Avocet - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton A WOOD SANDPIPER was seen at Carton Marshes on the 19th and 30th, with GREEN SANDPIPERS there on the 21st, 29th (2), and 30th (3). A SPOONBILL circled over Carlton Marshes on the 25th, but didn't settle. Our next get together will be this THURSDAY 5th July from 8pm at The Stanford Arms, Stanford Street, Lowestoft. |
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Regular readers will have noticed sightings from Carlton and Oulton Marshes appearing increasingly frequently over the last four years. This increase has been brought about by the creation of scrapes in small, formerly just grass, fields on both of these reserves by the SWT Broads Warden Matt Gooch and his dedicated team of volunteers. -++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-++-++, Waders and wildfowl that formerly just flew over, or at best maybe stopped off to feed in a ditch for a few hours, now often stay for days in these newly created havens. Shoveler, Lapwing and Redshank are now successfully rearing young around these scrape fields. For years we in Lowestoft we have dreamed that Peto's Marsh might one day be brought back to life as a nature reserve and now this dream is within sight, with the added bonus of Share Marsh also becoming available to purchase at the same time. The plans are to create a new reedbed, which will be the largest in the Broads, and new scrapes and dykes. All that is needed now are the funds to buy the land and begin the restoration of this corner of the Broads. Clicking on the map above will open a new window to take you to the Suffolk Wildlife Trusts Suffolk Broads Appeal pages, with more details of their vision for the area and their donation page. Please donate what you can to help make views like that below become regular sights in a premier nature reserve on the outskirts of Lowestoft. |
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| Carlton Marshes - 11th May 2016 Two Spoonbills feed on the new scrape while two belligerent Little Egrets argue over territory in the background. |
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Ness Point - 4th (1 N), 9th (1 S).
Corton Cliffs - 10th (1 N).
CEFAS Pakefield - 12th (1).
EURASIAN BITTERN Botaurus stellaris
Oulton Marshes - 6th (1), 7th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 9th (1), 30th (1).
Burgh Castle - 9th (1).
SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia
One circled over Carlton Marshes scrape at dusk on the evening of the before departing north westward.
GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus
One, not so Glossy moulting immature, dropped in at Carlton Marshes briefly on the 10th before flying off eastward,
BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (8).
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla bernicla
Carlton Marshes - 16th (1), 17th (1).
BAR-HEADED GOOSE Anser indicus
Carlton Marshes - 9th (2 flew north).
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| Glossy Ibis - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2), 9th (3).
OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
One flew north along the cliffs at Kessingland at 9:32 on the 2nd, and was then seen over Oulton Broad at 9:44 before it headed west towards the River Waveney.
HONEY BUZZARD Pernis apivorus
Carlton Marshes - 7th (1).
RED KITE Milvus milvus
Belton - 8th (1 N).
Cucumber Lane, Beccles - 13th (3).
Carlton Marshes - 15th (1).
Rookery Park Golf Course - 17th (1).
Cobholm - 18th (2).
Ash Farm, Mutford - 18th (2).
HARRIS'S HAWK Parabuteo unicinctus
One was soaring over North Cove nature reserve/Castle Marshes on the 3rd, presumably the same one seen in the same area last year.
HOBBY Falco subbuteo
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2), 15th (1), 29th (1).
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LITTLE RINGED PLOVER Charadrius dubius
Carlton Marshes - 30th (2).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (1), 29th (1).
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Carlton Marshes - 30th (1).
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Carlton Marshes - 17th (5), 29th (9), 30th (c. 30).
CURLEW Numenius arquata
Carlton Marshes - 17th (1 S), 29th (1 over).
WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola
Carlton Marshes - 19th (1), 30th (1).
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
Carlton Marshes - 21st (1), 29th (2), 30th (3).
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
A nocturnal migrant was heard over Lowestoft harbour area on the night of the 1st.
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point - 4th (4), 17th (1).
ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
Kessingland - 10th (1 N).
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| Fulmar - Ness Point © Andrew Easton |
BARN OWL Tyto alba
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (1).
Oulton Marshes - 15th (1).
CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
Oulton Marshes - 15th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 17th (1), 30th (1).
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
Oulton Marshes - 15th (1).
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