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Sanderling - Kessingland - June 2006 - © Andrew Easton
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FULMAR
Fulmarus glacialis
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (1 N), 9th (6 N, 1 S), 11th
(1 N), 16th (2 N).
Kessingland - 1st (2 N, 1 S), 2nd (1 N), 4th (2 S), 5th
(3 N, 2 S), 6th (4 N, 1 o/s), 7th (1 N), 10th (1 N, 1 S).
MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus
Two flew north past Kessingland on the 15th.
Two flew north past Kessingland on the 30th.
GANNET Morus bassanus
Gunton Warren - 3rd (6 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (20 N, 1 S), 16th (8 N, 10 S).
Kessingland - 1st (63 N, 1 S), 2nd (5 N), 3rd (4 N), 4th
(13 N, 5 S), 5th (9 N, 3 S), 6th (13 N), 7th (7 N, 1 S), 8th (7 N), 9th
(21 N), 10th (20 N).
CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (1 N, 3 S).
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 2 S), 4th (1 S), 5th (5 N), 6th
(1 N, 1 S).
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Two flew eastwards towards the coast high over Carlton Marshes on the
4th.
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
One was with Greylag Geese on Oulton Broad on the 30th. Quite possibly
the same individual that summered in the area in 2005.
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta (bernicla) bernicla
One flew north past Kessingland on the 4th.
EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
A group of 19 adults were at Oulton Broad on the 10th.
SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2).
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (12 N).
Kessingland - 5th (1 S).
GADWALL Anas strepera
Two flew south past Kessingland on the 1st.
One drake was on Leathes Ham on the 9th.
SHOVELER Anas clypeata
One drake was on Leathes Ham on the 1st and 9th.
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
One drake was on Leathes Ham on the 3rd.
Two flew north past Kessingland on the 10th.
COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima
A first summer drake was on the rocks by the Kittiwake wall in Lowestoft
Harbour on the 10th.
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (39 N).
Kessingland - 1st (8 S), 5th (3 N, 11 S), 8th (3 N), 10th
(3 N, 3 S).
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
One flew north past Kessingland on the 2nd.
RED KITE Milvus milvus
One was seen at Rushmere on the 14th.
MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (1)m 20th (1).
Castle Marshes - 23rd (1).
COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
One was seen at Ashby on the 3rd.
HOBBY Falco subbuteo
One was seen between Ashby and Herringfleet on the 3rd.
Two were at Flixton Decoy on the 5th.
One was seen at Castle Marshes/North Cove on the 23rd.
One was seen at Herringfleet Hills on the 23rd.
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (4 S).
Kessingland - 1st (3 N, 1 S), 9th (1 S), 10th (1 S).
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (2 N).
SANDERLING Calidris alba
Kessingland - 1st (6 N).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Kessingland - 5th (4 N).
CURLEW Numenius arquata
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (3 N).
Kessingland - 6th (1 N).
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Kessingland - 2nd (1 on the beach).
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (2).
ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
One flew north past Kessingland on the 2nd.
GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
One flew north past Kessingland on the 5th.
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
One first summer bird flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the 9th.
One first summer was at Pakefield Beach on the 10th, possible the same
as above bird.
KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (7 N, 9 S), 2nd (2 N, 2 S), 3rd (1 N,
1 S), 4th (3 N), 5th (4 N, 1 S), 6th (5 N, 1 S), 6th (17 N, 3 S), 7th
(17 N, 3 S), 9th (2 N), 10th (2 N).
SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (13 N), 11th (3 on groynes),
17th (7).
Kessingland - 1st (2 N, 4 S), 2nd (2 N, 2 S), 3rd (4 N),
5th (1 N, 1 S), 7th (8 N, 2 S), 8th (6 N, 4 S), 9th (3 N, 1 S), 10th (18
N, 21 S).
COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (6 N + several local birds lingering).
At least 13 nests were apparent in just a small part of the roof nesting
colony along Lake Lothing on the 10th.
ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (6 north together).
'COMMIC' TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Kessingland - 1st (39 N, 13 S), 3rd (4 N), 4th (5 N), 5th
(1 N, 1 S), 6th (1 N), 7th (17 N), 8th (13 N, 5 S), 9th (4 N, 7 S), 10th
(21 N, 1 S).
LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (5 N), 11th (5 feeding), 16th
(1 N).
Kessingland - 1st (66 N, 41 S), 2nd (28 N, 13 S), 3rd (15
N, 7 S), 4th (9 N, 6 S), 5th (34 N, 15 S), 6th (3 N, 6 S), 7th (12 N,
9 S), 8th (11 N, 3 S), 9th (9 N, 13 S), 10th (9 N, 2 S).
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Guillemot
- Lowestoft North Beach - June 2007- ©Mike Maule
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GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
One was very close inshore off Lowestoft North Beach on the 24th before
paddling off south.
AUK sp. Alcidae
Kessingland - 5th (1 N), 6th (4 N), 7th (10 N), 16th (1
N).
CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (3).
BARN OWL Tyto alba
One flew over the beer garden of The Plough public house in Blundeston
on the evening of the 2nd. We'd only had one pint, honest!
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2), 10th (2), 20th (3).
Beccles Marshes - 17th (1).
Somerleyton - 21st (1).
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
A family party of at least three juveniles were seen, and heard, at Somerleyton
on the evening of the 15th.
SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (4 N).
HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (flock of 10 north).
YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
One was seen at Kessingland on the 12th and 23rd.
Three were at Burgh Castle on the 15th.
A pair were see collecting food at Gisleham on the 30th, so at least one
pair has bred in the area this year at least.
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrelli
22, including 16 juveniles, were foraging on a muck heap at Gisleham on
the 3rd. But discouragingly no sign of any Yellow Wagtails.
GRASSHOPPER
WARBLER Locustella naevia
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2), 20th (3).
Fisher Row - 5th (2), 16th (1).
REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Hamilton Road, Lowestoft - 3rd (1). A fog grounded migrant
was singing from an Elder bush alongside Hamilton Dock.
Harbour Road, Oulton Broad - 10th one was singing from hawthorns
bushes in a conifer hedge near the railway crossing.
Kessingland - 10th. One was singing from an oil seed rape
crop at the south end of the bypass.
Ness Point - 11th. On singing from bushes in the Birds Eye
car park.
Migrants are clearly still passing through and being grounded by the low
cloud and fog.
CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Gunton Warren - 6th (2), 17th (2), 22nd (2).
WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Lowestoft North Denes - 6th (1).
Gunton Warren - 6th (3), 17th (4), 22nd (2).
WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Lowestoft North Denes - 6th (2), 22nd (4).
Gunton Warren - 6th (10), 17th (6), 22nd (7).
GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (1).
Carlton Marshes - 10th (2).
Beccles Marshes - 17th (2).
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Gunton Warren - 3rd (1), 17th (1), 22nd (1).
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
Two were seen at Marsh lane, Carlton Colville on the 10th.
One was at Beccles Common on the 17th.
At least one was along Wadling Lane, Somerleyton on the 21st.
TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
One was at Sprats Water, Carlton Marshes on the 3rd.
HOODED CROW x CARRION CROW Corvus cornix x C. corone
A hybrid was at Hobland Hall on the 3rd.
HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus
One was at Gunton Warren on the 17th.
CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs
15 flew north over Gunton Warren on the 2nd.
GREENFINCH
Carduelis chloris
Gunton Warren - 6th (5), 17th (2), 22nd (4).
LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Gunton Warren - 6th (11), 17th (15), 22nd (20).
Lowestoft North Denes - 6th (4).
BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
At least two were calling along Sprats Water Lane, Carlton Colville, on
the 4th.
YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Gunton Warren - 6th (3), 17th (3), 22nd (1).
Carlton Marshes - 5th (2).
NON-BIRD
NEWS
HARBOUR
PORPOISE
Kessingland - 8th (1 N), 9th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 28th (2, mother and calf).
GREY SEAL
Kessingland
- 6th (1).
Lowestoft North
Beach - 30th (1).
COMMON SEAL
Lowestoft North Beach - 18th (1).
CHINESE WATER DEER
One was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 4th.
Two were seen at Carlton
Marshes on the 20th.
MUNTJAC
One was in Arnolds
Walk, Lowestoft on the 3rd and 9th.
One was at Gunton Warren on the 9th.
WATER VOLE
Two were seen at Carlton Marshes on the 4th.
One was seen at Beccles
Marshes on the 17th.
GRASS SNAKE
One was catching Frogs around a garden pond at Parkhill on the 21st.
