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Little Egret - Burgh Castle Flats - August 2004 - ©Andrew Easton

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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata ****
One flew north past Kessingland on the 1st, another flew north past Ness Point on the 9th.
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 7th (1 S), 10th (1 N, 1 S), 12th (1 N), 16th (1 N), 17th (1 N), 18th (1 N, 1 S), 21st (2 N, 3 S), 22nd (5 N, 2 S), 23rd (4 S), 25th (8 N, 2 S, 2 o/s), 27th (6 N, 2 S), 28th (2 N), 29th (6 N), 30th (3 N, 1 S, 1 o/s).
Ness Point - 9th (1 N), 18th (1 N), 24th (2 N), 25th (2 S).
Corton - 24th (1 N, 1 S).



BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica ****
Kessingland - 22nd (1 S), 26th (1 N), 27th (2 N).



GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer ****
One flew north past Kessingland on the 26th.



GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Kessingland - 12th (1 N, 18th (1 S).



FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Kessingland - 1st (3 N), 2nd (2 N), 3rd (1 N), 5th (3 N), 6th (2 N, 1 S), 7th (1 N), 8th (3 N), 9th (3 N), 10th (3 N, 1 S), 11th (1 N),
12th (1 S), 16th (2 N, 1 S), 17th (1 N).
Ness Point - 5th (1 N), 7th (1 N), 11th (4 N).



CORY'S SHEARWATER Calonectris diomedea
Kessingland - 9th (1 S).

SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus
Kessingland - 8th (2 N), 9th (1 N).
Ness Point - 16th (3 N, with two lingering for a while).

MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus ****
Kessingland - 16th (1 N), 17th (3 S), 18th (1 S), 25th (1 N, 30th (1 N).



EUROPEAN STORM-PETREL Hydrobates pelagicus
Checking Hamilton Dock on the 25th on the off chance that the Grey Phalarope from the previous day may have roosted overnight produced a big surprise in the form of a European Storm-petrel flitting around and bathing there at 6:45am. After a few minutes it became more active, making larger circuits, and when I returned shortly afterwards with another observer it could not be relocated.



GANNET Morus bassanus ****
Kessingland - 1st (12 N, 1 S), 2nd (23 N, 2 S), 3rd (3 N), 4th (6 N), 5th (46 N, 1 S), 6th (14 N, 11 S), 7th (13 N), 8th (49 N, 2 S), 9th (53 N, 3 S), 10th (79 N), 11th (81 N), 12th (46 N), 13th (5 N, 2 S), 14th (6 N), 15th (1 N), 16th (2 N), 17th (3 N, 4 S), 18th (6 N, 7 S), 19th (9 N, 3 S), 20th (8 N, 7 S), 21st (8 N, 19 S), 22nd (20 N, 74 S), 23rd (6 N, 73 S), 25th (86 N), 26th (34 N, 3 S), 27th (30 N, 2 S), 28th (72 N), 29th (14 N, 1 S), 30th (73 N, 1 S).
Ness Point - 7th (20 N), 8th (3 N), 11th (40+), 16th (2 N), 23rd (9 N, 10 S).
Corton - 24th (100 +)



CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 5th (1 S), 10th (2 S), 11th (1 N), 16th (8 S), 17th (3 S), 21st (3 N), 26th (2 S), 27th (1 S), 29th (1 N).
Hamilton Dock - 8th (1).
Ness Point - 24th (3 N).
Lake Lothing - 26th (16).

LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Burgh Castle Flats - 4th (2), 26th (1).
Breydon South Shore - 4th (1).



GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
One flew south at Kessingland on the 14th.



PURPLE HERON Ardea purpurea
As elusive as ever, it was seen near the windpump along the south wall of Breydon Water on the 3rd, but not since.

GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus ****
The long staying bird at Breydon remained throughout the whole of September, and seems to have recently adopted the mudflats at Burgh Castle as it's favoured haunt. Though it does still sometimes cross over to the north bank at Berney Marshes.

Having spent most of the day at Burgh Castle on the 4th it, along with everything else present, was flushed by a very low flying microlight aircraft. It then flew to the north shore at Berney, where it was still feeding along the shoreline at 20:10. Seen most days between the 4th and 30th from Burgh Castle / Breydon South Wall.

Glossy Ibis - Burgh Castle - August 2004 - ©Andrew Easton

MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor ****
Two flew south past Kessingland on the 13th. Six were on Leathes Ham on the 29th.



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus ****
36 arrived in off the sea at Ness Point at 6:30am on the 24th, a further eight flew north past there at 7:00. A flock of about 40 was noted soutbound over Mutford on the 24th, so were probably the 36 seen coming in off the sea at Ness Point earlier.

On the 25th 28 flew north past Kessingland, and were shortly after seen continuing northwards past Ness Point.

This species is not a common sight in Suffolk, and these birds had presumably overshot their intended destination due to the strong north-westerly tailwinds at the time.



GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
132 flew over Burgh Castle at dusk on the 4th heading towards Berney Marshes to roost.



DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla bernicla ****
Kessingland - 9th (2 S), 17th (3 S), 20th (4 S), 25th (4 S), 27th (1 N), 28th (3 N), 29th (2 N), 30th (8 N, 196 S).
Ness Point - 24th (8 N).
Corton - 24th (6 N).



PALE-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla hrota
Four flew north past Kessingland on the 23rd.



EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus ****
Two were in Hamilton Dock on the 27th.



SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna ****
Kessingland - 6th (1 S), 8th (11 S), 15th (1 S), 29th (2 N), 30th (5 S).
Ness Point - 24th (2 N).



WIGEON Anas penelope ****
Four were sitting becalmed on the sea of Ness Point on the 5th.
Ness Point - 7th (14 S), 11th (6 S), 16th (6 S), 24th (11 N).
Kessingland - 4th (23 S), 6th (15 N, 11 S), 7th (10), 9th (7 S), 10th (47 S), 11th (4 S), 12th (5 S), 16th (2 S), 17th (3 S), 18th (8 S), 21st (1 S), 23rd (6 N), 25th (29 N, 18 S), 26th (5 N, 5 S), 27th (16 S), 28th (3 S), 29th (11 S), 30th (81 N, 162 S).
Leathes Ham - 12th (1).



GADWALL Anas strepera
Kessingland - 8th (6 N), 30th (8 S).
Leathes Ham - 12th (9), 18th (4).



TEAL Anas crecca ****
Kessingland - 2nd (128 S), 3rd (78 S, 10 on sea), 4th (3 N, 92 S), 5th (2 N, 135 S), 6th (12 N, 177 S), 7th (89 S), 8th (6 N, 31 S),
9th (48 S), 10th (3 N, 140 S), 16th (3 S), 17th (18 S), 18th (14 S), 19th (3 S), 20th (1 S), 25th (4 N, 8 S), 27th (3 S), 28th (17 S), 29th (2 S), 30th (43 N, 163 S).
Corton - 7th (2 on sea).
Ness Point - 11th (7 S), 24th (18 N).
Oulton Broad - 13th (1 W).

PINTAIL Anas acuta
Kessingland - 17th (1 S), 18th (4 S), 30th (1 N, 3 S).



SHOVELER Anas clypeata ****
Leathes Ham - 12th (4).
Oulton Broad - 13th (14 W).
Kessingland - 3rd (6 S), 18th (4 S).



TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula ****
Kessingland - 10th (1 S), 27th (6 S).
Ness Point - 24th (1 N).



COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima ****
Kessingland - 7th (2 N).
Corton - 24th (5 on sea).



COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra ****
Kessingland - 1st (4 N), 3rd (3 N), 5th (3 S), 6th (4 N), 7th (3 N, 10 o/s), 8th (17 N), 9th (13 N, 10 o/s), 10th (5 S), 17th (1 S, 1 o/s), 22nd (7 o/s), 23rd (7 N, 1 S), 25th (27 N, 1 S), 26th (7 N, 2 o/s), 29th (7 N, 30 S, 7 o/s), 30th (102 N, 29 S).
Ness Point - 24th (15 N), 25th (30 N, 9 S).



OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
At 11:10 on the 4th panic amongst the gulls roosting on the Corton Sewage Works roof heralded the arrival, low from the north-east, of an Osprey. It circled twice over the pond there, apparently inspecting the Goldfish, but then lowered its legs to reveal that it was already carrying a medium sized fish which it then proceeded to snack on in flight. It then drifted leisurely off westwards.

One flew low south-eastwards over Mutford at 9:00 on the 12th.

HONEY BUZZARD Pernis apivorus
A dark individual flew low south westwards over Bradwell at 10:40 on the 4th.



MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Breydon South Wall - 4th (1 male).
Kessingland - 5th (1 S).



SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus
One was watched arriving in off the sea at Ness Point on the 11th. One was trapped and ringed at Corton on the 17th.



HOBBY Falco subbuteo ****
Burgh Castle - 4th (1), 6th (1).
Ashby - 4th (2-3).
Hopton, Radar Lodge - 7th (1).
Kessingland - A party of four were hunting together over the beach on the 8th, and presumably the same again on the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 19th. Also noted on the 20th (1 S), 21st (2 S), 25th (1 S), 26th (2 N), 27th (3 N), 28th (1 N), 29th (3 S).
North Denes - 23rd (1 N).
Ness Point - 24th (1 S).



GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix
Six were near Radar Lodge, Corton on the 4th with 7 there on the 7th.



PHEASANT Phasianus colchicus ****
Not a species that regularly features here, but a female in the Birds Eye car park at Ness Point was an unexpected sight at dusk on the 24th. The first I can ever recall seeing in the Denes area!



WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus
At least two were heard at Burgh Castle on the 4th.



OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 1 S), 2nd (1 S), 3rd (5 S), 4th (1 N), 5th (1 S), 7th (5 S), 8th (5 S), 14th (1 S), 15th (1 S), 16th (1 S), 26th (2 N),
27th (3 N), 28th (1 N), 29th (3 S).
Ness Point - 5th (1 feeding at the Point), 7th (1 N, 1 S), 8th (4 S), 25th (1 S).



GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria ****
One flew westwards over Corton on the 4th with another over on the 8th.
Ash Farm, Mutford - 7th (2).
Ness Point - 24th (1 N).
Kessingland - 30th (2 S).



GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola ****
Kessingland - 18th (2 S), 22nd (3 S), 23rd (2 S), 26th (2 S), 30th (2 S).
Corton - 24th (2 N).



KNOT Calidris canutus ****
Kessingland - 2nd (3 S), 5th (4 S), 9th (2 N, 6 S), 10th (1 S), 17th (8 S), 21st (5 S), 27th (4 S).
Ness Point - 5th (2 S), 24th (3 N), 25th (1 S).
Burgh Castle - 26th (2).

SANDERLING Calidris alba
Kessingland - 8th (8 S), 9th (11 N).
Ness Point - 11th (1 S).



LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta ****
Burgh Castle - 26th (2).



PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima ****
One juvenile was feeding at Ness Point on the 18th. Singlembirds were also seen at Ness Point and Kessingland?benacre Ness pumping station on the 26th.



CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea
Breydon South Shore - 4th (1 ad. 3 juv's).



DUNLIN Calidris alpina ****
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 2nd (4 S), 3rd (12 S), 6th (4 N), 12th (3 S), 19th (5 S), 25th (12 S), 26th (3 S), 27th (2 S), 30th (50 S).
Ness Point - 11th (3 S), 25th (12 S).
Burgh Castle - 26th (96).



CURLEW Numenius arquata
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 10th (3 S), 16th (2 S), 19th (1 S), 30th (3 S).



WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 11th (3 S).
Breydon South Shore - 4th (3).



COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Breydon South Shore - 4th (6 in flight).
Lowestoft North Denes - 7th (1 flushed from Net posts).



BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
On the 2nd one circled noisily over Lowestoft North Denes before heading off south.

BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa laponnica
Kessingland - 3rd (2 S).
Ness Point - 11th (3 S).



REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Kessingland - 4th (3 S), 5th (1 S), 16th (3 S).
Ness Point - 11th (2 feeding on the Point).



COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
Burgh Castle Flats - 4th (2).



TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Breydon South Wall - 4th (3).
Kessingland - 2nd (3 S), 12th (2 S), 15th (2 S), 21st (1 S), 30th (2).
Ness Point - 5th (8), 8th (9), 11th (9), 18th (11).
Corton - 8th (14).

GREY PHALAROPE Phalaropus fulicarius ****
On the 24th one flew north along the coast past the old coastguard station at the end of Hamilton Road and settled on the sea off Ness Point.



POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus ****
Kessingland - 7th (1 N), 9th (2 N), 17th (1 lingering), 18th (1 lingering), 19th (1 N), 27th (2 N), 28th (1 N), 29th (1 N), 30th (1 N).
Ness Point - 25th (1 N).



ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus ****
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 6th (1 N), 8th (1 N), 21st (1 N), 25th (4 N), 26th (1 N), 27th (2 N), 28th (1 N), 30th (1 N).
Ness Point - 7th (4 S), 9th (1 N), 24th (4 N), 25th (1 N).
Corton - 24th (1 N, 2 S).

LONG-TAILED SKUA Stercorarius longicaudus ****
Kessingland - A juvenile settled on the sea approximately 200 metres offshore on the 6th. It flew of southwards shortly after. Another flew north on the 7th. Also 23rd (1 S).
Corton - 23rd (1 S)
Ness Point - 24th (1 lingered offshore for 15 minutes).



GREAT SKUA Catharacta skua ****
Kessingland - 6th (1 S), 7th (1 S), 21st (1 N, 2 S), 23rd (1 S), 25th (6 N, 3 S), 26th (1 N), 27th (1 N), 29th (2 N), 30th (2 N).
Ness Point - 24th (1 S), 25th (1+ lingering).



SKUA sp. Stercoraridae ****
Kessingland - 23rd (1 S), 25th (1 S, 29th (1 S).
Ness Point - 23rd (3 S).



MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus ****
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N).
Breydon South Wall - 4th (2 ads. + 1 2nd yr. catching flying ants).
Corton New Sewage Works - 4th (1 ad.).
Lowestoft North Denes - A first winter was catching flying ants over the Camp Site on the 5th, 7th (1 2nd. yr. S then N along sea wall).
Ness Point - 25th (1 2nd. winter)



LITTLE GULL Larus minutus
Corton - 1st (3 feeding).
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 2nd (3 N), 3rd (2 N, 3 S), 4th (4 S), 6th (2 feeding), 7th (2 N), 9th (4 N), 11th (1 N), 15th (1 feeding).
Ness Point - 5th (5 south on sea).
Lowestoft North Denes - At least six were catching flying ants over the Camp Site on the 5th.

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis ****
One adult was on the roof of the Birds Eye factory on the 24th.



KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 2nd (2 S), 3rd (1 S), 7th (1 N), 9th (5 N), 10th (1 N), 22nd (1 S), 23rd (1 N, 2 S), 26th (1 N).



SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvicensis ****
Kessingland - 1st (5 N), 2nd (5 N), 3rd (7 N, 1 S), 4th (1 S), 5th (3 N, 2 S), 7th (3 S), 8th (2 S), 9th (2 S), 10th (2 N), 11th (3 S),
12th (1 N, 5 S), 13th (3 S, 14th (2 S), 15th (18 S), 16th (1 N), 17th (1 S), 19th (2 N), 20th (1 N), 21st (2 N, 18 S), 22nd (15 S), 23rd (9 S), 25th (1 N, 1 S), 26th (2 N, 8 S), 27th (5 N, 18 S), 29th (6 N), 30th (2 N, 2 S).
Ness Point - 12th (1 S), 18th (2 N), 23rd (2 offshore), 24th (1 N), 25th (1 N).
North Beach - 16th (2 on groynes).

COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo ****
Ness Point - 18th (2 N), 24th (1 N), 25th (7 N).



ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea ****
Ness Point - 24th (7 S, including a flock of six), 24th (3 N).



"COMMIC" TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea ****
Kessingland - 1st (2 N, 21 S), 2nd (1 N, 29 S), 3rd (28 N, 125 S), 4th (2 N, 23 S), 5th (2 N, 40 S), 6th (12 N, 2 S), 7th (4 N, 4 S),
8th (9 N), 9th (1 N), 11th (18 N, 2 S), 12th (5 S), 13th (1 N, 1 S), 14th (1 N), 15th (5 S), 16th (3 N), 20th (3 S),
21st (3 N, 13 S), 22nd (1 S), 25th (2 N, 6 S), 26th (1 N, 6 S, 7 feeding), 27th (3 S, 1 feeding), 28th (1 S),
29th (3 N, 1 S, 11 feeding), 30th (5 N, 11 feeding).
Ness Point - 11th (1 S).



BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger
Kessingland - 3rd (17 S), 5th (15 S).
Ness Point - 11th (1 N).

GUILLEMOT Uria aalge ****
Kessingland - 5th (1 N).
Corton - 7th (1 on sea), 24th (1 on sea).
Ness Point - 9th (1 S).



RAZORBILL Alca torda ****
Ness Point - 24th (2 N).



LITTLE AUK Alle alle ****
One flying north past Ness Point on the 25th was a pleasant surprise.



PUFFIN Fratercula arctica ****
Single birds flew north past Kessingland on the 11th and 22nd.



AUK sp. Alcidae ****
Ness Point - 5th (1 N), 24th (4 N).
Kessingland - 8th (1 N), 13th (3 N), 15th (1 N), 16th (1 N), 17th (1 N), 21st (29 N), 22nd (1 N, 1 S), 23rd (9 N), 25th (9 N, 1 o/s), 26th (2 N), 29th (5 N, 1 S).



BARN OWL Tyto alba
Two were hunting at Burgh Castle on the 4th.



SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
One was flushed from a field near Radar Lodge, Corton on the 5th.



SWIFT Apus apus
Corton - 4th (1), 5th (2), 11th (2), 22nd (1).
Burgh Castle - 4th (2).
Kessingland - 5th (2), 14th (1 S), 21st (1 S), 22nd (1).
Gunton - 9th (8).
Belle Vue Park - 11th (2).
Lowestoft - 17th (2), 18th (1).
North Denes - 23rd (1).



KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis ****
Kirkley Fen, "Kingfisher Dyke" - 4th (1), 29th (1).
Burgh Castle - 4th (1).
Lake Lothing - 11th (3), 25th (2).
Hamilton Dock - 25th (1).



GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Two were along Corton disused railway line on the 4th with 3 present on the 8th. A juvenile was on the Denes Oval at Lowestoft on the 5th.



LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos minor
One was seen at Burgh Castle on the 6th. One of the birds of the month!!!



SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Seven flew south past Ness Point on the 18th.



HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
A flock of 150 flew south at Pakefield on the 17th. Over 200 were at Kessingland Wildlife Park on the 19th.
Ness Point - 23rd (40 N).
North Denes - On the 23rd over 500 were milling around the North Denes/Birds Eye and parks area in the early morning drizzle. When this cleared around 10:00 they all moved on, with only a handful present at 11:30.

YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
Corton - 4th (2 in clifftop fields).

At least 217 were counted arriving at the Burgh Castle post-breeding communal roost on the 4th. However they were then flushed by a Sparrowhawk which made any further accurate count impossible. Most of them then moved to the reeds on the opposite bank of the River Waveney.



GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd, 22nd (3).
Oulton Broad - One flew over on the 12th.
Corton - 16th (1).
Sussex Road, Lowestoft - 20th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 25th (1 S).
Ness Point - 25th (1 on the rocks), 30th (1 S).
Kessingland/Benacre Ness pumping station - 26th (1).



MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Small numbers have been passing over the town calling each morning from the 15th to 17th at least.



ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus ****
One was at Ness Point on the 25th.



ROBIN Erithacus rubecula
Conspicuous along the coast between Corton and Lowestoft on the 7th and 8th coinciding with good numbers seen on Heligoland, Germany.



REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Corton Cliffs - 7th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 8th (4).
Kessingland, Rider Haggard Lane - 8th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 9th (1), 16th (1).
Kessingland - 29th (1).



BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros ****
One was in Kirkley Cemetery on the 19th.



WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe ****
Corton New Sewage Works - 1st (1), 7th (12), 8th (16).
Corton Cliffs - 6th (2), 8th (4), 22nd (2).
Kessingland - 3rd (3), 5th (2).
Kessingland, Rider Haggard Lane - 3rd (3), 8th (1).
Corton MoD - 4th (2).
Gorleston Cliffs - 4th (4).
Breydon South Wall - 4th (1).
Ness Point - 5th (1), 8th (1), 11th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (1), 7th (12), 8th (3), 11th (4).
Links Road, Lowestoft - 7th (6), 8th (1).
Gunton Beach - 8th (5).
Gunton, Dip Farm/railtrack - 7th (3).
Ash Farm, Mutford - 7th (2).
Lake Lothing - 11th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 25th (1).



WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
Although a generally quiet day migration wise, the 4th produced at least 13 birds in the area. Similar numbers were also seen on the 5th but in some new locations as well.
Lowestoft North Denes - 4th (1), 5th (1), 7th (1), 18th (1).
Corton New Sewage Works - 4th (2), 7th (10).
Corton MoD - 4th (5), 5th (1), 7th (2).
Gorleston Cliffs - 4th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 7th (3).
Breydon South Wall - 4th (4).
Corton Old Sewage Works - 5th (2), 8th (1), 11th (1).
Dip Farm, Gunton - 5th (2), 7th (3), 8th (3).
Links Road, Lowestoft - 5th (2), 7th (6), 11th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 5th (4).
Kessingland sewage works - 5th (3).
Kessingland, Rider Haggard Lane - 5th (1), 8th (1).
Water Lane allotments - 8th (1).
Lake Lothing - 11th (2).



STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
Two were by Kessingland Sluice on the 5th.



REDWING Turdus iliacus ****
Single birds were at Corton on the 25th and 26th. Six were seen in Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft at dawn on the 29th.



CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
One was singing at Burgh Castle on the 4th, one was at Holly Road, Oulton Broad on the 16th.



LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Corton disused railway track - 5th (3), 17th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 5th (1).
Kessingland Sewage Works - 16th (1), 22nd (3+).



WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Corton - 4th (1), 5th (2).
Hopton - 4th (1).
Kessingland Sewage Works - 5th (2), 16th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 5th (3).
Gunton Beach - 8th (1).



GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Corton disused railway track - 5th (1), 8th (1).
Dip Farm, Gunton - 5th (1).



BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Kessingland Sewage Works - 5th (2), 16th (5).
Corton disused railtrack - 8th (2).
Water Lane allotments - 8th (1).
Holly Road, Oulton Broad - 15th (2), 16th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 16th (6).



GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
One was present on Lowestoft North Denes on the 7th and 8th in weeds by the sea wall. Groppers are extremely rare on autumn passage in Lowestoft!!!



SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
One was flushed from clifftop vegetation by the old MoD compound at Corton on the 4th.

REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus ****
One was frequenting a clump of Ivy along the disused railway track at Corton on the 5th-7th. One was at Holly Road, Oulton Broad on the 13th and 15th. One was trapped and ringed at Kessingland on the 22nd.



CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita ****
Gunton Warren - 8th (6).
Corton disused railtrack - 4th (6), 4th (10), 5th (14), 8th (3).
Warren House Wood - 12th (2).
Holly Road, Oulton Broad - 15th (1), 16th (2).
Corton old sewage works - 26th (2).



WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
"Flycatcher Lane", Denes Oval - 4th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 7th (2).
Kessingland Sewage Works - 16th (1).
Not a very encouraging showing compared with the number of Chiffchaffs around at the same time.



SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
A juvenile was in the car park at Herbert Barnes Park on the south shore of Breydon Water on the 4th.
One was present at Corton new sewage works on the 7th and 8th.



PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca
Corton disused railway track - 5th (4), 8th (2).
Belle Vue Park - 5th (1).
Gunton disused railway track - 7th (2).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 7th (1).
Warren House Wood - 8th (2).
Holly Road, Oulton Broad - 7th (1), 11th (1).
Arnold's Walk - 11th (1).



BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Heard calling at Burgh Castle and Breydon South Wall on the 4th.



SISKIN Carduelis spinus
One briefly joined a flock of Goldfinches at Corton new sewage works on the 8th.



SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis ****
One flew south over Corton old sewage works on the 26th.



REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus ****
One was at Corton old sewage works on the 26th.

BIRDS RECORDED IN LIZARD LAND DURING 2004:
Red-throated Diver, Black-throated Diver, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Fulmar, European Storm-petrel, Gannet, Cormorant, Eurasian Shag, Little Egret, Glossy Ibis, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Spoonbill, Mute Swan, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose, White-fronted Goose, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, Mandarin, Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, Mallard, Pintail, Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Scaup, Eider, Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter, Goldeneye, Smew, Red-breasted Merganser, Goosander, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Hen Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Osprey, Kestrel, Merlin, Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, Red-legged Partridge, Grey Partridge, Pheasant, Water Rail, Moorhen, Coot, Common Crane, Oystercatcher, Avocet, Stone Curlew, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Lapwing, Knot, Sanderling, Little Stint, Purple Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff, Jack Snipe, Common Snipe, Woodcock, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Whimbrel, Spotted Redshank, Redshank, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Turnstone, Pomarine Skua, Arctic Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Great Skua, Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Kittiwake, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Little Tern, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Little Auk, Feral Dove, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Turtle Dove, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Little Owl, Short-eared Owl, Common Swift, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wood Lark, Sky Lark, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, (White Wagtail), Bohemian Waxwing, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Nightingale, Black Redstart, Common Redstart, Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, Ring Ouzel, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Greenish Warbler, Wood Warbler, Chiffchaff, (Siberian Chiffchaff), Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Bearded Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Treecreeper, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Brambling, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin, Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch, Hawfinch, Snow Bunting, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting.