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Bar-tailed Godwits - Denes Oval - Lowestoft - © Andrew Easton

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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Ness Point - 2nd (1 N).



DIVER sp. Gaviidae
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 29th (1 N).



FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Ness Point - 1st (7 N, 1 S), 3rd (1 N), 5th (10 N), 7th (11 N, 5 S), 28th (60+ N).
Kessingland - 1st (8 N), 2nd (5 N), 4th (3 N), 7th (1 N, 3 S), 27th (1 S), 28th (10 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 17th (1 N), 25th (1 N).
Large numbers were present off Ness Point on the morning of the 28th, with up to 20 at a time gathered on the sea close inshore.



MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus
One flew north past Ness Point on the morning of the 1st.
A group of seven were seen off Ness Point on the morning of the 28th and appeared to settle on the sea in the foul weather.
Two flew north together past Kessingland on the afternoon of the 28th.
Two flew north together past Gunton Warren on the 29th.



GANNET Morus bassanus
Ness Point - 1st (28 N), 2nd (17 N), 3rd (2 N), 5th (46 N, 2 S), 7th (13 N), 28th (18 N, 1 S).
Kessingland - 1st (56 N), 2nd (14 N), 3rd (13 N), 4th (39 N), 5th (6 N, 1 S), 6th (56 N), 7th (8 N), 27th (5 N), 29th (16 N, 4 S), 30th (46 N, 1 S), 31st (32 N, 1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 17th (13 N, 1 S), 24th (5 S).



CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Ness Point - 1st (3 N), 5th (1 N).
Kessingland - 1st (5 N, 4 S), 2nd (1 N), 4th (5 N), 5th (8 N, 1 S), 6th (1 N, 3 S), 7th (3 S).



SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
One was roosting on the accommodation barges in Hamilton Dock on the 5th, 7th, 11th and 12th at least.



SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia
One immature bird was on the South Flats at Breydon on the 19th and 22nd.



CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
Carlton Marshes - 31st (18).
Lowestoft North Beach - 31st (2).



BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
Lound Waterworks - 6th (15).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (2).



[ RED-BREASTED GOOSE Branta ruficollis
Beccles Marsh Trail Lakes - 11th (1).



EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Six were at Carlton Marshes on the 31st.



SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Lowestoft North Beach - 17th (3 N), 26th (3 N).
Kessingland - 6th (1 N, 1 S).



COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Two were feeding close inshore off Lowestoft North Beach on the 5th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the 8th.
Lowestoft North Beach - 17th (3 N).
Kessingland - 6th (19 N), 7th (6 N, 1 S), 30th (47 N).



RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Kessingland - 5th (1 S).



RED KITE Milvus milvus
One was seen at Carlton Marshes and over the A146 near Barnby/ North Cove on the 19th.



MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Barsham Drain - 3rd (1), 11th (1).
Ashby/Somerleyton - 6th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 30th (2).



MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus pygargus
One male was seen over the marshes of Breydon South Wall on the 7th.

Osprey (and escort) - Ness Point - May 2007- ©Andrew Easton

OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
One was seen over the marshes of Breydon South Wall on the 7th.
One arrived in low off the sea at Ness Point at 19:00 on the 8th, escorted by assorted gulls, which were then joined by crows as it reached the coast. It headed south-westwards over the town and was then seen passing to the south of Oulton Broad at around 7:10, still heading south-westwards, and still with gulls and crows mobbing it. (Elsewhere in Suffolk on the 8th Ospreys were seen at Lackford at 12:30 and at Minsmere at 16:00)



HOBBY Falco subbuteo
Two were seen at Ashby on the 6th.
One was seen over the marshes of Breydon South Wall on the 7th.
One was at Beccles Common on the 13th.



[ LANNER Falco biarmicus
One was seen over the marshes of Breydon South Wall on the 7th. ]



GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix
One was seen in a field near Corton sewage works on the 6th, with two there on the 14th.



COMMON CRANE Grus grus
At 8:15 on the 6th one was seen circling westwards between Lound and Ashby, it was soon lost to view behind woodland as it dropped lower towards the Herringfleet area.
At 10:50 it appeared again, this time at Lound Waterworks. It was on view for around ten minutes as it circled eastwards towards Hopton, before turning northwestwards towards Browston before again being lost to view behind woodland as it dropped lower.

Two were seen at Carton Marshes on the evening of the 29th.

Common Crane - Lound Waterworks - May 2007- ©Andrew Easton

OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Ness Point - 1st (1 N), 3rd (1 S), 5th (7 S).
Denes Oval - 2nd (1), 9th (1), 10th (1).
Kessingland - 1st (3 N), 2nd (1 N), 3rd (3 N), 4th (8 N), 6th (1 N, 5 S), 7th (1 S).
Gunton Warren - 9th (5 S), 16th (1), 26th (3 N).
Carlton Marshes - 30th (2).



AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta
Burgh Castle Flats - 5th (113).
Carlton Marshes - 30th (4).



RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Hamilton Dock - 7th (1), 8th (1).
Ness Point - 16th (1).



GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Breydon South Flats - 5th (6), 21st (2), 22nd (9).



LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Carlton Marshes - 30th (19).



KNOT Calidris canutus
Two were on the South Flats at Breydon on the evening of the 21st.



SANDERLING Calidris alba
Hopton - 12th (2 on the beach).
Lowestoft North Beach - 16th (3), 24th (1), 25th (7).
Ness Point - 28th (18 N).



LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta
One was on the South Flats at Breydon on the evening of the 21st.



CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea
Two were on the South Flats at Breydon on the evening of the 21st and the morning of the 22nd.



PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point/North Beach - 4th (1), 6th (2).



DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Kessingland - 4th (3 N), 7th (2 N).
Ness Point - 5th (4 N).
Breydon South Flats - 5th (560).

Broad-billed Sandpiper and Grey Plover - Breydon South Flats - May 2007- ©Andrew Easton

BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER Limicola falcinellus
One was on the South Flats at Breydon on the evening of the 21st. Relatively close, and with no heat haze for a change, but not really enough light for photos, but a record shot appears above.
It was present again on the 22nd up to around 09:00 and appears to have departed with group of waders that flew off high to the north.



BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Burgh Castle Flats - 5th (15), 22nd (7).



BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Denes Oval - 1st (19 initially, decreasing to 18), 2nd (16), 3rd (9), 4th (6). They seem to be feasting well on crane fly larvae.
Ness Point - 1st (7 N), 2nd (2 N), 6th (1 at the point).
Kessingland - 1st (5 N), 2nd (1 N), 4th (1 N), 30th (1 S).
Burgh Castle Flats - 5th (48).

Bar-tailed Godwits - Denes Oval - April 2007- ©Andrew Easton

WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
One flew north past Ness Point on the 1st.
Kessingland - 1st (9 N), 2nd (3 N), 3rd (18 N), 4th (15 N), 5th (2 N), 6th (6 N, 5 S), 7th (1 N).
Ness Point - 5th (8 N), 7th (3 N).
Burgh Castle Flats - 5th (3), 6th (2 N).
Breydon South Flats - 5th (5).
Henstead - 5th (1 NW).
Corton Sewage Works - 6th (2 N).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (1).
Denes Oval - 9th (2).
Beccles Marshes - 11th (3).



CURLEW Numenius arquata
Burgh Castle Flats - 5th (5).
Kessingland - 6th (1 S).



SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus
Six sooty individuals at Burgh Castle flats on the 5th were living up to their more evocative name of Dusky Redshank.



COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
Barsham Drain - 3rd (1).
Ness Point - 12th (2).
Lound waterworks - 14th (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 19th (1).
Breydon South Flats - 21st (1).



TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point - 1st (2), 6th (1).
Kessingland - 4th (2 N), 7th (10 N), 28th (15 N), 29th (7 N), 30th (3 S).
Burgh Castle Flats - 5th (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (6), 16th (5), 24th (3), 25th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 7th (11).



POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
One flew north past Kessingland on the 1st.



ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
One flew north past Ness Point on the 1st.
One dark phase bird flew north past Kessingland just after 17:00. It was also seen heading north off Ness Point at 17:15, where it paused briefly to accost a few terns, unsuccessfully, before continuing northwards.
Two (on dark phase, one pale) flew north past Kessingland on the 27th.
One pale phase bird flew north past Kessingland, and shortly afterwards also Ness Point, on the morning of the 28th.



GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
Kessingland - 1st (3 N), 3rd (1 N), 5th (2 N), 6th (1 N).
One flew north at Ness Point on the 1st (additional to above).



MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
One first summer bird flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the 5th.



KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (21 N), 2nd (7 N, 1 S), 3rd (7 N, 3 S), 4th (3 N, 1 S), 5th (10 N), 6th (4 N, 3 S), 7th (9 N, 7 S), 27th (1 N, 2 S), 28th (10 N), 29th (6 N, 5 S), 30th (7 N, 2 S), 31st (1 N, 21 S).



SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Ness Point - 1st (3 N), 2nd (4 N), 5th (12 N, 3 S), 8th (3 N), 28th (3 N).
Kessingland - 1st (7 N, 2 S), 2nd (1 N), 3rd (3 N), 4th (8 N), 5th (4 S), 6th (12 N), 7th (1 N, 5 S), 28th (1 N), 29th (1 N), 30th (3 N), 31st (6 N).
Gunton Warren - 15th (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 17th (1 N).



ROSEATE TERN Sterna dougalli
On the evening of the 28th one circled round at Ness Point with Common Terns before continuing northwards.



COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (1 N), 7th (5), 17th (2), 22nd (2), 24th (5), 25th (5), 28th (3 N).



LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons
Four flew north at Ness Point on the 1st.
Three flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the 7th.
Two flew south past Lowestoft North Beach on the 24th.
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 5th (1 N), 6th (1 N, 2 S), 7th (2 N, 2 S), 28th (3 N), 30th (5 N), 31st (8 N, 6 S).



'COMMIC' TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Ness Point - 1st (10 N), 2nd (3 N), 5th (7 N), 8th (19 N).
Kessingland - 1st (3 N), 2nd (1 N), 3rd (8 N), 7th (4 N, 1 S), 30th (10 N, 5 S), 31st (19 N, 5 S).
Lake Lothing - 7th (3).
Hamilton Dock - 7th (2).



RAZORBILL Alca torda
One flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the 5th.



AUK sp. Alcidae
One flew north past Ness Point on the 1st.
Two flew north past Kessingland on the 4th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the 8th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the 28th.



WOOD PIGEON Columba palumbus
Gunton Warren - 9th (140 N, 107 S).



TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur
One was seen at Ashby on the 6th.
Two were seen at Beccles on the 13th, one at The Dell and one by the cemetery.
Two were at North Cove on the 25th.



CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
Henstead - 1st (1).
Barsham Drain - 3rd (2+), 11th (3).
Breydon South Wall - 5th (1).
Lound Waterworks - 5th (1).
Browston - 6th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 21st (6), 30th (4).
Belton Marshes - 21st (2).
Woods Loke - 24th (3 chasing in flight)



BARN OWL Tyto alba
Carlton Marshes - 30th (3).



EARED OWL sp. Asio sp.
Either a Short-eared or Long-eared Owl was battling south well offshore past Kessingland in the foul weather conditions on the 28th. It was gradually heading towards the coast probably to make landfall in the Benacre Ness area. A sight you more normally expect to sea in the autumn, although the cold wet blustery weather was much as you would expect in the autumn as well.



SWIFT Apus apus
Three were over the Denes Oval on the 2nd.
The cold dismal weather was keeping birds away from the town in the first days of the month. Instead they were staying over the marshes where food is more concentrated at the moment. 350+ were over the marshes near Worlingham on the 4th.
The weather finally improved on the 6th and small numbers quickly appeared over the rooftops of the town, though they are far from settled in yet.
Leathes Ham - 6th (10).



KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
One was along Beccles Common Lane on the 21st.



SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Worlingham - 4th (9).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (50).
Lowestoft North Denes - 19th (4).



SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Ness Point - 1st (2 N, 1 S), 8th (10 S).
Worlingham - 4th (3).
Gunton Warren - 6th (10 S), 11th (4).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (8).
Lowestoft North Denes - (2 N, 10 S).



HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Worlingham - 4th (67).
Lound Waterworks - 5th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (10).
Lowestoft North Denes - 19th (1 S).



TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis
One flew westwards over Lound Waterworks on the 6th.

YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
One was on the Denes Oval on the 1st.
One was heard in flight at Browston on the 6th.
One was at Gisleham on the 7th.
Three females were on the Denes Oval early morning on the 8th.
One was at Corton sewage works on the 14th.
One flew south over Lowest North Denes on the 19th.



GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
One flew south over Lowestoft North Denes on the 9th.



NIGHTINGALE Luscinia megarhynchos
One was at Beccles Common on the 13th and 31st.
One was singing at Links Road, Lowestoft on the 24th.



COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
One female was at Gunton Warren on the 19th.



WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
One female was on Lowestoft North Denes camp site below Gunton Cliff on the 10th.
One female was at Gunton Warren on the 18th and 19th.
One was near the pond at Corton sewage works on the 29th.
One female was at Carlton Marshes on the 30th.

WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Lowestoft North Denes - 3rd (2), 5th (2), 15th (7), 17th (1), 19th (5), 22nd (1), 26th (1).
Gunton Warren - 6th (1), 19th (2).
Gisleham - 7th (3).
Barnards Meadow - 10th (2).
Corton old sewage works - 10th (1), 12th (2).
Radar Lodge - 12th (2), 31st (2).
Gisleham - 13th (4), 20th (2).
Denes Oval - 18th (2).
Breydon South Wall - 22nd (1).



RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus
One male was seen at Herringfleet on the 6th.



SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelus
Three were at the Denes Oval on the 1st.



MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus
One was at the Denes Oval on the 2nd.
Lound Waterworks - 5th (3).



CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Lound Waterworks - 5th (1), 6th (2).
Burgh Castle - 5th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (2).



GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
Carlton Marshes - 21st (1), 30th (3).



SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (3).
Lowestoft North Denes - 9th (1 singing), 15th (1 singing).
Birds Eye car park (Ness Point) - 12th (1 singing).



REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (1).



CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (1), 6th (1).
Ness Point (Birds Eye car park) - 6th (1).
Gunton Warren - 6th (2), 10th (1), 15th (2), 24th (1).
Hubbards Loke, Gunton - 6th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (2).



WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Lowestoft North Denes - 6th (1).
Gunton Warren - 6th (3), 10th (2), 15th (5), 24th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (1).



LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Gunton Warren - 2nd (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (1), 10th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (3).
Beccles Common - 31st (1).



WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (1), 2nd (4), 6th (6), 10th (2), 15th (4), 22nd (2).
Gunton Warren - 2nd (9), 6th (9), 10th (13), 15th (10), 24th (7).
Barsham Drain - 3rd (3).
Hubbards Loke, Gunton - 6th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (4).



GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (1).



BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (3), 2nd (1), 6th (1).
Links Road - 6th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (4).
Gunton Warren - 10th (2), 24th (1).



SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
One was at The Dell, Beccles on the 11th.
One was in Warrenhouse Wood on the 29th.
One was at Beccles Common on the 31st.



BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Heard along the ditches at Breydon South Wall on the 5th.



TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
One was at Beccles Common on the 31st.



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



JACKDAW Corvus monedula
Six flew north at Gunton Warren on the 9th.



CARRION CROW Corvus corone
Gunton Warren - 2nd (3), 9th (13 N, 11 S).



BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
A female was in Sparrows Nest Park on the 12th.



GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (10).
Gunton Warren - 10th (3), 15th (3).



GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
Denes Oval - 2nd (2).



LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Gunton Warren - 2nd (7), 6th (12), 10th (12), 15th (12).
Lowestoft North Denes - 3rd (8).
Barsham Drain - 3rd (50+).



YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Gunton Warren -2nd (1), 6th (2), 10th (4), 15th (2), 24th (1).
Ashby - 6th (3).



NON-BIRD NEWS


RED DEER
Two groups totaling 13 individuals were seen in fields in the Ashby area on the 6th.


CHINESE WATER DEER
One was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 20th.


MUNTJAC
Another "water" deer seen on the 20th was a Muntjac found swimming in the sea off Lowestoft South Beach. It was rescued by the RSPCA and released.
One was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 30th.


HARBOUR PORPOISE
Kessingland - 7th (1 N, 1 S).


GREY SEAL
Kessingland - 1st (1), 3rd (1), 6th (1), 7th (1).


GREY SQUIRREL
Hamilton Road - 22nd (1). Presumably prospecting for new woodland, though Lowestoft Harbour is not the best place to start!

At least three Red-eyed Damselflies were on the wing at Lound Waterworks on the 6th.

Glow-worm - Gunton Warren - May 2007- ©Andrew Easton

A Glow-worm larva was found trundling very slowly across the path in front of Warrenhouse Wood at Gunton Warren on the 26th. Not having seen many before, and not in daylight, it came as a surprise to see it use its tail to give itself an extra push. It bent the last couple of segments forward and then pushed back into the sand to help it along in the manner of a looper caterpillar.