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Piracy on the high seas - Lowestoft North Beach - July 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Lowestoft North Beach - a winter plumaged bird drifted north on the afternoon of the 11th. It's plumage befitted the weather!!!
Single birds were also seen on the sea off Kessingland on the 15th and 17th; and at Corton on the 21st.



GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Kessingland sewage works - 9th (1).
Kessingland - 6th (2 N), 20th (1 S), 23rd (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 12th (1 N).



SHEARWATER sp. Puffinus sp.
A northbound shearwater past Lowestoft North Beach at 17:30 on the 4th was probably a Manx.



MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus
Three flew north past Corton on the evening of the 6th.
Three flew south together past Kessingland on the afternoon of the 7th.



SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus
Two flew north past Kessingland on the afternoon of the 6th. One of these was seen off Ness Point 20 minutes later. A further two passed north on the 7th, one of which was seen past Corton. The second bird was pursued by a pale phase Arctic Skua for some time before the skua eventually gave up the chase.

Ness Point / Gunton Cliffs - 6th (1 N same as Kessingland), 7th (1 N same as Kessingland), 11th (singles N at 14:35 and 16:15), 12th (1 N then on sea 15:50).
Kessingland - 6th (2 N), 7th (2 N), 9th (1 N), 10th (2 N), 12th (1 N), 15th (1 N), 22nd (1 N), 23rd (2 N).
Corton - 15th (1 N), 21st (1 N).



FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Kessingland - 1st (3 N), 3rd (1 N, 1 S), 5th (10 N, 1 S), 6th (1 N), 7th (3 N, 1 S), 8th (1 N, 1 S), 9th (5 N), 10th (6 N, 1 S), 11th (5 N), 12th (6 N), 14th (1 N), 15th (8 N), 16th (9 N, 1 S), 17th (5 N, 2 S), 18th (1 N), 19th (2 N), 20th (5 N), 21st (8 N), 22nd (4 N, 2 S), 23rd (4 N, 5 S), 24th (4 N, 1 S), 25th (5 N, 7 S), 26th (2 N), 27th (2 N), 28th (1 S), 29th (2 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (1 N), 5th (1 S), 7th (1 S), 11th (3 N), 12th (3 N), 21st (1 N).
Corton - 14th (2 N), 21st (1 N).
Ness Point - 17th (1 N).



GANNET Morus bassanus
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (2 S), 4th (30), 5th (15 N), 6th (32 N), 7th (20 N), 11th (95 N, 2 S), 12th (76 N), 13th (85 N), 17th (3 N), 21st (40 N).
Kessingland - 1st (94 N), 2nd (104 N, 3 S, 9 feeding), 3rd (63 N, 5 S, 5 feeding), 4th (106 N, 1 S, 12 feeding), 5th (61 N, 13 S, 5 feeding), 6th (38 N, 6 S), 7th (146 N, 29 S, 50 feeding), 8th (60 N, 12 S), 9th (179 N, 2 S, 10 feeding), 10th (8 N, 6 feeding), 11th (75 N, 4 S), 12th (105 N, 11 S), 14th (2 S), 15th (159 N, 21 S), 16th (219 N, 5 feeding), 17th (67 N, 3 S, 5 o/s), 18th (27 N), 19th (10 N, 2 S), 20th (39 N, 1 S), 21st (104 N, 1 S), 22nd (12 N, 1 S), 23rd (7 N, 6 S), 24th (118 N, 1 S), 25th (12 N), 26th (5 N), 27th (5 N, 2 S), 28th (11 N, 8 S), 29th (1 N), 30th (13 N), 31st (3 N).
Corton - 14th (4 N), 21st (17 N), 30th (1 N).



CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Kessingland - 2nd (7 S, 4 in off sea), 3rd (1 S), 4th (1 S), 5th (1 S), 7th (1 N, 1 S), 11th (1 N, 3 S), 12th (1 N, 3 S), 16th (1 N), 17th (1 S), 18th (1 S), 19th (4 N), 20th (1 S), 22nd (1 S), 23rd (1 S), 24th (2 S), 25th (3 N, 1 S), 26th (2 N, 1 S), 27th (1 N, 1 S), 28th (1 S).
Ness Point - 7th (2 N), 12th (1), 13th (1 on groynes).
Leathes Ham - 30th (32 roosting).



SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
One adult was along Lake Lothing on the 14th and 20th. A first-winter was seen swimming close inshore off Ness Point on the 30th, presumably the same bird roosted on Leathes Ham that night.



LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S).
Fritton Marshes - 28th (1).
Burgh Castle Flats - 30th (1).



[BAR-HEADED GOOSE Anser indicus
One adult was with Barnacle Geese at Lound Waterworks on the 14th.]



CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
130 were feeding in stubble fields between Hopton and Lound Waterworks on the 14th.



BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
200+ were at Lound Waterworks on the 14th.



EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Colville - 4th (37 feeding in field).
Lound Waterworks - 14th (11).
Blundeston Marshes - 25th (15).
Leathes Ham - 30th (5).



SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Kessingland - 12th (1 S), 21st (2 N), 27th (2 S).



EURASIAN WIGEON Anas penelope
Kessingland - 12th (1 N), 24th (6 S).
Breydon South Wall - 28th (3).



GADWALL Anas strepera
Kessingland - 12th (2 S), 20th (5 in off sea).
Leathes Ham - 28th (1), 30th (20).
Breydon South Wall - 28th (1).



TEAL Anas crecca
Kessingland - 7th (7 S), 8th (7 N, 2 S), 9th (4 N, 1 S), 10th (3 N, 8 o/s), 11th (1 N), 12th (6 N, 3 S), 14th (4 N), 15th (7 N, 8 S), 16th (23 S), 17th (1 N, 18 S), 18th (34 S), 19th (10 N, 24 S), 20th (24 N, 40 S, 1 o/s), 21st (29 N), 22nd (7 S), 23rd (45 N, 22 S), 24th (71 S), 25th (1 N), 26th (6 S), 30th (2 S), 31st (284 S).
Corton - 21st (11 N).
Breydon South Wall - 28th (2).



MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos
One flew north then settled on the sea along Lowestoft North Beach on the 3rd.



SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Corton - 21st (8 N).
Leathes Ham - 29th (2), 30th (1).



TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 8th (2 N), 11th (2 S), 12th (3 S), 24th (4 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th ( 1 N then S).



EIDER Somateria mollissima
Kessingland - 3rd (1 N).
Kessingland Sluice - 31st (5 N).



COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Kessingland - 1st (83 N), 2nd (33 N, 49 S), 3rd (9 S, 45 o/s), 4th (1 N, 17 o/s), 5th (4 N, 1 o/s), 6th (15 o/s), 7th (31 N, 19 S, 1 o/s), 8th (56 N, 15 o/s), 9th (13 N, 1 o/s), 10th (10 N, 9 S), 11th (4 N), 12th (14 N), 14th (8 N), 15th (54 N, 15 S, 7 o/s), 16th (3 N, 12 S), 17th (10 o/s), 18th (14 S), 19th (1 N), 20th (2 N, 11 S), 21st (7 S), 22nd (14 N), 23rd (10 N, 9 S, 15 o/s), 24th (6 N, 12 S), 25th (3 N), 26th (1 N), 29th (4 S), 30th (2 N), 31st (4 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (11 N), 12th (3 N), 13th (1 N).
Corton - 21st (28 N).



HOBBY Falco subbuteo
Kessingland - 6th (1 S), 23rd (1), 25th (1 S), 26th (1 S), 27th (1 N).
Oulton Broad - 20th (1), 21st (1).
Breydon South Wall - 28th (1 juvenile chasing martins).
Mutford - 29th (1), 30th (1).



MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
One flew south past Kessingland on the 18th.



COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
One was circling over Ash Farm, Mutford on the 5th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 23rd, it was approximately 2.5 kilometres out to sea.



QUAIL Coturnix coturnix
A juvenile was seen on the ground at Blundeston on the 6th. Two were flushed from a field at Mutford on the 17th, the same field where one was seen a couple of times in the spring. Both were seen again on the 18th when the crop was harvested.



OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 5 S), 2nd (2 N, 21 S), 3rd (2 N, 8 S), 4th (2 N, 1 S), 5th (2 S), 6th (11 S), 7th (84 N, 69 S), 8th (91 N, 10 S), 9th (17 N, 2 S), 11th (10 N, 2 S), 12th (3 N), 15th (1 S), 16th (2 N), 17th (3 S), 18th (1 N, 2 S), 20th (2 N, 7 S), 21st (8 N, 1 S), 23rd (2 N), 24th (1 N), 25th (1 S), 26th (8 S), 27th (1 S), 28th (3 S), 30th (2 S), 31st (1 N).
Ness Point - 7th (11 N), 11th (4 S), 12th (2 N), 13th (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 16th (1 S), 29th (1 which then flew into the Birds Eye factory compound), 31st (2 S).
Corton - 21st (6 N).
One juvenile was feeding on the roundabout at St. Peters Street/Jubilee Way, Lowestoft on the 19th and 20th. While attempting to take some photographs (see above) the bird got nervous a flew off despite tolerating the constant stream of traffic. It soon returned though and was back again on the 21st. Again present there on the 27th.

Oystercatcher (juvenile) - St. Peters Street - Lowestoft - August 2005 ©Andrew Easton

AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 11th (1 N).
Breydon South Flats - 14th (63).



RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Breydon South Flats - 14th (80).
Lowestoft North Beach - 21st (1), 29th (1).



GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Henstead - 8th (1 S calling @ 05.20).
Kessingland sewage works - 9th (1), 20th (1 S).
Lowestoft North Denes - 21st (1 S).
Corton - 21st (7 N).



GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Ness Point - 6th (2 N, 1 S), 7th (2 N).
Kessingland - 6th (2 S), 7th (4 N), 8th (2 N), 11th (3 N, 1 S), 12th (4 N), 15th (1 N), 17th (1 S), 18th (1 S), 20th (2 N).
Corton - 14th (1 N), 21st (1 N).
Kessingland sewage works - 31st (1 over).



LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Kessingland - 7th (1 in off sea).

KNOT Calidris canutus
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 5th (2 S), 6th (2 N), 7th (12 N), 11th (7 S), 12th (6 N), 14th (1 N).
Breydon South Flats - 14th (7), 28th (13).

Knot (juvenile) - Breydon South Flats - August 2005 ©Andrew Easton

SANDERLING Calidris alba
Kessingland - 16th (5 S), 20th (1 N), 29th (9 S).



DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (1 S).
Ness Point - 4th (1 on jetty), 6th (1 N), 7th (2 N).
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S), 3rd (4 S), 6th (4 N), 7th (4 N), 8th (17 N), 12th (2 N), 14th (4 N), 23rd (1 S), 25th (12 N), 28th (2 S).
Corton - 14th (1 N).
Breydon South Flats - 14th (83).



RUFF Philomachus pugnax
Kessingland - 26th (3 S).
Burgh Castle Flats - 30th (1).



COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
A flock of six flew north past Kessingland on the 20th.
Burgh Castle - 30th (2).



GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
One flew over Corton on the 19th.



COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
15 were present on rocks in Lowestoft Harbour before flying up-river along Lake Lothing on the morning of the 15th.
3 flew south past Kessingland on the 16th, with six north past there on the 20th.
One was along the beach at Corton on the 21st another was heard on the 30th.

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Breydon South Flats - 14th (370). Including eight colour ringed individuals. 30th (30 inc. 1 colour ringed).
Kessingland - 22nd (1 N).

Black-tailed Godwit - Breydon South Flats - August 2005 ©Robert Wilton

BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Kessingland - 7th (2 N), 8th (2 N), 10th (1 S), 12th (3 N), 15th (1 N), 19th (6 S).
Corton - 21st (2 N, 12 S).



CURLEW Numenius arquata
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S), 5th (1 N), 5th (1 N), 7th (3 N, 4 S), 8th (1 N, 6 S), 10th (1 S), 12th (3 S), 18th (2 S), 19th (2 in off sea), 23rd (1 S),
26th (1 S).



WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
Henstead - 2nd (1 over calling).
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 2nd (16 S), 6th (1 N, 1 S), 11th (1 N), 19th (4 S), 20th (1 N, 4 S), 26th (4 S), 28th (8 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 13th (1 S), 30th (3 S).
Breydon South Flats - 14th (1).



REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Kessingland - 6th (1 S), 8th (1 S), 17th (10 S), 18th (1 S), 20th (2 S), 25th (60 S), 26th (17 S), 27th (3 S).
Breydon South Flats - 14th (331).



GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Kessingland - 5th (1 S), 19th (1 N).
Breydon South Flats - 14th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 31st (3 over).



TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point / Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (10 on jetty), 12th (5), 17th (1), 29th (10), 31st (4).
Kessingland - 4th (4 S), 7th (6 N), 8th (5 S), 9th (1 N), 11th (13 N), 12th (1 N), 15th (4 N), 18th (1 S), 20th (4 N), 21st (2 S), 26th (5 S).
Hamilton Dock - 7th (7), 31st (7).
Corton - 21st (3 S).



GREAT SKUA Catharacta skua
Kessingland - 4th (1 N), 8th (1 N), 12th (2 N), 18th (1 N).
Corton - 17th (1 N).



POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
Kessingland - 1st (4 N probably the same pair seen on two occasions), 3rd (1 N pale phase), 15th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (1 S pale phase).
Gorleston - 3rd (adult).
Corton/Hopton - 21st (1 N).



ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
On the 4th at least 6 were lingering off Lowestoft North Beach. These included a group of 4 which spent most of their time together on the sea. Attacks were frequent on passing terns, often two skuas would team up.

Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (2 N, 3 S), 4th (6 lingering), 5th (1 N), 11th (21 N, 3 S, 5 lingering, involving c15 birds), 12th (3 N, 3 lingering), 13th (6 N inc. 5 pale adults), 16th (2 N both pale phase).
Gorleston - 3rd (7).
Kessingland - 1st (8 N, 4 o/s), 2nd (4 N, 1 o/s), 3rd (1 N), 4th (4 N), 5th (2 N, 2 S, 1 o/s), 5th (2 N, 2 S, 1 o/s), 6th (4 N, 1 o/s), 7th (4 N, 32 S), 8th (8 N, 5 S, 6 o/s), 9th (11 N, 1 S), 10th (5 N, 4 S, 1 o/s), 11th (12 N, 7 S, 2 o/s), 12th (3 N, 4 lingering), 14th (3 S), 15th (8 N, 2 S), 16th (3 N, 2 o/s), 17th (4 N, 1 o/s), 18th (1 N, 2 S), 19th (2 N, 2 S), 20th (2 N, 12 S, 1 o/s), 21st (4 N, 1 o/s), 22nd (3 N), 23rd (12 N, 4 S), 24th (3 N), 26th (1 N), 30th (2 N), 31st (1 N).
Ness Point - 6th (4 N, 1 S), 7th (1 N, 16 S, 1 or 2 lingering).
Corton - 14th (2 N), 15th (7 N), 21st (2 N, 1 S), 30th (2 N).

Wonderful birds! Arctic Skua - Lowestoft - August 2005 ©Andrew Easton

LONG-TAILED SKUA Stercorarius longicaudus
Two flew south past Kessingland on the 7th on what proved to be an excellent day for skuas.
One flew north past Ness Point at 16:26 the same day.
Another flew north past Kessingland at 7:38 on the 24th before flying past Corton soon after.



MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (moulting adult + juvenile), 31st (adult).
Gorleston - 4th (juvenile).
Corton/Hopton - 21st (A first winter was patrolling backward and forwards along the coast).
Breydon South Wall - 30th (1st winter).



LITTLE GULL Larus minutus
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 1 S), 5th (1 N, 2 S), 5th (1 N, 2 S), 6th (2 N), 11th (1 N), 12th (1 S), 15th (1 N), 17th (2 S), 22nd (4 N feeding),
23rd (17 N, 1 S).
Ness Point - 8th (1).
Gunton Beach - 30th (4 inc. 2 juvs).
Lowestoft North Beach - 16th (2). Two finally appeared on the groynes. August is normally a pretty good month to see them resting on the groynes here, but not this year so far for some reason. Excellent numbers appeared towards then end of August with c70 at Minsmere on the 31st. Unlike the last couple of years many juveniles have been seen which is excellent news.



KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (27 N, 8 S), 2nd (17 N, 38 S), 3rd (3 N, 34 S), 4th (17 N, 39 S), 5th (12 N, 18 S), 6th (17 N, 72 S), 7th (20 N, 53 S), 8th (35 N, 22 S), 9th (27 N, 9 S), 10th (39 N, 25 S), 11th (30 N, 28 S), 12th (26 N, 35 S), 14th (13 N), 15th (6 N, 8 S), 16th (6 N, 24 S), 17th (38 N, 75 S), 18th (6 N, 32 S), 19th (2 N, 11 S), 20th (6 N, 3 S), 21st (4 N), 22nd (1 N, 1 S), 23rd (11 N, 1 S), 25th (2 S), 26th (1 S), 27th (4 N, 25 S, 5 feeding), 28th (6 N, 7 S), 29th (13 N, 19 S), 30th (12 N, 229 S), 31st (19 N, 20 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (7 N, 50 S), 12th (17 N, 87 S).
One juvenile was seen on the 11th at Lowestoft North Beach the rest were adults.



YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus (cachinnans) michahellis
The usual adult was still along the North Beach at Lowestoft on the 3rd and 5th.
On the 4th Yellow-legged Gulls were noted at Burnt Hill Lane, South side of Lake Lothing and Lowestoft North Beach.



SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Kessingland - 1st (74 N, 22 S), 2nd (42 N, 38 S), 3rd (9 N, 64 S), 4th (7 N, 41 S), 5th (24 N, 56 S), 6th (23 N, 36 S), 7th (21 N, 141 S), 8th (128 N, 202 S), 9th (94 N, 58 S), 10th (70 N, 75 S), 11th (93 N, 58 S), 12th (90 N, 92 S), 14th (43 N, 26 S), 15th (24 N, 3 S), 16th (13 N, 19 S), 17th (15 N, 35 S), 18th (1 N, 6 S), 19th (5 N, 22 S), 20th (11 N, 36 S), 21st (12 N, 16 S), 22nd (2 N, 1 S), 23rd (6 N, 4 S), 24th (2 N, 1 S), 25th (19 N, 17 S), 26th (6 S), 27th (5 N, 2 S), 28th (2 S), 29th (1 S), 30th (2 N, 3 S), 31st (1 N, 4 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (25), 3rd (40 on groynes + several more feeding out to sea), 5th (47 on groynes).
Oulton Broad - 20th (1).
A colour ringed adult was present on the groynes on the 5th (white plastic ring + metal ring).
Corton - 30th (2 S).



ROSEATE TERN Sterna dougalli
A rather splendid adult was present all too briefly on the groynes along Lowestoft North Beach on the evening of the 3rd. Shortly afterwards it flew leisurely southwards past Ness Point but unfortunately did not return. Some small consolation for the Lesser Crested Tern sneaking past undetected last month.

Roseate Tern - Lowestoft - August 2005 - ©Robert Wilton

COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Small numbers present along Lowestoft North Beach on the 3rd, mostly adults with only one or two juveniles present.
On the 4th, 19 adults were feeding in the basin between Oulton Broad road bridge and the railway bridge.



ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea
One juvenile was present along Lowestoft North Beach on the evening of the 3rd. Another flew south on the 11th. The pure white secondaries are shown to good effect below. A juvenile flew north past Corton on the 8th.

Arctic Tern - Lowestoft - August 3rd, 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

"COMMIC" TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Kessingland - 1st (51 N, 22 S), 2nd (30 N, 28 S), 3rd (13 N, 61 S), 4th (5 N, 17 S), 5th (13 N, 103 S), 6th (27 N, 55 S), 7th (8 N, 122 S), 8th (16 N, 40 S), 9th (17 N, 40 S), 10th (15 N, 18 S), 11th (57 N, 54 S), 12th (26 N, 40 S), 14th (12 N, 119 S), 15th (18 N), 16th (42 N, 39 S), 17th (10 N, 80 S), 18th (11 N, 152 S), 19th (8 N, 136 S), 20th (11 N, 169 S), 21st (36 N, 39 S), 22nd (11 N, 42 S), 23rd (91 N, 51 S), 24th (87 N, 8 S), 25th (52 N, 47 S), 26th (13 N, 8 S, 30 feeding), 27th (4 N, 25 S, 5 feeding), 28th (6 N, 7 S), 29th (13 N, 19 S), 30th (12 N, 229 S), 31st (19 N, 20 S).
Corton - 30th (98 S in 1hr). 500 were present at Sizewell that morning.


LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons
Kessingland - 1st (11 S), 3rd (26 S), 4th (17 S), 5th (2 S), 9th (1 S).



BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger
Two (ad. + juv) flew south past Lowestoft North Beach at 17:50.
Kessingland - 11th (3 lingering off beach), 18th (6 S), 19th (2 S), 22nd (2 N).

GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
One swam slowly southwards past Lowestoft North Beach on the 3rd. Another was close inshore on the 10th (pictured below).

Guillemot - Lowestoft North Beach - August 2005 - ©Andrew Easton

AUK sp. Alcidae
Kessingland - 26th (1 N)



TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 23rd.
Two were at Mutford on the 30th.



CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
Juveniles were seen by the River Hundred pump house at Kessingland Sluice on the 4th and at Corton old sewage works on the 16th.



SWIFT Apus apus
Kessingland sewage works - 23rd (6).
Lowestoft North Denes - 30th (11 S).
Kessingland Sluice - 31st (1 S).



GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Kessingland sewage works - 9th (2), 31st (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 13th (1).
Kessingland Beach - 19th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 20th (3).
Corton disused railtrack - 29th (2).



SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Kessingland sewage works - 23rd (1), 27th (1), 31st (10+).



SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Kessingland sewage works - 23rd (10), 27th (3), 31st (10+).
Large numbers of hirundines were heading south on the last two days of the month.



HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Kessingland sewage works - 5th (25+), 9th (30), 16th (27), 23rd (30), 27th (20), 31st (20+).



YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
Kessingland sewage works - 27th (one flew over).
Kessingland Sluice - 31st (2 S).
Breydon South Wall - 30th (1).



GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
Kessingland sewage works - 27th (1), 31st (3).



PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba
Kessingland sewage works - 9th (9), 27th (2).
Corton - 30th (10 in clifftop fields).
Kessingland Sluice - 31st (20).



NIGHTINGALE Luscinia megarhynchos
Kessingland sewage works - 5th (1).



COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
One female was at Corton old sewage works on the 17th.



WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
One at Gorleston on the 4th and a female on Lowestoft North Denes on the 5th were the first of the autumn passerine migration.
Lowestoft South Beach - 12th (1).
Hopton (MoD fields) - 17th (1), 30th (1).
Flixton (Old Hall Farm) - 18th (1).
Kessingland Beach - 19th (1), 20th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 20th (6), 31st (3).
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 21st (2).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 21st (1), 29th (2), 30th (2), 31st (4).
Gunton Warren - 30th (1).
Corton Cliffs - 31st (1).



WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
Early autumn records of this lovely chat are always a welcome sign of migration. Encouraging numbers were seen towards the end of the month following light easterly winds.
Flixton (Old Hall Farm) - 18th (3).
Kessingland Beach - 19th (5).
Kessingland Sluice - 20th (5).
Radar Lodge (Corton) - 21st (2), 30th (2).
Breydon South Wall - 28th (3).
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 31st (1).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 31st (2).
Gunton Warren - 31st (3).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 31st (3).



CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Kessingland (reedbed) - 9th (1), 16th (1), 23rd (2), 27th (3), 31st (1).



SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Kessingland sewage works - 5th (5+), 16th (2+), 23rd (1).



REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Kessingland (reedbed) - 16th (6+), 23rd (5+), 27th (1).



LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Corton - 17th (5).
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (1), 27th (1).
Kessingland Cliffs - 19-20th (1).
Hopton disused railtrack - 23rd (3).
Gunton Beach - 30th (1).



WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Kessingland sewage works - 9th (6), 16th (8+), 23rd (5+), 27th (2), 31st (2).
Gunton Warren - 20th (2).
Hopton disused railtrack - 23rd (1).



GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Kessingland sewage works - 29th (1).



BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (6), 23rd (4+), 27th (6).
Gunton Warren - 31st (1).
Corton Woods - 30th (2).



CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Kessingland sewage works - 16th (1), 27th (6).
Ness Point (Birds Eye car park) - 29th (1)-



WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Kessingland sewage works - 5th (2), 9th (2), 16th (3), 19th (5), 23rd (3), 27th (2), 29th (1), 31st (2).
Corton Sewage Works - 17th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 19th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 21st (1).
Corton old railtrack - 21st (1).



SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
Three were seen near Nebb Cottage, Flixton on the 25th.



PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca
One was trapped and ringed at Kessingland on the 16th. One was seen at Gunton on the 21st.
One was at the entrance to Corton Woods on the 30th.



TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
Kessingland sewage works - One was ringed on the 5th was the first of the year at a site where the species is not resident.



RED-BACKED SHRIKE Lanius collurio
This wonderful juvenile was chasing Whinchats (these didn't linger!) when it was first found at Kessingland on the 19th. Still present on the 20th, it was frequenting the slope north of where the sea wall ends either side of the steps with the white rail leading down the cliffs.

Red-backed Shrike - Kessingland Beach - August 19, 2005 ©Robert Wilton

HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus
A flock of 28 along Lake Lothing on the 14th may indicate a good breeding season locally.



GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
40+ were present at Kessingland Cliffs on the 19th and 20th.



COMMON CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra
One flew south over Lowestoft North Denes on the 21st.




ESCAPES

BLACK-WINGED BISHOP Euplectes hordeacea
A male of this sub-Saharan weaver finch relative was present on the North Denes along Gunton Cliff on August 9th.



COCKATIEL Nymphicus hollandicus
One was flying over Flycatcher Alley on the 30th.