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Juvenile Little Tern - Minsmere - July 2007 - © Andrew Easton
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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Kessingland - 21st (1 N), 23rd (1 N), 27th (1 N), 28th (1
N). Winter must be on the way!
LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis
At least eight adults and well grown juveniles were on Leathes Ham on
the 27th, including a pair with recently hatched chicks.
GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Kessingland - 23rd (1 N).
BLACK-NECKED GREBE Podiceps nigricollis
A summer plumaged adult that flew south past Gorleston on the morning
of the 19th was swimming south on the sea at Ness Point at 15:00; it then
went to sleep and drifted back northwards with the tide.
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Kessingland - 20th (2 S), 21st (1 N), 22nd (1 N), 23rd (1
N).
Corton - 21st (3 N).
SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus
One flew north past Corton on the 21st.
SHEARWATER sp.
A distant small shearwater flew north past Ness Point on the 31st.
GANNET Morus bassanus
Kessingland - 1st (14 N, 1 S), 5 feeding), 2nd (19 N, 1
S), 3rd (1 N), 4th (11 N, 2 S, 10 feeding), 6th (4 N), 7th (4 N), 8th
(2 N, 1 S, 4 feeding), 9th (23 N, 1 S), 10th (52 N, 6 S), 11th (11 N),
12th (4 N), 13th (25 N), 14th (1 N), 15th (4 feeding), 16th (4 N), 17th
(2 N, 1 S), 18th (14 N), 19th (2 S), 21st (6 N, 7 S), 22nd (5 S), 23rd
(34 N, 2 S), 24th (107 N, 1 S), 25th (31 N), 26th (6 N), 27th (3 N), 28th
(13 N, 7 S), 29th (10 N, 15 S), 30th (25 N, 1 S), 31st (3 N, 6 S).
Ness Point - 19th (10 S).
Corton - 21st (29 N, 29 S).
CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
31 cormorants coming in off the sea high on the morning of the 2nd, heading
WNW and reaching the coast around Hopton.
Kessingland - 6th (2 N), 14th (1 S), 15th (1 N, 1 S), 21st
(2 N), 25th (2 S).
Ness Point - 19th (2 S).
Gunton Warren - 29th (2).
SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia
Two were at Burgh Castle on the 17th. Up to five have been present at
the eastern end of Breydon Water throughout most of the month, sometimes
crossing to the south flats.
MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor
One was in Hamilton Dock on the 12th.
A pair with 5 well grown cygnets at Leathes Ham on the 18th. They built
a large stick nest this year in the absence of dead reeds to use.
GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
Leathes Ham - 18th (22).
EGYPTIAN
GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Beccles Marshes - 19th (6).
Leathes Ham - 27th (3).
SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Ness Point - 19th (5 S).
Kessingland - 19th (1 S), 21st (1 N), 22nd (3 N).
WIGEON Anas penelope
Five were at Leathes Ham on the 18th, including a leucistic drake.
Leathes Ham - 25th (1), 27th (5 with at least two captive
reared), 28th (1), 29th (8), 21st (4).
Kessingland - 28th (3 S).
GADWALL Anas strepera
Leathes Ham - 11th (1), 18th (8), 25th (15), 27th (44),
28th (12), 29th (17), 31st (21).
Kessingland - 24th (4 N).
PINTAIL Anas acuta
One female was on Leathes Ham on the 27th, it's legs were not visible
to inspect for rings.
TEAL Anas crecca
Kessingland - 8th (2 N, 11 S), 9th (10 N, 1 S), 10th (8
S), 15th (2 S), 19th (22 S), 20th (15 N, 50 S), 21st (5 N, 151 S), 22nd
(6 S), 23rd (14 N, 12 S), 24th (14 N, 15 S), 26th (1 S), 29th (8 S), 31st
(5 S).
Ness Point - 19th (38 S).
Gunton Warren - 29th (3).
GARGANEY
Anas querquedula
One female was on Leathes Ham on the 25th before flying off westwards
along Lake Lothing.
Five were at Leathes Ham on the 27th, unfortunately at least three of
them proved to be colour ringed, apparently captive reared for shooting.
Three were still present on the 28th following the overnight fireworks
display at Oulton Broad, and again on the 29th.
SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Leathes Ham - 11th (1), 18th (3), 25th (9), 27th (16 with
at least one captive reared), 28th (5), 29th (7).
MARBLED
TEAL Marmaronetta angustirostris
A quick check for Garganey at Leathes Ham on the 27th produced a surprise
in the form of an unringed juvenile Marbled Teal, it remained there at
dusk. It is presumably the same individual of unknown origin seen at Cantley
Sugar Beet factory
from 19th to 21st August and at Dingle Marshes, Dunwich on the 24th.
The Bank Holiday Monday evening firework display at nearby Oulton
Broad resulted in a mass clear out of a large proportion of the wildfowl
overnight, and the Marbled Teal was subsequently relocated at Minsmere
RSPB on the morning of the 28th where it remained until the evening.
After a day out at Minsmere it was back at Leathes Ham on the evening
of the 29th, still present on the 30th and 31st, though often out of view
on the large island.
The biggest surprise was that it was one of the few unringed ducks there.
Some of the Garganey, Wigeon and Shoveler were adorned with colour
rings. Many ducks are captive reared for shooting and are released
at Flixton gravel pits inland along the Waveney valley, it seems Garganey
are now included.
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Marbled
Teal and two Garganey - Leathes Ham - August 2007- © Andrew
Easton
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TUFTED
DUCK Aythya fuligula
One flew south past Kessingland on the 20th.
Leathes Ham - 27th (1), 31st (3).
COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima
Kessingland - 14th (1 S), 23rd (1 S), 27th (4 N).
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Kessingland - 5th (20 S), 7th (8 S), 8th (1 N, 2 S), 10th
(1 N), 17th (1 o/s), 19th (3 S), 21st (3 N), 22nd (1 N), 23rd (7 N), 24th
(15 N), 27th (2 N), 28th (1 N), 29th (1 N), 31st (1 N).
Ness Point - 19th (7 S).
Corton - 21st (12 N)
MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
One was seen coming in from the sea on the 12th between Pakefield
and Kessingland.
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (1).
HOBBY Falco subbuteo
One flew north past Kessingland on the 30th.
QUAIL Coturnix coturnix
One was flushed from crops being harvested at Mutford on the 27th.
COOT Fulica atra
Leathes Ham - 27th (76).
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Honey
Buzzard - Covehithe - July 2007- © Chris Darby
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OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus ostralegus
Ness Point - 6th (2 S), 18th (1), 19th (8 S, 1 on the rocks),
24th (1 on the rocks), 26th (1 on the rocks), 27th (3 on the groynes).
Kessingland - 3rd (2 S), 4th (4 S), 7th (3 N), 8th (1 N,
7 S), 9th (1 N, 6 S), 13th (1 S), 16th (1 N, 2 S), 20th (1 S), 21st (9
N, 12 S), 23rd (4 N, 1 S), 24th (3 N), 27th (1 N), 29th (1 N), 30th (1
S), 31st (1 N).
Gunton Warren - 29th (2).
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Kessingland - 12th (2 S), 20th (18 N).
One was along Lowestoft North Beach on the 25th.
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Kessingland - 14th (1 S), 21st (1 N), 22nd (1 N), 23rd (2 N).
GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 4th (3 S), 9th (1 N), 14th
(8 S), 18th (1 S), 19th (13 S), 21st (1 N), 22nd (4 N), 23rd (17 N).
Ness Point - 18th (2 S), 19th (14 S).
KNOT Calidris canutus
Kessingland - 5th (1 S), 14th (1 S), 16th (1 N), 20th (4
N), 21st (6 N), 22nd (5 N), 23rd (29 N), 24th (1 N), 25th (2 N), 29th
(8 S).
One flew south past Lowestoft North Beach on the 15th.
Two flew south past Ness Point on the 18th.
One was feeding at Ness Point on the 25th.
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER Calidris fuscicollis
One adult has been seen on and off at the eastern end of Breydon Water
from the 14th to 19th, sometimes along the south flats.
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Kessingland - 5th (2 S), 9th (2 N), 12th (5 S), 16th
(2 S), 18th (1 S), 21st (1 N, 3 S), 23rd (12 N), 29th (9 S), 30th (5 N).
One adult was with Turnstones on the rocks along Lowestoft North Beach
on the 12th and 16th.
One juvenile was with Turnstones at Ness Point on the 24th.
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Kessingland - 16th (10 N).
BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Kessingland - 5th (1 S), 19th (65 S), 22nd (1 N), 23rd
(1 N).
WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 11th (1 S), 13th (3 S), 14th
(1 S), 19th (23 S), 20th (1 S), 24th (1 S).
Ness Point - 19th (13 S, 1 in off the sea with Curlew
flock), 24th (1 S).
Gunton Warren - 26th (4 N), 27th (27 in off sea then north).
CURLEW Numenius arquata
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 4th (1 S), 6th (1 S), 8th (6 S),19th
(1 S), 24th (5 S).
Ness Point - 19th (1 S, 7 in off the sea then headed inland).
REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Kessingland - 5th (1 S), 17th (1 S), 19th (1 S).
Gunton Warren - 29th (1).
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
Two present near
Barsham Drain, Beccles from 27th to 31st.
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
One was along Lowestoft North Beach on the 6th.
One was on the groynes at Corton on the 25th.
Two were in Hamilton Dock on the 25th.
One was at Leathes Ham on the 27th and 29th.
One present near
Barsham Drain, Beccles from 27th to 31st.
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (7), 6th (8), 12th (17),
16th (8), 17th (17), 24th (27), 25th (31), 27th (20 on the groynes waiting
for the tide to drop enough to uncover the rocks).
Hamilton Dock - 12th (2).
Kessingland - 6th (1 S), 14th (2 S), 15th (1 S), 21st (6
N).
POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
One flew north past Kessingland on the 21st.
One flew south past Ness Point on the 31st.
ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 3rd (1 N), 6th (1 N), 12th (1 o/s),
13th (1 S), 18th (1 N), 19th (1 S), 20th (2 S), 21st (3 N, 1 S), 22nd
(3 S),
23rd (3 N), 24th (1 N), 25th (1 N), 29th (1 S), 30th (2 N).
Ness Point - 19th (1 lingering offshore), 31st (1 N, 5 S).
Corton - 21st (5 N).
LONG-TAILED SKUA Stercorarius longicaudus
A probable flew south past Kessingland on the 22nd.
GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
Two flew north past Corton on the 21st.
SKUA sp. Stercorarius sp.
Kessingland - 1st (1 S).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Lowestoft North Beach - 12th (1), 26th (2 adults, one colour
ringed returning bird from last winter).
Kessingland - 17th (1 S).
Ness Point - 19th (1 S).
Sussex Road - 25th (1 adult feeding on flying ants overhead).
LITTLE GULL Larus minutus
Kessingland - 6th (7 N), 8th (2 N), 10th (4 N), 11th (3
N, 5 S), 13th (6 N, 2 S), 14th (3 N, 1 S), 15th (1 S), 18th (1 N), 20th
(2 S), 21st (11 N), 22nd (4 N, 2 S), 23rd (10 N), 24th (2 N), 25th (2
N, 2 on sea), 26th (2 N, 4 S), 27th (5 N), 28th (1 N, 1 S), 29th (1 S),
30th (9 N, 12 S), 31st (4 N, 2 S) .
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (1 N), 12th (3).
Ness Point - 17th (3), 18th (7 S [including 5 juveniles]),
19th (10 S, 7 on sea).
Corton - 21st (52 N).
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis
The regular adult was along Lowestoft North Beach on the 11th, 19th and
24th at least.
KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (5 N, 8 S), 2nd (4 N, 10 S), 3rd (3 N), 4th
(1 N, 4 S), 5th (3 S), 6th (2 N, 4 S), 7th (2 N), 8th (6 N), 9th (3 N,
4 S), 10th (8 N, 6 S), 11th (1 N, 5 S), 12th (2 S), 13th (1 N, 6 S), 15th
(6 S), 17th (1 N, 1 S), 18th (1 N, 1 S), 19th (3 S), 21st (16 N, 15 S),
22nd (2 N), 23rd (19 N), 24th (7 N, 1 S), 25th (1 N), 26th (3 N, 3 S),
28th (1 S), 29th (1 S), 30th (2 N).
SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Kessingland - 1st (7 N, 5 S), 2nd (5 N, 15 S), 3rd (13 N,
5 S), 4th (1 N, 4 S), 5th (2 N, 4 S), 6th (1 N, 2 S), 7th (2 N, 6 S),
8th (3 N, 2 S), 9th (5 N, 4 S), 10th (8 N, 5 S), 11th (11 N), 12th (17
N, 3 S), 13th (6 N, 4 S), 15th (1 N, 6 S), 16th (9 N, 14 S), 17th (3 N,
5 S), 18th (1 N), 19th (3 N, 2 S), 20th (3 N, 2 S), 21st (2 N), 22nd (8
S), 23rd (15 N, 3 S), 24th (18 N, 1 S), 25th (10 N, 1 S), 26th (5 N),
27th (4 N), 28th (1 S), 29th (3 N, 5 S), 30th (8 N, 1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 17th (3).
Corton - 21st (7 N).
COMMON
TERN Sterna hirundo
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (55 perched on groynes), 11th
(20), 17th (50+).
ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea
One juvenile flew north past Corton on the 21st.
'COMMIC' TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Kessingland - 1st (12 N, 15 S), 2nd (23 N, 33 S), 3rd (38
N, 8 S), 4th (8 N, 24 S), 5th (10 N, 2 S), 6th (10 N, 169 S), 7th (4 N,
4 S), 8th (10 N, 23 S), 18 N, 46 S), 10th (22 N, 4 S), 11th (21 N, 8 S),
12th (1 N, 5 S), 13th (15 N), 14th (9 N, 1 S), 15th (10 S), 16th (5 N,
2 S), 17th (17 N, 38 S), 18th (11 N, 7 S), 19th (3 N, 8 S), 20th (4 N,
41 S), 21st (30 N, 42 S), 23rd (63 N, 8 S), 24th (54 N, 4 S), 25th (9
N, 12 S), 26th (33 N, 90 S), 27th (19 N, 6 S), 28th (8 N, 1 S), 29th (4
N, 6 S), 30th (16 N, 16 S), 31st (4 N, 5 S).
Corton - 21st (30 N).
LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 5th (2 N), 6th (7 N), 7th (3 N),
8th (3 N), 9th (18 N), 10th (21 N, 1 S), 11th (17 N, 7 S), 12th (4 N,
6 S), 13th (1 N, 19 S), 15th (2 N, 21 S), 16th (4 N, 1 S), 17th (1 N),
18th (4 N, 12 S), 19th (2 N, 8 S), 21st (15 N), 22nd (32 S), 23rd (2 N),
24th (2 N, 3 S), 25th (1 N), 26th (2 N, 3 S), 27th (4 S).
Ness Point - 18th (1 S), 19th (1 S).
Corton - 21st (3 N).
BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger
Five flew south past Ness Point on the 19th.
GUILLEMOT
Uria aalge
One juvenile was swimming south just offshore along Lowestoft North
Beach on the 12th. Presumably a different one was off Corton on the 21st.
RAZORBILL
Alca torda
One flew in and settled on the sea of Corton on the 22nd.
AUK sp. Alcidae
Kessingland - 21st (2 N), 24th (1 N, 1 on sea).
CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
On the 17th one flew south offshore past Ness Point being chased by
several Herring Gulls.
COMMON SWIFT Apus apus
Kessingland - 12th (23 S), 26th (4).
KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
One was at Leathes Ham on the 25th and 27th.
One was at Hamilton Dock on the 26th.
SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (8).
SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Beccles Marshes - 19th (80+).
Small numbers were heading south along the coast at Lowestoft on the
19th.
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (30+).
HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (20).
TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis
One was along the Radar Lodge road at Hopton/Corton on the 23rd.
COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Corton new sewage works - 24th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 25th (1).
WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
Gunton disused railtrack - 23rd (2).
Gunton Warren - 23rd (2), 24th (5).
Corton new sewage works - 23rd (1), 24th (5), 25th (4).
Radar Lodge fence - 25th (5).
WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Two juveniles were around the net posts on Lowestoft North Denes on the
17th.
One was on the the North Denes camp site on the 19th.
Gunton disused railtrack - 23rd (1).
Corton new sewage works - 23rd (5).
Lowestoft North Denes - 24th (1), 25th (1).
SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
One was on Lowestoft North Denes near the net posts on the 25th.
REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (2+).
LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Beccles Marshes - 19th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 25th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 23rd (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (2).
WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Gunton Warren - 4th (7), 11th (3), 27th (3).
Beccles Marshes - 19th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 23rd (3).
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (2).
Birds Eye car park (Ness Point) - 26th (1).
GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (1).
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Gunton disused railtrack - 23rd (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (1).
Gunton Warren - 25th (1).
GREENISH WARBLER Phylloscopus trochiloides
An elusive individual was in Holm Oaks and White Poplars a little to the
north of Warrenhouse Wood on the 24th.
WOOD WARBLER Phylloscopus sibilatrix
One was reported on the news services at Lound Waterworks on the 16th.
CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Ness Point - 3rd (1 in the Birds Eye car park).
Gunton Warren - 4th (1), 27th (2).
Corton new sewage works - 25th (2).
Kessingland
sewage works - 25th (3).
WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Gunton disused railtrack - 23rd (2).
Corton disused railtrack - 23rd (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (3).
Birds Eye car park (Ness Point) - 26th (1).
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
A pair were feeding at least one juvenile at Beccles Marsh trail lakes
on the 19th.
Gunton disused railtrack - 25th (1).
PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca
One was reported on the news services at Kessingland/Benacre Sluice on
the 16th.
Dip Farm shelterbelt - 23rd (1).
Corton old sewage works - 23rd (1 by the pond).
Warrenhouse Wood - 24th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 25th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 26th (1).
Corton Wood - 27th (1 by the pond).
HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus
A flock of 62 were between Ness Point and Hamilton Dock on the 12th.
GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Gunton Warren - 4th (24), 11th (7).
Links Road - 29th (60).
LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Gunton Warren - 4th (6), 11th (7), 27th (2), 29th (2).
YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Gunton Warren - 4th (2).
[ COCKATIEL
Nymphicus hollandicus
Two were together at Corton Wood on the 26th and 27th.]
NON-BIRD
NEWS
A Clouded Yellow butterfly was on Lowestoft North Denes on
the 25th.
HARBOUR PORPOISE
Lowestoft North Beach - 6th (3 N), 21st (5+), 25th
(2 +).
Kessingland - 10th (1 N).
GREY
SEAL
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (1 N), 16th (1).
Kessingland - 5th (1), 9th (1), 11th (1), 13th (1), 15th
(1), 24th (1), 30th (1).
