Pied Flycatcher - Belle Vue Park © Andrew Easton On September 1st a WRYNECK was found at Kessingland, and a BARRED WARBLER was found just south of the border at Benacre/Kessingland Sluice, following one at nearby Beach Farm, Benacre the day before. The BARRED WARBLER was still present on September 2nd and was seen on both sides of the River Hundred. Also on the 1st and 2nd a CATTLE EGRET was again present at Carlton Marshes. |
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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. -++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-++-++,  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. |
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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
Gunton Warren - 6th (1 S).
Ness Point - 19th (1 N).
GANNET Morus bassanus
Ness Point - 6th (3 S), 19th (9 N).
SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia
One flew north past Corton on the 19th.
PURPLE HERON Ardea purpurea
Hopton Cliffs - 17th (1 arrived in off the sea).
Gorleston - 29th (one flew east over A47 near James Paget Hospital Gorleston).
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| Great White Egret - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
GREAT WHITE EGRET Ardea alba
On the 18th one flew in from Oulton Marshes direction and settled on Carlton Marshes for a few minutes before continuing on, dropping down again in the Castle Marshes/Aldeby area.
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Carlton Marshes - 4th (1), 15th (1), 27th (2).
Leathes Ham - 17th (2), 18th (1), 24th (1).
CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis
An adult flew eastward over Carlton Marshes and Oulton Broad on the evening of the 15th and then roosted overnight at Leathes Ham. (It had been photographed earlier in the day at Castle Marshes). It departed south-westward from roost at 05:37 on the 16th.
It roosted at Leathes Ham again on the evening of the 16th. It has an irregular, roughly teardrop shaped, dark mass, looking like encrusted mud or tar on its right leg.
It flew in to roost again at Leathes Ham at 19:07 on the 17th, it did not appear on the evening of the 18th at least, but was again roosting on the evenings of the 23rd and 24th.
An adult was at Burgh Castle Marshes along Breydon south wall marshes on the 20th to 28th at least.
An adult was also seen at Carlton Marshes on the morning of the 23rd (at the same time as the Burgh Castle bird was being watched). It was present there again on the 31st.
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| Cattle Egret - Leathes Ham © Andrew Easton |
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Ness Point - 1st (3 S), 5th (14 N), 19th (1 N).
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Ness Point - 1st (1 S), 5th (4 N), 6th (2), 16th (2 S).
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Ellough - 16th (c.50).
RUFF Philomachus pugnax
Carlton Marshes - 1st (4), 4th (1).
SANDERLING Calidris alba
Ness Point - 6th (3 S).
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Gunton Warren - 19th (1).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1).
Ness Point - 3rd (1 S).
SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Carlton Marshes - 23rd (4), 25th (4)
REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Ness Point - 19th (3 S).
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Carlton Marshes - 31st (3).
Pakefield - 31st (1 over).
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Carlton Marshes - 15th (5), 16th (5), 23rd (2), 25th (1).
BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponnica
Ness Point - 19th (1 S).
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| An old postcard view from the late 19th or early 20th century looking eastward across Oulton Broad. |
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
Carlton Marshes - 4th (1), 16th (1), 19th (2).
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
Mutford Lock Basin - 2nd (4), 12th (7), 13th (7), 17th (7), 19th (3).
Riverside Road, Lake Lothing - 31st (5).
Carlton Marshes - 31st (1).
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Lowestoft North Beach/Ness Point - 5th (1), 6th (7), 13th (13).
ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius skua
Ness Point - 27th (1 S).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Corton new sewage works - 2nd (52), 4th (151), 20th (c. 100).
Ness Point - 5th (2 S), 6th (2).
COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Ness Point - 1st (5 S), 6th (15 S), 27th (5).
Lowestoft North Beach - 13th (53).
SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Lowestoft North Beach - 13th (2).
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| Whinchat - Lowestoft North Denes © Andrew Easton |
SWIFT Apus apus
Leathes Ham - 17th (4).
Carlton Marshes - 23rd (3), 31st (7).
Gunton - 23rd (3+).
Station Square, Lowestoft - 29th (1).
Heathlands-Pakefield - 30th (2).
SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Carlton Marshes - 15th (80+ at dusk), 25th (28).
Burgh Castle - 27th (c. 500).
Heathlands-Pakefield - 30th (c. 40).
HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Gunton - 23rd (40+).
Carlton Marshes - 25th (5), 26th (100+), 27th (10), 31st (15).
SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Ness Point - 16th (2 S).
Carlton Marshes - 25th (1), 27th (10), 31st (1).
Burgh Castle - 27th (c. 70).
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Ness Point - 6th (1 juvenile).
Carlton Marshes - 31st (1).
YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
Heathlands-Pakefield - 22nd (1).
Burgh Castle - 27th (c. 60 to roost).
WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
Kessingland (Marsh Lane-Coopers Lane) - 3rd (1), 30th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 4th (1), 8th (2), 22nd (6), 25th (2).
Kessingland Sluice - 7th (2), 21st (2), 22nd (2), 25th (1), 30th (1).
Corton old sewage works - 21st (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 22nd (10).
Heathlands-Pakefield - 22nd (1), 29th (7), 30th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 25th (1), 31st (3).
Breydon South Wall - 25th (1).
Riverside Road, Lowestoft - 29th (1).
STONECHAT Saxicola rubicola
Kessingland Sluice - 30th (2).
COMMON REDSTART Phoenicuros phoenicuros
Breydon South Wall - 31st (1).
WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Carlton Marshes - 6th (1), 8th (1), 10th (3), 15th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 9th (1), 25th (4), 30th (1).
Denes Oval - 21st (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 22nd (1).
Heathlands-Pakefield - 22nd (2), 31st (1).
Corton old sewage works - 31st (3).
Breydon South Wall - 31st (1).
REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Corton new sewage works - 2nd (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 3rd (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 3rd (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 30th (1).
Heathlands-Pakefield - 30th (2).
WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Lowestoft North Denes - 6th (2), 8th (6), 22nd (2).
Jeldwen, Lake Lothing - 17th (2).
Heathlands-Pakefield - 22nd (18), 29th (8), 30th (12).
Kessingland Sluice - 30th (6).
LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Lowestoft North Denes - 6th (3), 8th (2).
Jeldwen, Lake Lothing - 17th (1).
Warren Lane/Gorleston Golf Course - 21st (5).
Gunton disused railtrack - 21st (2).
Heathlands-Pakefield - 22nd (6), 29th (2), 30th (3).
Kessingland Sluice - 30th (1).
BARRED WARBLER Sylvia nisoria
One was on the cliff face below Gorleston golf course at Hopton on the 31st.
CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Kessingland sewage works - 30th (7).
Carlton Marshes - 31st (5).
WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Lowestoft North Denes - 19th (1),
Corton new sewage works - 21st (2).
Warren Lane/Gorleston Golf Course - 21st (1).
Marsh Lane, Kessingland - 21st (1).
Heathlands-Pakefield - 22nd (3), 29th (2), 30th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 31st (1).
MARSH TIT Parus palustris
Carlton Marshes - 31st (2).
PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca
Tonning Street, Lowestoft - 3rd (3), 4th (2).
Corton old sewage works - 3rd (1).
Radar Lodge (Hopton/Corton) - 3rd (8).
Corton disused railtrack - 3rd (2), 4th (1), 7th (1).
Corton new sewage works - 3rd (1).
Furse Wood, Corton - 3rd (2).
Station Road, Corton - 3rd (2), 4th (1).
Kessingland (Marsh Lane-Coopers Lane) - 3rd (8), 21st (2).
Heathlands, Kessingland - 3rd (1).
St. Margarets Church - 3rd (2).
Beacon Park, Gorleston - 3rd (1).
Belle Vue Park - 3rd (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 4th (1), 30th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 4th (6).
Hubbards Loke, Gunton - 4th (2).
Warrenhouse Wood - 4th (1).
Sparrows Nest Park - 4th (2).
Ness Point - 5th (1).
Gunton Warren - 21st (1).
Flycatcher Alley (Denes Oval) - 21st (2).
Warren Lane/Gorleston Golf Course - 21st (2).
Heathlands-Pakefield - 29th (14).
SISKIN Carduelis spinus
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1 S).
Corton - 5th (5 over).
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