Cycle Track - 25th (2).

CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Lound water works - 1st (1).
Corton disused rail track - 1st (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (2+), 11th (2), 17th (3).
Waveney Forest - 8th (2).

WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (6+), 31st (1).
Waveney Forest - 8th (3).

GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (2).

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
Mutford - 14th (1), 22nd (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 17th (one trapped and ringed).
Beccles (The Dell) - 20th (1).
Lowestoft (Normanston) - 23rd (1), 24th (2). A pair nested successfully in this particular garden last year.
Gunton Hall - 29th (1).
Beccles Marshes - 30th (2).

BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Heard calling along Breydon South Wall on the 1st and 22nd.

MARSH TIT Parus palustris
North Cove - 22nd (2+).

COAL TIT Parus ater
A pair were at Lound water works on the 15th.

BLUE TIT Parus caeruleus
For the second year running a pair at Henstead are using an old House Martin nest.

JAY Garrulus glandarius
Corton disused rail track - 1st.
Browston - 8th (1).
Lowestoft (Denes Oval) - 8th (1).
Waveney Forest - 14th (1).
North Cove - 22nd (1).
Ashby - 28th (1).

HOODED CROW x CARRION CROW Corvus cornix x C. corone
One of the regular hybrids was noted at Burgh Castle on the 5th. One was also at Hopton on the 14th.

HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus
A male was trapped and ringed at Kessingland sewage works on the 11th. The first to be ringed there, it also had fat levels more usually associated with a migrant, so was perhaps not a local resident. A partially leucistic male was seen in Sussex Road, Lowestoft on the 18th.

COMMON CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra
A flock of ten were seen in Waveney Forest, Fritton on the 8th.

BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Carlton Marshes - 15th (1).
Carlton Colville (Rookery Park golf course) - 22nd (1).

REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Burgh Castle - 1st (2).
Fisher Row - 5th (1).
Henstead - 25th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 24th (4).

CORN BUNTING Miliaria calandra
Gisleham - 14th (1 singing), 26th (2 singing), 29th (2-3 singing).


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