| Spoonbill
- Carlton Marshes ©
Andrew
Easton May highlights included WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERNS, GREAT REED WARBLER, PURPLE HERON and CATTLE EGRETS. A flock of 17 GREENSHANK at Carlton Marshes on the 5th was notable, even more so given the very poor number of waders passing through in general. |
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SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Lake Lothing - 4th (1), 5th (1), 13th (1).
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Ness Point - 13th (4 N, 1 S), 17th (1 N), 22nd (1 S).
Gunton Warren - 30th (2).
GANNET Morus bassanus
Ness Point - 13th (22 N, 1 S).
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Carlton Marshes - 4th (17), 9th (20), 16th (18), 22nd (35).
GREAT WHITE EGRET Ardea alba
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 23rd.
CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis
Three flew over Worlingham Marshes on the evening of the 20th.
PURPLE HERON Ardea pupurea
One flew south over Carlton Marshes on the evening of the 27th.
SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia
Carlton Marshes - 18th (1), 20th-24th (1, 26th (1), 31st (1).
GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus
Carlton Marshes - 17th - 24th (1).
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| Glossy Ibis - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
Carlton Marshes - 12th (8).
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
Carlton Marshes - 5th (1).
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons
Carlton Marshes - 31st (1).
POCHARD Aythya ferina
Carlton Marshes - 5th (5).
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Ness Point - 13th (8 N).
OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
Kessingland - 7th (1 S).
RED KITE Milvus milvus
Mutford - 8th (1 N),15th (1 W).
Kessingland - 14th (1 N).
Oulton - 13th (1 N), 16th (1).
HOBBY Falco subbuteo
Worlingham Marshes - 2nd (1), 9th (1).
Beverley Close,Oulton Broad - 2nd (1), 8th (1).
Oulton - 5th (1).
St Margarets, Lowestoft - 6th (1).
St. Olaves - 7th (2), 11th (1), 12th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 9th (1), 16th (1), 17th (1), 24th (1), 27th (2).
Mutford - 7th (1), 9th (1), 12th (1).
Oulton Broad - 14th (1).
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| An old photograph from
c.1890 overlooking Oulton Broad
from the Wherry Hotel
area. |
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER Charadrius dubius
Carlton Marshes - 5th (3), 12th (3).
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Carlton Marshes - 5th (3), 9th (15), 12th (4), 22nd (6), 24th (3), 25th (4), 28th (6), 29th (3), 30th (3).
Ness Point - 13th (3 N).
GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Carlton Marshes - 9th (1), 17th (2).
KNOT Calidris canutus
Carlton Marshes - 26th (1), 28th (1).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Carlton Marshes - 5th (2), 9th (20).
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (3), 5th (17), 7th (2), 8th (1), 9th (1), 12th (1), 16th (1), 22nd (3), 24th (4), 25th (3).
WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopeus
Carlton Marshes - 15th (2), 21st (1).
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Carlton Marshes - 16th (3), 17th (21), 24th (2), 25th (2).
WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola
Carlton Marshes - 7th (1).
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
Mutford Lock - 5th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 5th (1), 9th (1), 12th (1), 17th (1), 21st (1), 31st (1).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Carlton Marshes - 12th (1), 15th (2), 16th (2), 30th (2).
Oulton Broad - 14th (3 E).
Lake Lothing - 16th (1 W).
LITTLE GULL Hydrocoloeus minutus
Two were at Carlton Marshes on the 27th.
COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Carlton Marshes - 15th (2), 24th (1).
WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN Chlidonias leucopterus
Four spent a little over 10 minutes feeding over Peto's Marsh at Carlton Marshes early on the morning of the 9th. They had made a similarly brief refueling stopover at Southwold beforehand.
GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
Ness Point - 13th (5 N).
AUK sp. Alcidae
Ness Point - 13th (26 N).
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| White-winged Black Terns - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (2), 20th (3).
YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
Lowestoft North Denes - 7th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 17th (1), 22nd (1).
COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Ness Point - 18th (1).
BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros
Lowestoft Police Station area - 14th (1).
WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
Lowestoft North Denes - 19th (1).
NORTHERN WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Lowestoft North Denes - 6th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 26th (1).
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
Oulton Marshes - 24th (4).
GREAT REED WARBLER Acrocephalus arundinaceus
One was singing at Carlton Marshes on the 9th.
REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Lowestoft North Denes - 18th (1).
SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Ness Point - 20th (1).
WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Ness Point - 22nd (1).
SISKIN Carduelis spinus
Lowestoft North Denes - 22nd (1 N).
YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Stevens Street, Lowestoft - 3rd (1 S).
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