Lowestoft Bird News - September 2005

RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 1 S), 4th (1 S), 10th (1 N, 1 S), 11th (1 N), 12th (1 N, 1 S), 13th (1 N), 14th (1 N, 3 S), 15th (1 S), 16th (1 N, 5 S), 17th (11 N, 2 S), 18th (11 N, 2 S), 19th (4 N), 20th (3 N), 23rd (1 N), 24th (2 N), 25th (3 N, 2 S), 26th (5 N, 2 S), 27th (1 N, 2 S, 1 o/s), 28th (3 N, 2 S), 29th (2 N, 1 S), 30th (4 N).
Corton - 16th (1 S), 17th (26 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 18th (4 S), 24th (1 S).
Gorleston - 17th (8).
Pakefield - 20th one summer plumaged bird drifting south.
Ness Point - 30th (3 N).

BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica
Kessingland - 13th (2 N), 17th (1 N).

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
Kessingland - 16th (1 N), 28th (1 N).

GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Kessingland - 15th (1 N), 17th (2 S), 25th (1 S).

BLACK-NECKED GREBE Podiceps nigricollis
Two were present at Flixton gravel pits late August with one remaining until the 2nd at least. Although well outside our area (near Bungay) it is worth noting that on August 31, 30 RED-CRESTED POCHARD were released here. This will undoubtedly cloud future records of the species within Lizard Land. Two stunning juvenile RED-NECKED GREBES at Benacre Broad are well worth a look. They were still present on the 2nd.

Black-necked Grebe - Flixton GP - August 2005
©Robert Wincup

MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus
Five flew north past Kessingland on the afternoon of the 10th.

SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus
Ness Point - 10th (4 N), 11th (1 N), 16th (17 N).
Kessingland - 4th (1 N), 10th (15 N), 11th (16 N), 12th (6 N), 13th (1 N), 15th (2 N), 16th (12 N), 22nd (1 N).
Corton - 16th, (1 N), 17th (1 N).
Gorleston - 17th (4 N).

FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Kessingland - 1st (8 N, 1 S), 2nd (1 N, 1 S), 3rd (3 N), 4th (2 N), 5th (5 N, 2 S), 6th (3 N, 1 S), 7th (1 N), 9th (5 N), 10th (23 N, 2 S), 11th (16 N, 1 S), 12th (5 N, 1 S), 13th (6 N, 3 S), 16th (3 N).
Gunton Warren - 3rd (2 N, 1 S).
Corton - 3rd (1 S), 17th (2 N.
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (3 N), 4th (8 N, 5 S), 9th (1 S), 10th (20 N), 11th (5 N).

LEACH'S PETREL Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Kessingland - 16th (1 N).

STORM PETREL sp.
Kessingland - 10th (1 N).

GANNET Morus bassanus
Kessingland - 1st (11 N, 2 S), 2nd (9 N, 1 S), 3rd (21 N), 4th (26 N), 5th (12 N), 6th (2 N, 1 S), 7th (6 N), 8th (1 N, 6 S), 9th (10 N), 10th (18 N), 11th (13 N, 3 S), 12th (18 N, 5 S), 13th (46 N, 5 S), 14th (14 N), 15th (5 N, 9 S), 16th (55 N), 17th (13 N), 18th (30 N), 19th (5 N, 15 S), 20th (7 N), 21st (2 N, 3 S), 23rd (6 N), 25th (17 N, 15 S), 26th (29 N, 1 S), 27th (22 N, 6 S), 28th (13 N, 12 S), 29th (9 N, 4 S), 30th (5 N, 2 S).
Ness Point - 4th (17 N, 4 S), 30th (11 N).
Corton Cliffs - 17th (15 S, 25 N).

CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Leathes Ham - 2nd (37 roosting), 12th (47 roosting).
Hopton - 7th (12 S).
Ness Point - 10th (1 S).
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 5th (6 S), 7th (2 S), 8th (1 N), 11th (1 S), 12th (1 N), 13th (1 N, 2 S), 14th (2 S), 17th (1 S), 18th (1 N)
19th (1 N, 4 in off sea), 22nd (1 N), 24th (1 N, 1 S), 28th (1 N), 30th (1 S).

Cormorants - Leathes Ham - September 2005
©Andrew Easton

SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
A first-winter roosted on Leathes Ham on the 2nd and 12th. Earlier in the day on the 2nd an adult was seen on the sea off Lowestoft North Beach.

LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Breydon South Shore - 4th (1).

GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
On the 19th one flew north over Lowestoft North Denes and then settled/crash landed into the trees in Sparrows Nest. What was presumably the same bird was perched in the trees there on the 24th. One first winter bird was at Leathes Ham on the 25th.

MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor
57 were on Oulton Broad on the 30th.

DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla bernicla
The first of the autumn flew north past Gunton Warren on the 6th.
Kessingland - 13th (2 N), 17th (1 S), 18th (1 S), 25th (1 N, 11 S).
Gorleston - 17th (24).
Corton Cliffs - 17th (1 S).

BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
200+ flew north over Kessingland Levels on the 11th.

EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Carlton Marshes- 2nd (15).
Herringfleet Hills - 2nd (11).
Henstead - 2nd-3rd (8 in old potato field. Very unusual here).
Somerleyton Marshes - 20th (6).

SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Kessingland - 2nd (3 N), 6th (4 S), 11th (15 N), 16th (6 N, 1 S), 17th (5 N), 19th (4 N), 22nd (3 S).
Caldecott Road, Oulton Broad - 13th (3 SE).

PINTAIL Anas strepera
Corton - 3rd (6 S), 16th (2 N), 17th (3 N).
Kessingland - 10th (6 S).

EURASIAN WIGEON Anas penelope
Kessingland - 1st (10 S), 2nd (4 o/s), 4th (3 S), 5th (5 S), 6th (14 S), 10th (60 N, 93 S), 11th (13 N), 12th (11 N, 25 S), 13th (7 N), 16th (8 N), 17th (140 N), 18th (2 N), 21st (4 N), 22nd (5 S), 23rd (25 S), 25th (58 S), 26th (6 S), 27th (4 S), 30th (13 S).
Corton - 3rd (6 S), 14th (12 N), 17th (90 N), 18th (2 N), 21st (4 N), 22nd (5 S), 23rd (25 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (28 S), 9th (1 on sea).
Leathes Ham - 25th (9).
Ness Point - 30th (8 S).

GADWALL Anas strepera
Leathes Ham - 25th (24).

TEAL Anas crecca
Kessingland - 1st (72 S), 2nd (26 S), 3rd (1 N, 25 S), 4th (54 S), 5th (56 S), 7th (1 S), 9th (5 S), 10th (31 N, 341 S), 11th (78 N, 160 S), 12th (29 S), 13th (5 N, 13 S), 14th (2 N, 26 S), 15th (1 o/s), 16th (64 S), 17th (70 N, 4 S), 18th (19 S), 19th (10 S), 21st (4 S), 22nd (64 S), 23rd (31 S), 24th (4 S), 25th (82 S), 27th (6 N, 34 S), 29th (3 S), 30th (5 N, 13 S).
Lowestoft - 4th (4 S 1 o/s), 6th (8 on sea, 5 S), 9th (9 on sea).
Corton - 14th (5 S), 17th (183 N).
Leathes Ham - 25th (1).

SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Corton - 17th (2 N).
Kessingland - 23rd (2 S).
Leathes Ham - 25th (22).

POCHARD Aythya ferina
Leathes Ham - 25th (3).

TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Kessingland - 20th (1 S), 23rd (1 S).

EIDER Somateria mollissima
Kessingland - 11th (1 N), 12th (13 N), 19th (4 N).
Breydon Water - 17th-18th (1 in channel).

COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 3rd (4 N, 5 S), 4th (15 S), 5th (6 N), 6th (2 N), 9th (2 N, 5 S), 10th (6 N, 27 S), 11th (28 N), 12th (34 N, 16 S), 13th (1 N, 2 S), 14th (3 S), 16th (4 N, 5 S), 17th (9 N), 19th (2 N), 21st (4 N, 9 S), 23rd (1 N, 13 S), 24th (3 S), 25th (3 S), 29th (2 N), 30th (15 S).
Lowestoft - 4th (5 S).
Corton Cliffs - 17th (1 N).

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
One flew north past Kessingland on the 30th.

RUDDY DUCK Oxyura jamaicensis
One female was at Leathes Ham on the 25th.

HONEY BUZZARD Pernis apivorus
Two over Gunton Drive, Lowestoft at 13:00 on the 6th having arrived in off the sea. They circled overhead for 5 minutes before heading off west.

MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (1 over)

COMMON BUZZARDButeo buteo
Two were noted circling south-eastwards over Henstead on the 19th.

HOBBY Falco subbuteo
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 7th (1 S), 20th (2 S), 23rd (1 S), 26th (1 S).
Henstead - 2nd (two sightings), 7th (1), 8th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 12th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (2, 1 caught a House Martin over the reedbed), 14th (1).
Caldecott Road, Oulton Broad - 13th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 20th (1).
Blundeston - 20th (1).

QUAIL Coturnix coturnix
This has been one of the best summers for the species in recent years locally. Recorded at Gisleham, Blundeston and Mutford. The juvenile pictured below had seen better days before it was found by the side of the path at Corton new sewage works on the 1st.

Quail - Corton - September 2005
©Robert Wilton

GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix
Corton (Radar Lodge) - 17th (2 in stubble field), 25th (7 in stubble field), Scarce recently in this area.

OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (1 S), 4th (2 N), 8th (1 S).
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 3rd (3 N), 4th (1 S), 7th (1 S), 9th (3 S), 10th (14 N, 16 S), 11th (4 S), 12th (2 N), 13th (2 S), 14th (1 N), 19th (3 N).
Gunton Warren - 7th (2).
Lowestoft Harbour - 13th (1).
Ness Point - 18th (1), 20th (3), 22nd (2), 23rd (2), 24th (3), 26th (3).

AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta
Breydon South Flats - 4th (311 included 2 colour ringed birds). In 2004 a colour ringed bird that had been ringed in Germany was seen there.

RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Kessingland Beach - 4th (1), 26th (1 S).
Lowestoft - 4th (1 S).
Breydon South Shore - 18th (c100 many juveniles).

Ringed Plover - Breydon South Shore - September 2005
©Robert Wilton

GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Corton - 4th (1 over calling), 24th (1 over calling).
Hopton Holiday Village - 11th (2), 17th (1 on beach).

GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Ness Point - 4th (2 S).
Kessingland - 6th (1 S).

LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Corton - 4th (8 in fields), 10th (50 in fields).
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 11th (2).
Mutford - 12th (154).

KNOT Calidris canutus
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 7th (2 S), 9th (1 S), 10th (5 S), 11th (14 N), 12th (50 N), 16th (25 N), 26th (2 S), 30th (2 S).
Ness Point - 25th (1).

SANDERLING Calidris alba
Breydon South Shore - 18th (1).

CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea
Breydon South Shore - 3rd (24), 11th (7), 15th (1), 18th (7).

PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
North Beach/Ness Point - 17th-18th (1).

DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Kessingland - 1st (4 S), 9th (4 S), 10th (34 N, 2 S), 11th (111 N), 16th (2 N), 23rd (2 S).
Lowestoft - 4th (7 S).

RUFF Philomachus pugnax
Hopton - 10th (4 in flight with Lapwing).
Burgh Castle Flats - 18th (18).

JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus
One at Blundeston in a flower bed on the 17th was seen down to 3 feet! Another arrived in off the sea at Ness Point on the 18th, promptly disappearing into long grass by the gas tank.

COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Single birds were in clifftop stubble at Corton Cliffs on the 10th and 24th.

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Breydon South Flats - 4th (c100), 18th (800 inc. 11 colour ringed).
Kessingland - 30th (1 S).

BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 10th (3 N, 4 S), 12th (13 N), 30th (3 S).
Breydon South Wall - 4th (1), 18th (10).
Lowestoft North Beach - 10th (18 N).

WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
Hopton - 1st (7 S).
Gunton Warren - 1st (2 S), 14th (1 in off sea).
Lowestoft North Denes - 3rd (4 S), 4th (1 S).
Waveney Forest - 3rd (4 over).
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 10th (1 S), 26th (1 S).

CURLEW Numenius arquata
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (2 over).
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (1 N).
Kessingland - 20th (1 S), 25th (1 S).
Henstead - 25th (1 S).

REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 7th (3 S), 8th (6 S), 10th (3 S), 10th (2 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (1 N), 6th (1 S).

COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
11 flew south together at Gunton on the 1st.
Breydon South Wall - 4th (8).
Ness Point - 10th (1).
Corton Cliffs - 10th (1).
Lake Lothing - 18th (1).

TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point / Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (1), 2nd (7 on beach), 3rd (4 on beach), 4th (1 N), 6th (1 S), 9th (2 S), 10th (13), 20th (5), 22nd (3), 25th (14), 26th (7).
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 2nd (3 S),10th (4 S), 15th (2 N), 16th (3 N), 23rd (1 S).
Gunton Warren - 7th (2).

POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
Kessingland - 10th (1 S), 11th (2 S), 12th (1 N), 14th (1 N), 19th (1 N), 25th (1 N).

ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 3rd (1 N, 2 S), 4th (2 S), 5th (1 N), 7th (1 N), 10th (3 N), 12th (1 N), 16th (3 N), 17th (1 N), 19th (1 N), 26th (1 S).
Ness Point - 11th (1 on sea), 16th (2 N).
In August 215 sightings were made off Kessingland.

LONG-TAILED SKUA Stercorarius longicaudus
Kessingland - 16th (1 S).
Gorleston - 17th (1).

GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
One flew north past Kessingland on the 26th.

SKUA spp. Stercorarius spp
Kessingland - 3rd (a probable Long-tailed Skua flew south at 7:55)

MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Breydon South Wall - 4th (4).
Kessingland - 1st (2 feeding), 11th (ad. N).
Mutford - 9th (1st. year in ploughed field).
Corton Cliffs - 17th (ad. in fields).
North Denes - 21st (1 ad.)
Pakefield - 29th (1 ad.).

LITTLE GULL Larus minutus
Kessingland - 1st (1 feeding), 4th (4 N), 7th (1 N), 13th (2 N), 17th (6 N), 18th (4 N), 19th (1 N).
Corton Cliffs - 17th (7 N).

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus
On the 30th four graellsii type birds flew south past Ness Point. Such individuals are frequently noted here in September as they pass south but are pretty scarce at other times.

Our local breeding birds have far darker upperparts more closely matching Continental intermedius type birds.

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus (cachinnans) michahellis
The usual adult was still along the North Beach at Lowestoft on the 3rd, 5th, 11th and 17th.

Yellow-legged Gull - Lowestoft North Beach - September 2005
©Robert Wilton

KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 2nd (2 N, 1 S), 2nd (2 N, 1,S), 3rd (4 N, 1 S), 4th (1 N, 1 S), 5th (1 S), 7th (1 S), 9th (3 S), 10th (1 N, 2 S), 12th (5 N), 20th (1 N), 22nd (1 N).

SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (2 S), 6th (2 S), 9th (1 S), 10th (1 S), 25th (1).
Kessingland - 1st (5 S), 2nd (3 N, 4 S), 3rd (7 N), 4th (3 N, 1 S), 5th (1 N, 3 S), 6th (1 N), 7th (1 N, 7 S), 9th (2 N, 2 S), 10th (2 N, 6 S), 11th (2 N, 4 S), 12th (3 N, 7 S), 13th (6 N, 1 S), 15th (1 S), 16th (2 S), 17th (3 S), 18th (1 N), 19th (1 S), 23rd (4 S), 26th (1 S), 27th (2 S).

COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Lowestoft - 4th (3 S).
Gunton Beach - 7th (1), 24th (1), 25th (3), 29th (1).
Ness Point - 25th (16 S).

"COMMIC" TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Kessingland - 1st (30 N, 88 S), 2nd (4 N, 38 S), 10th (57 S), 3rd (4 N, 2 S), 4th (14 N, 7 S), 5th (27 N, 12 S), 6th (9 N, 4 S), 7th (4 N, 3 S), 8th (1 S), 9th (3 N, 65 S), 10th (53 S), 11th (5 N, 3 S), 12th (15 N), 13th (9 N, 14 S), 14th (13 N), 15th (4 N), 16th (5 N), 17th (1 S), 18th (8 N, 4 S), 19th (7 N, 3 S), 20th (4 N, 3 S), 21st (1 N, 1 S), 22nd (1 N, 1 S), 23rd (2 N, 2 S), 24th (2 S), 26th (1 N, 2 S), 29th (28 S), 30th (1 N).

LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons
Kessingland - 11th (3 1st yr. feeding on tide line), 12th (3 N).
Gunton Beach - 24th (1 N).

BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger
Two flew south past Lowestoft North Beach on the 11th.

GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
Noted drifting south past Lowestoft North Beach on the 3rd, 4th and 5th (feeding off end of groynes).
Corton - 10th (drifting N).
Hopton - 17th (2 on beach, 1 dead).

AUK sp.
Kessingland - 12th (1 N, 13th (2 N, 1 S), 15th (1 S), 17th (1 N), 22nd (1 o/s), 29th (1 N), 30th (1 N).
Corton Cliffs - 17th (1 N).

TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur
Two were at Mutford on the 9th with another at Pond Farm, also Mutford on the 12th.

BARN OWL Tyto alba
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (1).

LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
Corton new sewage works - 3rd (1), 8th (1), 13th (2).
The bird pictured below was taken at Lound water works in July 2005.

Little Owl - Lound - July 2005
©Ricky Fairhead

TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
A juvenile was heard in Norwich Road, Lowestoft on the 28th. Another was at Hall Road, Oulton Broad on the 30th.

SWIFT Apus apus
Belle vue Park - 1st (1 S).
Hopton - 1st (1 S).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 6th (2 S), 9th (1 S).
Corton - 9th (1 S), 25th (1 N).
Gunton Drive, Lowestoft - 13th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 18th (1).

KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Leathes Ham -1st (1).
Carlton Marshes - 4th (1).
Lake Lothing - 30th (1).

GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Corton disused railtrack - 1st (1).
Herringfleet Hills - 2nd (1).
Corton Woods - 3rd (1).
Warrenhouse Wood - 6th (1).
Gunton Warren - 7th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 15th (1).
Oulton Marshes - 21st (1).

juvenile Green Woodpecker - Warrenhouse Wood - September 2005
©Robert Wilton

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Kessingland sewage works - 14th (1).
Oulton Marshes - 21st (1).
Gunton Warren - 25th (1).

SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (20+).
Gunton Warren - 29th (1).

SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Good numbers flew south at Lowestoft on the 7th and 8th.
Hopton - 1st (c50).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (25+).
Gunton disused railtrack - 15th (2 S).
Oulton Marshes - 21st (2).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 25th (1 N, 3 S).

HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Hopton - 1st (c30).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (30+, minus 1 see Hobby), 14th (150+), 29th (2).
Gunton Warren - 14th (2).
Gunton disused railtrack - 18th (40 S in one group).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 25th (8 S).

MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Big numbers arrived off the sea on the 16th in strong North-easterly winds.
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 10th (26), 12th (16), 16th (16), 25th (200+).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 18th (20).
Ness Point - 10th (7).
Kessingland Beach (north) - 10th (15).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (20+).
Gunton disused railtrack - 13th (10+), 15th (50 over).
Caldecott Road, Oulton Broad - 13th (3 W).
Corton Cliffs - 17th (200+ in stubble fields), 24th (200+ in stubble fields), 25th (3 in stubble fields).
Corton old sewage works - 24th (70).

TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 10th (1), 12th (1).
Kessingland (Heathlands Caravan Park) - 10th (7 in small wood).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 11th-12th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 11th (1).
Gunton Warren - 12th (1).
Breydon South Wall - 11th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 14th (5).

Tree Pipit - Lowestoft Cemetery - September 2005
©Andrew Easton

ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
Breydon South Wall - 18th (2).
Ness Point - 20th (1).

YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (3), 6th (2), 10th (1), 12th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 11th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 12th (1).
Corton Cliffs - 13th (2), 17th (1 S).
Hopton Holiday Village - 13th (1).

GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Lowestoft North Denes - 6th (1 S), 9th (1), 25th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (2), 14th (2), 29th (1).
Corton Woods - 13th (1).
Corton sewage works (new) - 13th (1).
Corton Cliffs - 17th (2 S).
Breydon South Wall - 18th (1).

PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba
Corton - 1st (8 in clifftop fields).
Lowestoft North Denes - 6th (21 on cricket pitch), 8th (18), 18th (27 on cricket pitch).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (1), 14th (1).

COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
A smart first-year male was feeding at the southern entrance to Warrenhouse Wood, Lowestoft on the 6th-9th.
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 10th (1), 12th (2), 18th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 11th (1), 12th (2).
Corton old sewage works - 10th (1).
Radar Lodge, Corton (MoD) - 10th (ad. male, very smart bird!), 11th (2).
Kessingland (Heathlands Caravan Park) - 10th (2).
Gunton Warren - 10th (1), 11th (1), 12th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 10th (3), 11th (1), 12th (7), 13th (3), 19th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 10th (1), 11th (3 inc. Pits).
Kessingland sewage works - 11th (1), 16th (1).
Warrenhouse Wood, Lowestoft - 6th-9th (1), 12th (1).

Redstart - Warrenhouse Wood - September 2005
©Robert Wilton

WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 1st (3), 2nd (1), 3rd (3), 5th (4), 6th (3), 8th (3), 9th (1), 10th (10), 11th (6), 12th (9), 15th (2), 16th (2), 17th (2), 21st (2).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 1st (1), 5th (2), 6th (4), 8th (2), 9th (4), 10th (4), 11th (16), 12th (14), 16th (2), 17th (4), 18th (3), 21st (1), 23rd (1), 24th (1), 25th (1), 29th (1).
Gunton Warren - 30th (1), 5th (5), 11th (4), 12th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 1st (1), 11th (1), 12th (3).
Corton sewage works (old) - 3rd (2), 10th (11), 13th (2).
Corton sewage works (new) - 10th (3).
Radar Lodge, Corton (MoD) - 3rd (5), 10th (13), 11th (16).
Kessingland (Heathlands Caravan Park) - 10th (3).
Kessingland Beach (north) - 10th (17), 11th (13).
Kessingland Sluice - 10th (5), 11th (30 inc. Pits).
Gorleston Cliffs - 10th (10).
Ness Point - 11th (7), 23rd (1), 26th (1).
Pakefield Beach - 11th (2).
Gunton disused railtrack - 12th (1).
Breydon South Wall - 11th (18), 15th (1).

Wheatear - Lowestoft - September 2005
©Robert Wincup

WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 1st (5), 2nd (1), 3rd (2), 4th (4), 5th (4), 6th (1), 8th (2), 9th (1), 10th (3), 11th (3), 12th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 1st (7), 3rd (2), 11th (3), 12th (5).
Gunton Warren - 1st (12), 4th (4), 5th (2), 6th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 1st (1), 3rd (1), 5th (1), 10th (6), 11th (1), 12th (2), 14th (1), 16th (1), 20th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 1st (4), 11th (1).
Radar Lodge, Corton (MoD) - 3rd (4), 13th (1).
Corton sewage works (old) - 3rd (1), 8th (1), 10th (6).
Corton sewage works (new) - 3rd (4), 8th (2), 10th (6).
Carlton Marshes - 7th (4).
Ness Point - 10th (1).
Kessingland (Heathlands Caravan Park) - 10th (8), 11th (4).
Kessingland Beach (north) - 10th (6), 11th (2).
Kessingland Sluice - 10th (11), 11th (6 inc. Pits).
Gorleston Cliffs - 10th (6).
Breydon South Wall - 11th (4), 18th (2).

Whinchat - Corton - September 2005
©Robert Wilton

STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
Single birds were on the North Denes on the 23rd and along Corton Cliffs on the 24th. On the 27th and 28th four were in the Links Road car park and Gunton Warren area, with at least two still there on the 29th.

CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Kessingland (reedbed) - 13th (1), 14th (1), 29th (1).
Somerleyton (Wicker Well) - 20th (1).

REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 3rd (1).
Gorleston Cliffs - 10th (1).
Kessingland (reedbed) - 13th (1), 14th (2), 20th (3), 29th (1).

GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Gunton Disused railtrack - 2nd (1).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 5th (1), 10th-11th (1).
Corton Cliffs - 10th (1).

LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Gunton Beach - 3rd (2), 5th (4).
Henstead - 3rd, juvenile in the garden (at one point on the roof beside the Spotted Flycatcher) was the first autumn record here.
Gunton Disused railtrack - 2nd (4), 10th (3), 12th (1), 18th (1), 19th (1).
Ness Point - 8th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 10th-11th (2), 15th (1), 18th (1), 25th (1).
Corton Disused railtrack - 24th (1).

WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Gunton Warren - 5th (6), 14th (5), 24th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 4th (1), 5th (4).
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 10th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (2).
Gunton Disused railtrack - 19th (1), 20th (1).

BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Gunton Warren - 1st (2), 5th (1), 6th (1), 14th (1).
Herringfleet Hills - 2nd (1).
Arnold's Walk - 4th (2).
Gunton Disused railtrack - 2nd (2), 5th (several), 10th (6), 19th (2), 20th (3).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 5th (2), 6th (3 male), 8th (1), 10th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (4), 20th (11), 29th (8).
Corton Disused railtrack - 24th (1).

WOOD WARBLER Phylloscopus sibilatrix
One was in Sparrow's Nest Gardens on the 12th in trees around the Lighthouse.

CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Gunton Warren - 3rd (4), 14th (2), 22nd (1).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 5th (1), 8th (5), 15th (4), 18th (2), 29th (2).
Gunton Disused railtrack - 10th (2), 11th (3), 12th (4), 18th (3).
Radar Lodge, Corton (MoD) - 10th (2).
Kessingland (Heathlands Caravan Park) - 10th (1), 11th (3).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (1), 20th (4), 28th (4).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 12th (1).
Oulton Marshes - 21st (1 in song).
Corton Disused railtrack - 24th (10), 25th (7).

WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 1st (1), 8th (3), 12th (2).
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 10th (1).
Radar Lodge, Corton (MoD) - 3rd (1).
Gunton Disused railtrack - 12th (1), 18th (1).
Corton sewage works (new) - 13th (3).
Kessingland sewage works - 14th (2).

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER Phylloscopus inornatus
One was discovered late afternoon on the 17th at Gunton was seen in the shelter belt between the golf course and the main road. This early record coincides with others nationally. Hopefully this will be the first of many.

GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
Gunton - 18th, 6+ along the shelterbelt along Corton Road. Increased numbers present there on the 20th.

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
Corton new sewage works - 4th (1).
Henstead - 3rd, a migrant juvenile was feeding on insects from a rain gutter. This was the first sighting in the area for +5 years.
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 5th-6th (1).
Kessingland (Heathlands Caravan Park) - 10th (1).
Belle vue Park - 12th (1).

PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca
Corton Woods - 2nd (1), 10th (2), 14th (1).
Radar Lodge, Corton (MoD) - 3rd (2).
Corton old sewage works - 3rd (1), 4th (1), 9th (1).
Belle vue Park - 4th (1), 6th (2), 10th (1), 11th (1), 12th (1).
Gunton Disused railtrack - 10th (4), 11th (7), 12th (11), 13th (1), 20th (1).
Kessingland (Heathlands Caravan Park) - 10th (4).
Kensington Gardens, Pakefield - 11th (1).
Warrenhouse Wood, Lowestoft - 12th (1).
Breydon South Wall - 11th (1).
Gunton Woods - 20th (1).

LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (33 on wires).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 5th (9), 6th (20).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (c8).

REDPOLL Carduelis flammea
Corton disused railtrack - 17th (1 N).
Corton - 24th (10 N).
Kessingland sewage works - 29th (5).

GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
32 were at Corton new sewage works on the 8th. It seems as though this beautiful finch is on the up in our area.
Gunton Warren - 9th (20).

GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Gunton Warren - 12th (8), 14th (6).
Kessingland sewage works - 14th (c10).

SISKIN Carduelis spinus
Gunton Disused railtrack - 10th (30 N), 11th (50 N), 12th (30 N), 13th (20+ N), 15th (5 with Meadow Pipits over).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 11th (90 N), 24th (24 N), 25th (30 S).
Kessingland (Heathlands Caravan Park) - 11th (150 N in 3 flocks).
Lowestoft (Stevens Street) - 12th (25 N).
Corton Cliffs - 13th (10+ N), 17th (147 N), 24th (60 N).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (5+ N), 14th (20+), 29th (10).
Caldecott Road, Oulton Broad - 13th (3 W).
Breydon South Shore - 18th (9 N).
Blundeston - 20th (23).

BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Herringfleet - 2nd (3).
Corton Woods - 3rd (2).

LAPLAND BUNTING Calcarius lapponicus
An at times rather flighty first winter bird was ranging widely between the Denes Oval and Gunton Beach on the 24th and 25th. It proved quite obliging at times though.

YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Gunton Disused railtrack - 16th (4).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 18th (4).

REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Kessingland Sluice - 10th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 12th (2 S).

SUPPRESSED NEWS

ROLLER Coracias garrulus
The observer was initially stumped before the identification was confirmed. How's that for a record!!!

ESCAPES

BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus
One was at Herringfleet Hills on the 2nd along with 9 MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor.

BAR-HEADED GOOSE Anser indicus
Two adults were with Barnacle Geese at Lound Waterworks on the 11th.

CROWNED CRANE Balearica sp.
One was on Burgh Castle Marshes on the 26th.

COCKATIEL Nymphicus hollandicus
On the 29th one was in poplars between Dip Farm golf course and Corton Wood.

BUDGERIGAR Melopsittacus undulatus
Corton - 3rd (south along cliffs then north).
Lowestoft North Denes (campsite) - 6th (N).