Yellow-spotted Emerald - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton
An adult CURLEW SANDPIPER was at Carlton Marshes on the 22nd.
A SPOONBILL flew over Carlton Marshes on the 15th.
Two MANX SHEARWATERS flew north past Corton on the 11th.
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UPDATED: 20:30 29th July
SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST
SUFFOLK BROADS APPEAL
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.
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It was announced at the celebration day at Carlton Marshes on July 7th that the appeal target of £1 million had been reached and that the purchase of the new land had been completed the previous day.
With planning permission for the habitat restoration/improvement already granted the implementation phase can now begin.
Exciting times are ahead for wildlife in the Lowestoft area.
Carlton Marshes - 11th May 2016
Two Spoonbills feed on the new scrape while two belligerent Little Egrets argue over territory in the background.
Yellow-spotted Emerald - Carlton Marshes - 2nd July 2018 © Andrew Easton
Following the extinction of Downy Emerald in Suffolk (last recorded in 1943) the appearance of an Emerald Dragonfly in the County was always going to be interesting, but it turning out to be a species new to the UK was a surprise to say the least. Hopefully others have crossed the North Sea and await detection elsewhere.
Large Tortoiseshell - Ash Farm, Mutford - 4th July 2018 © Jon Warnes
MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus
Corton - 11th (2 N).
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Ness Point - 13th (1 N).
GANNET Morus bassanus
Ness Point - 13th (4 N, 2 S).
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Carlton Marshes - 6th (4), 7th (2), 11th (4), 12th (6), 15th (3), 22nd (1), 28th (1).
SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia
Carlton Marshes - 15th (1 over).
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Ness Point - 13th (21 S), 29th (11 S).
RED KITE Milvus milvus
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (1).
London Road, Beccles - 5th (3).
Ellough/Worlingham - 8th (1).
Oulton Broad - 16th (1).
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Carlton Marshes - 22nd (1).
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER Charadrius dubius
Carlton Marshes - 1st (2), 2nd (1), 7th (1), 11th (1), 20th (1), 21st (1), 28th (1), 29th (1).
RUFF Philomachus pugnax
Carlton Marshes - 1st to 3rd (1), 7th (2), 11th (4), 12th (6), 14th (4), 15th (2), 19th (4), 21st (3), 22nd (2), 28th (5), 29th (5).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Carlton Marshes - 22nd (1), 28th (1), 29th (2).
Curlew Sandpiper - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton
CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea
Carlton Marshes - 22nd (1).
SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1), 2nd (1), 7th (2), 12th (3), 14th (1), 15th (1), 19th (8), 22nd (6), 25th (14), 28th (12).
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1), 7th (1), 11th (2), 15th (1), 21st (1), 28th (1).
SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (1), 4th (1), 28th (1).
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa12th (11),
Carlton Marshes - 1st (50+), 2nd (2), 7th (9), 11th (2), 14th (7), 15th (10), 19th (17), 22nd (4), 28th (10), 29th (2).
CURLEW Numenius arquata
Ruff - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1 over).
Ness Point - 29th (1 S).
WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopeus
Gunton Warren - 20th (c. 60 S).
Carlton Marshes - 21st (1).
Ness Point - 29th (5 S).
WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (3), 3rd (1), 4th (1).
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (1), 11th (1), 12th (1), 15th (1), 20th (4), 21st (1), 28th (1).
Beverley Close, Lowestoft - 8th (1 over).
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1), 21st (1).
Mutford Lock Basin - 10th (2), 15th (3).
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point/Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (1), 13th (9), 28th (10).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (2).
Ness Point - 7th (1 N), 13th (2 N).
Carlton Marshes - 15th (16 over).
LITTLE TERN Sternula albifrons
Ness Point - 29th (25 S).
SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Ness Point - 29th (12 S).
COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Ness Point - 29th (15 S).
An old postcard view from the late 19th or early 20th century looking eastward across Oulton Broad.
SWIFT Apus apus
Stirrups Lane, Corton - 10th (50+).
Lound - 10th (20).
Tonning Street, Lowestoft - 24th (88 S).
Gunton Cliff - 29th (500+ S).
YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava flavisssima
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (2 juveniles), 3rd (1), 4th (2), 14th (1), 15th (2).
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (1), 4th (1), 15th (1), 22nd (1), 28th (1).
LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Carlton Marshes - 19th (1), 21st (1).
EUROPEAN STONECHAT Saxicola rubicola
Carlton Marshes - 1st (4 juveniles), 2nd (3 juveniles), 15th (2).
COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Lowry Way, Gunton - 26th (1).