Lowestoft Bird News - September 2007

A couple of new links for the New Year (both will open in new windows)

Birdline East Anglia - Suffolk September 2007 review

Suffolk Birding with BINS

RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Ness Point - 1st (1 N), 2nd (2 N), 3rd (1 S), 8th (1 N), 17th (11 N, 2 S), 26th (3 N), 27th (5 N, 7 S), 29th (5 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (1 N, 1 on the sea), 10th (2 N), 11th (15 N, 3+ on the sea), 12th (2 S), 16th (1 N), 18th (7 N), 21st (many on the sea), 25th (3 S), 30th (5 N).
Kessingland - 4th (1 N), 5th (2 N), 7th (1 N, 3 S), 8th (1 N), 9th (3 N), 10th (1 S), 11th (1 N), 12th (1 S), 13th (3 N, 1 S), 14th (1 N), 15th (1 N, 2 S), 17th (2 N), 18th (2 S), 19th (11 N, 2 S), 20th (2 N, 2 S), 21st (3 N, 1 S), 22nd (1 N), 23rd (4 N, 1 S), 25th (8 N, 2 S), 26th (7 S), 27th (18 N, 3 S), 28th (1 on sea), 29th (2 N), 30th (3 S).

BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Kessingland - 19th (1 N), 23rd (1 S), 25th (1 N), 29th (1 S).
One flew south past Ness Point on the 23rd.

DIVER sp. Gavia sp.
Kessingland - 25th (1 on sea), 27th (1 S).

GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
One well grown juvenile was on Leathes Ham on the 10th to 17th.

FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Ness Point - 1st (2 N, 1 S), 2nd (3 N), 8th (1 S), 21st (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (1 N, 1 S), 7th (18 N), 9th (7 N), 11th (18 N), 15th (4 N, 4 S), 30th (2 N).
Kessingland - 7th (3 N), 8th (5 N), 10th (1 N, 1 S), 12th (23 N), 13th (8 N).

MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus
One flew north past Kessingland at 17:50 on the 4th.
Singletons flew north past Lowestoft North Beach at 18:05, no doubt the Kessingland bird above, and at 18:50 on the 4th.
One flew south past Lowestoft North Beach on the afternoon of the 9th.
Two flew south past Lowestoft North Beach on the afternoon of the 10th.
Two flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the morning of the 11th.
Two flew past Ness Point on the 18th, one north and one south.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 22nd.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 23rd.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 24th.

A total of 12 have been seen so far this month.

SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus
Ness Point - 3rd (3 N), 4th (1 N), 5th (1 N), 6th (1 N), 8th (5 N), 9th (2 N), 10th (10 S), 27th (1 N), 28th (2 N), 29th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (2 N), 7th (2 N), 9th (1 N), 11th (14 N), 12th (1 N), 15th (27 N), 18th (2 N), 30th (2 N).
Kessingland - 7th (2 N), 15th (2 N), 18th (1 N), 19th (3 N), 29th (1 N).

A total of 87 were seen during the month.

BALEARIC SHEARWATER Puffinus mauretanicus
One flew north past Lowestoft North Beach at 18:40 on the 4th.
One flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the 11th, accompanied by two Sooty Shearwaters.

SHEARWATER sp. Puffinus sp
One, probably another Sooty, was seen heading north past Ness Point on the 27th.

LEACH'S STORM PETREL Oceanodroma leucorhoa
One flew north past Ness Point on the 10th.

GANNET Morus bassanus
Ness Point - 1st (118 N, 55 S), 2nd (12 N), 3rd (1 N), 8th (40 N, 14 S), 12th (1 north over the Point, a rare sight quite so close inshore!), 26th (70+ S), 28th (2 N), 29th (16 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (4 N), 5th (20 N), 6th (2 N), 7th (10 N, 40 S), 9th (4 N, 16 S), 10th (125 S), 11th (68 N, 24 S), 12th (84 N, 43 S), 16th (65 N, 16 S), 17th (127 S).
Kessingland - 1st (15 N, 3 S), 2nd (14 N, 7 S), 3rd (2 N, 2 S), 4th (3 N), 5th (34 N, 7 S), 6th (11 N, 1 S), 7th (24 N, 1 S), 8th (14 N, 11 S), 9th (18 N, 2 S), 10th (37 N, 44 S), 11th (13 N, 1 S), 12th (19 N, 4 S), 13th (12 N, 1 S), 14th (6 N, 7 S), 15th (23 N, 15 S), 16th (112 N, 22 S), 17th (4 N, 3 S), 18th (15 N, 20 S), 19th (156 N, 19 S), 20th (148 N, 3 S), 21st (15 N, 5 S), 22nd (7 N, 1 S), 23rd (18 N, 4 S), 24th (18 N, 1 S), 25th (2 N, 8 S), 26th (4 N, 32 S), 27th (15 N, 3 S), 28th (4 N, 3 S), 29th (7 N), 30th (50 N, 1 S).
Gorleston - 9th (30 N).

CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Ness Point - 2nd (1 N).
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 5th (1 S), 6th (2 S), 8th (1 N, 2 S), 11th (1 N), 12th (1 S), 13th (2 N), 15th (1 S), 17th (1 S), 19th (1 N), 22nd (1 N, 2 S), 23rd (1 N), 29th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (2 S), 27th (3 N).

GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
One flew north over Lowestoft North Denes on the 27th.

SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia
The seven birds at the east end of Breydon Water were staying stubbornly north of the border on the 4th. One was on the north side on the 9th.

[ BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus
Three were on Oulton Broad on the 25th. ]

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
48 flew north over Breydon Water on the afternoon of the 30th.

DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta (bernicla) bernicla
Kessingland - 11th (1 N), 27th (1 N, 4 S), 28th (2 N), 30th (3 S).
Ness Point - 11th (1 N), 27th (12 N), 28th (2 N), 29th (7 N).
One flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the 30th.

SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Kessingland - 17th (1 S), 24th (4 S), 27th (1 N).

EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Leathes Ham - 1st (2), 9th (2).

WIGEON Anas penelope
Leathes Ham - 1st (7), 2nd (12), 13th (10), 16th (13).
Ness Point - 4th (2 S), 28th (17 N), 29th (19 N, 2 S).
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 6th (6 S), 13th (5 S), 14th (1 S), 18th (5 S), 24th (14 S), 25th (5 N), 26th (11 N), 27th (7 N), 28th (17 N), 30th (2 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (32 N), 27th (89 N).
Oulton Broad - 27th (75 E).

GADWALL Anas strepera
Leathes Ham - 1st (21), 2nd (20), 13th (44), 16th (35).
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 5th (3 N), 26th (2 N).

PINTAIL Anas acuta
One female was on Leathes Ham on the 1st before flying off west along Lake Lothing.
Nine arrived in off the sea on the 10th and flew inland high to the north west.
Lowestoft North Beach - 10th (9 in off the sea then flew high north west inland), 11th (4 N), 27th (8 N).
Corton - 11th (10 N).
Leathes Ham - 12th (2 both ringed), 13th (2), 15th (1), 16th (3), 28th (1).
Kessingland - 24th (2 S).

MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos
Oulton Broad - 27th (20 flew east, probably heading for Leathes Ham).

TEAL Anas crecca
Ness Point - 2nd (2 N), 18th (1 N), 28th (52 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (6 S), 9th (2 on the sea), 11th (24 N), 12th (14 N), 21st (2 S), 25th (16 S), 27th (18 N, 7 S), 28th (9 N).
Kessingland - 4th (6 S), 5th (13 N, 11 S), 6th (2 N), 7th (4 N), 8th (3 N), 9th (8 N, 40 on sea), 10th (4 N), 11th (3 N, 6 S), 10 on sea), 12th (3 N), 13th (2 N), 14th (2 N), 19th (22 S), 23rd (4 N, 49 S), 24th (92 S), 25th (1 N), 26th (5 S), 27th (4 N, 23 S), 28th (3 S), 29th (20 N, 16 S).
Leathes Ham - 12th (2), 24th (1 unringed).
Oulton Broad - 27th (2 W).

GARGANEY Anas querquedula
Four were at Leathes Ham on the 1st, 2nd and 9th, at least two of them colour ringed, apparently captive reared for shooting.
Six were at Leathes Ham on the evening of the 12th, at least one ringed, though no doubt all of them are rear and release birds.
At least five were at Leathes Ham on the 13th, 15th, 20th and 24th.
The count of dodgy Garganey at Leathes Ham reached a new high of seven on the evening of the 16th.
At least two were still at Leathes Ham on the 30th.

It remains to be seen if, being captive bred, they actually migrate.

SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Leathes Ham - 1st (7), 2nd (9), 13th (48), 16th (75).
Oulton Broad - 27th (15 flew east, probably heading for Leathes Ham).
Kessingland - 23rd (3 S).

Marbled Teal - Leathes Ham - September 2007- © Rob Wilton

MARBLED TEAL Marmaronetta angustirostris
The unringed juvenile that first appeared on Leathes Ham on the 27th August was present to the 13th. Present again on the 30th. It could be surprisingly elusive at times though.

POCHARD Aythya ferina
Leathes Ham - 15th (2), 16th (4), 30th (2).
Ness Point - 28th (2 N).

TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Leathes Ham - 1st (3), 13th (1), 17th (2), 28th (5), 30th (7).
Ness Point - 17th (2 S).
Kessingland - 18th (1 N).

SCAUP Aythya marila
One female was at Leathes Ham on the 16th and 17th. The legs were not seen, but hopefully it's a wild bird decoyed in by the profusion of waterfowl present rather than a rear and release bird.

COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima
One male flew south past Ness Point on the 17th.
33 were on the sea of Kessingland on the 19th.
Five flew north past Ness Point on the 28th.

COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Ness Point - 1st (4 N), 2nd (3), 7th (4 N), 8th (3 N), 18th (30 N), 28th (5 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (1 N), 5th (61 N), 9th (8 N), 11th (45 N, 6 S), 12th (12 N, 10 S), 15th (2 N), 27th (30 N, 7 on sea), 30th (2 N, 1 on sea).
Kessingland - 1st (2 N), 2nd (2 N), 5th (1 N, 36 on sea), 7th (4 N, 15 S), 8th (3 N), 9th (8 N, 40 on sea), 10th (4 N), 11th (3 N, 6 S, 10 on sea), 12th (3 N), 13th (2 N), 14th (2 N), 18th (4 N, 20 S), 19th (19 N, 5 S), 22nd (2 N), 25th (5 N), 26th (1 S), 27th (23 N), 28th (22 N), 29th (4 N, 10 on sea).
Gorleston - 9th (6 N).

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
One flew north past Kessingland on the 27th.

MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
One was seen along Marsh Lane, Worlingham on the 25th.

SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus
A juvenile was watched battling against the wind as it arrived in off the sea at Ness Point towards sunset on the 26th. It was being easily overtaken by pipits also migrating in. As it neared the coast several gulls started to mob it, but it made it safely to the shore.

COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
One drifted westwards over Oulton Broad on the 15th.

OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
One was seen flying east along the River Waveney at Worlingham on the 1st.

A juvenile was at Lound Waterworks from the 12th to 16th. It can be elusive at times and does visit the adjacent Fritton Lake area as well.
For some it brings back fond memories of 1983 when at least one very obliging individual frequented the same area from 9th September to 4th October. That was the last time one seems to have made a prolonged stay in our area; 24 years is a long time to wait for a repeat performance!

Osprey - Lound Waterworks - September 2007- © Andrew Easton

MERLIN Falco columbarius
One arrived in off the sea at Ness Point on the 28th.

HOBBY Falco subbuteo
Three were at Carlton Marshes on the 1st.
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 5th (1 S), 30th (1 N).
Mutford - 11th (1).
Lound Waterworks - 13th (5), 16th (2).
Ashby - 16th (3).
Ness Point - On the 18th one arrived in off the sea at 06:50; it took ages to reach the coast as it was too busy plucking and eating the bird it was already carrying!
Gunton - 17th (1 over the church).
Corton - 21st (1).
Arnolds Walk - 27th (1 S).

PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus
On the 30th one that was initially over the north east corner of Breydon Water made short work of flying the length of Breydon Water before stooping down into fields at Burgh Castle Marshes.

OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Ness Point - 2nd (1 S), 3rd (3 N), 4th (9 N, 4 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (1 N), 11th (1 N, 3 S).
Kessingland - 1st (4 N), 2nd (1 N), 3rd (7 N, 2 S), 4th (8 N), 5th (1 N), 6th (1 N, 1 S), 12th (2 N), 18th (5 S), 30th (2 S).

GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Three flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the 4th.
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (1 N).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (1).
Two were in a stubble field at Gunton on the 29th.

GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Ness Point - 18th (2 S), 19th (14 S), 17th (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (1 N, 1 S), 11th (2 N), 27th (1 N).
Kessingland - 24th (1 S), 28th (1 N), 29th (3 N).

KNOT Calidris canutus
Breydon South Flats - 2nd (20), 9th (35), 30th (20).
Ness Point - 3rd (7 N), 18th (3 N), 26th (1 N), 28th (5 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (11 N), 10th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 27th (5 N).
Kessingland - 3rd (16 N), 23rd (4 S), 27th (6 N), 28th (2 N).

SANDERLING Calidris alba
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (10 N).
Kessingland - 3rd (2 S).

LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta
One was along the South Flats at Breydon Water on the 30th.

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER Calidris fuscicollis
One adult has been seen on and off at the eastern end of Breydon Water from the 1st to the 8th, sometimes along the south flats.

Curlew Sandpipers - Breydon South Flats - September 2007- © Rob Wilton

CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea
Six juveniles were along the South Flats at Breydon Water on the 9th.
One was on the South Flats at Breydon Water on the 30th.

PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
The first returning bird of the autumn was with Turnstones on rocks along Lowestoft North Beach on the 14th and 19th; and at the Point on the 16th.

DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Ness Point - 3rd (4 N), 4th (14 N, 18 S), 18th (2 N), 28th (4 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (5 N), 10th (10 N), 11th (7 N), 12th (1 N), 18th (2 N), 27th (45 N).
Kessingland - 3rd (2 N), 4th (2 N), 5th (6 N), 6th (6 N), 11th (3 N), 23rd (1 S), 27th (7 N, 2 S).

COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Three arrived in off the sea at Kessingland on the 19th.
Single birds were flushed from Lowestoft North Denes on the 26th and 27th.
One was flushed at Corton on the 27th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 28th.

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Breydon South Flats - 2nd (8).

BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Breydon South Flats - 2nd (1), 4th (1 N), 9th (2), 30th (3).
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (3 N), 27th (3 N).
Kessingland - 21st (1 S).

WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
Kessingland - 8th (1 S), 15th (1 N).

CURLEW Numenius arquata
One flew over Lound Waterworks on the 13th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the 29th.
Two were in fields along Jay Lane, Lound on the 30th.
Kessingland - 22nd (2 S), 27th (3 N).

REDSHANK Tringa totanus
One flew south past Kessingland on the 23rd.

TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Kessingland - 5th (12 N), 6th (5 N), 27th (11 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 19th (12), 25th (12).

POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
Single birds flew north past Kessingland on the 2nd, 8th and 11th, and one was lingering offshore there on the 19th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the 15th.

ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
Ness Point - 1st (2), 2nd (3 N), 3rd (1 N, 1 S), 5th (7 N), 17th (1 N), 26th (1), 29th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (2 N), 9th (4 N, 9 S), 10th (16 S), 11th (20 N), 18th (2 N, 4 S), 30th (1 N).
Kessingland - 1st (3 N), 3rd (1 N), 4th (1 N), 5th (3 N), 6th (2 N, 2 on sea), 7th (1 N), 8th (1 N), 9th (8 N, 1 S), 10th (1 N, 11 S), 12th (1 N), 15th (2 N), 16th (3 N), (2 N, 1 on sea), 19th (3 N, 1 S), 20th (1 on sea), 30th (1 N).

LONG-TAILED SKUA Stercorarius longicaudus
Two juveniles flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the 15th.
One was on the sea close to the beach off Kessingland on the 16th.
A juvenile was lingering off Lowestoft North Beach on the evening of the 17th.
One flew south off Kessingland on the 26th.

SKUA sp. Stercorarius sp.
Kessingland - 7th (1 S), 9th (1 S), 12th (1 N), 21st (1 S), 29th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 10th (15 S), 18th (1 on sea).

GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
Ness Point - 5th (2 N).
Kessingland - 7th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 19th (1 N), 21st (1 S), 24th (2 N), 26th (1 N), 27th (1 N), 30th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 10th (2 S), 11th (1 N).

MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (1 adult north), 21st (1 2nd winter S), 27th (1 N adult).
Links Road car park - 7th (Belgian green ringed adult), 10th (1), 11th (Belgian green ringed adult), 15th (2 adults), 30th (Belgian green ringed adult).
Corton - 10th (1 first winter), 21st (1 adult).
Corton new sewage works - 21st (1 adult).
Kessingland - 21st (1 N).
Ness Point - 26th (5 N, 2 adults, 2 2nd winters), 27th (1 N 2nd. winter).

LITTLE GULL Larus minutus
Ness Point - 2nd (10 lingering), 3rd (7 N), 17th (7), 26th (13 N), 28th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (12+ lingering), 5th (5+ lingering), 6th (6 N), 7th (6 N), 11th (219 N, 5 S), 12th (10 N, 4 S), 15th (4 S),18th (31 N), 27th (12 N).
Kessingland - 1st (12 N, 5 S), 2nd (2 N, 7 S), 3rd (23 N, 11 S), 4th (43 N), 5th (10 N, 6 S), 6th (7 N, 2 S), 7th (33 N, 3 S), 8th (17 N), 9th (3 N, 19 S), 10th (28 N, 2 S), 11th (58 N, 3 S), 12th (58 N, 1 S), 13th (33 N, 10 S), 14th (10 S), 15th (25 N, 2 S), 16th (2 N, 3 S), 17th (1 N), 18th (17 N, 6 S), 19th (12 N, 5 S), 20th (2 N, 8 S), 21st (24 S), 22nd (3 S), 23rd (1 N, 16 S), 24th (1 N), 25th (3 N, 2 S), 26th (12 N, 1 S), 27th (32 N), 28th (2 N), 29th (7 N), 30th (8 N, 2 S).

SABINE'S GULL Larus sabini
One juvenile flew south past Ness Point on the 15th.

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis
The regular adult, still moulting well, was along Lowestoft North Beach up to the 25th at least. On the 26th it, and several other large gulls, were on the Denes Oval rather than trying to sit on the groynes in the rough weather.

One was feeding in fields adjacent to Kessingland sewage works on the 13th.

Yellow-legged & Herring Gull © Rob Wilton

Yellow-legged & Herring Gull - Lowestoft North Beach - September 2007- © Rob Wilton

KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 3rd (1 N), 4th (7 N), 5th (1 N, 2 S), 6th (2 N), 8th (1 N), 9th (1 S), 10th (3 S), 11th (2 N, 1 S), 14th (1 N), 17th (1 S), 18th (6 N, 1 on sea), 19th (2 S), 21st (1 N), 23rd (4 S), 27th (2 N), 28th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (14 N, 2 S), 12th (5 N, 3 S), 21st (2 N), 27th (2 N).

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

COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (13 N), 15th (1 S), 21st (2 S), 27th (2 N), 30th (1 N).
Ness Point - 17th (18 S), 21st (1 N), 26th (2 N), 28th (1 S).
Hamilton Dock - 27th (1).

ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea
Ness Point - 2nd (4 N), 3rd (1 N), 17th (4 S), 21st (1 S), 26th (4 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (4), 5th (1), 10th (5 N), 11th (28 N), 18th (3 N), 21st (3 S), 27th (2 N).

'COMMIC' TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Kessingland - 1st (2 N, 3 S), 2nd (2 N, 9 S), 3rd (2 N, 25 S), 4th (7 N, 6 S), 5th (54 N, 7 S), 6th (27 N, 14 S), 7th (29 N, 2 S), 8th (4 N, 6 S), 9th (6 N, 2 S), 10th (11 N, 47 S), 11th (9 N, 6 S), 12th (3 N), 13th (3 N, 6 S), 14th (4 N, 1 S), 15th (11 N, 1 S), 16th (6 N, 1 S), 17th (2 N, 12 S), 18th (2 N, 4 S), 19th (7 N, 2 S), 20th (13 N), 21st (9 N), 22nd (2 N, 3 S), 23rd (8 S), 24th (1 N, 9 S), 25th (2 N, 28 S), 26th (5 N, 9 S), 27th (10 N, 1 S), 29th (3 N), 30th (3 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (23 N), 12th (5 N, 1 S), 18th (14 S), 27th (1 N), 30th (1 N).

BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger
One was seen feeding offshore at Ness Point on the 17th before it drifted off south.

GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
One juvenile was swimming south just offshore along Lowestoft North Beach on the 9th.
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (3 N, 3+ on the sea), 15th (5 N, several on the sea), 16th (7+ on the sea), 30th (2 on the sea).

A couple of freshly dead corpses were on Lowestoft North Beach on the 27th.

RAZORBILL Alca torda
One flew north close inshore past Lowestoft North Beach on the 11th.

AUK sp. Alcidae
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (3 N), 7th (3 N), 10th (2 N,10 S), 11th (27 N, 2 S), 27th (6 N).
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 4th (1 N, 1 S), 6th (2 N), 7th (2 N), 8th (1 on sea), 9th (17 N), 10th (2 N, 1 S), 11th (12 N), 12th (8 N), 13th (1 N), 14th (3 N), 15th (7 N), 16th (5 N), 17th (1 on sea), 18th (5 N, 2 S), 19th (16 N), 20th (4 N, 2 S), 22nd (3 S), 23rd (1 N), 24th (1 N), 27th (1 N), 29th (2 N).
Ness Point - 8th (1 N), 29th (2 N).
Gorleston - 9th (12 N).

During the afternoon of the 18th 436 were counted flying north of Lowestoft North Beach in a 90 minute period. By early evening the wind had dropped and the passage had ceased completely. Subsequently large numbers of auks have been seen settled on the sea off here.

NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus europaeus
One was flushed from a pile of rubble in a garden at Mutford on the 13th.

LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
One was being mobbed in "Flycatcher Alley" behind the Denes Oval on the 29th.

LONG-EARED OWL Asio otus
One was seen in Gorleston on the 27th.

SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
One was over the Kessingland Levels on the 30th.

KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Two were at Leathes Ham on the 1st, 12th and 15th, with at least one there on the 2nd, 13th and 30th.
Two were at Lound Waterworks on the 13th.
Two were at Oulton Broad on the 14th, with one there on the 15th and 27th.
One was in Hamilton Dock on the 27th.

At Ness Point on the 2nd a distant speck seen heading in from out to sea low over the waves eventually turned out to be a Kingfisher as it came closer. After reaching the North Beach it was heard calling once as it flew south along the coast below the sea wall. Not an everyday sight!

SKY LARK Alauda arvensis
Corton - 27th (8).
Lowestoft North Denes - 27th (1).

SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Ness Point - 21st (2 S).
Corton - 21st (4+ lingering), 22nd (1).
Gunton Warren - 30th (1 N).

SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (3).
Corton sewage works - 28th (2 flew north).
Lowestoft North Denes - 30th (1 S).

HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (15).
Kessingland - 22nd (4).

MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
873 flew south over Lowestoft North Denes between 06:40 and 09:00 on the 16th.
Corton - 21st (40), 27th (20+).
Lowestoft North Denes - 23rd (79 S), 27th (20), 28th (12).
Ness Point - 123+ arrived in off the sea on the 26th.
Hamilton Dock - 29th (2).
Gunton - 29th (61).

ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
One was along Lowestoft North Beach on the 19th.
Two were at Ness Point on the 25th.
One were at Ness Point on the 27th.

YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
One was in clifftop fields at Corton on the 8th.
Two were at Kessingland sewage works on the 8th.
One flew over Lound Waterworks on the 8th.

GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
One flew south over Lowestoft North Denes on the 5th and 11th.
Two were at Lound Waterworks on the 13th.
One flew over Wroughton Middle School, Gorleston, on the 13th.

PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrelli
30 were on the Denes Oval on the 5th.
Two were at Kessingland sewage works on the 13th.
12 were on the Denes Oval on the 16th.
21 were on the lawn inside the Birds Eye factory grounds on the 22nd.
c.200 were at a pre-roost gathering on jetties at the Yacht Club in Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad on the 29th.

RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL Tarsiger cyanurus
One female/immature was seen by one lucky observer along the disused railtrack at Corton on the 28th.

COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Corton Church - 27th (2).
Hopton (Potters/Radar Lodge) - 27th (2).
Lowestoft (Selby Street) - 28th (1 in gardens).
Lowestoft - 29th (one was in the scrub between Lowestoft Cemetery and B&Q).
Gunton (Dip Farm shelterbelt) - 29th (1).

STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
Two were at Gunton Warren on the 18th to 21st, with one still there on the 22nd and 23rd.
One was on Lowestoft North Denes on the 25th and 28th.
Three were on Lowestoft North Denes on the 29th.
One was along the clifftop south of Radar Lodge at Corton on the 29th.
One was on Lowestoft North Denes on the 30th.
Two were at Gunton Warren on the 30th.
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 30th.

WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
One was on Lowestoft North Denes on the 23rd, with two there on the 26th.

WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Breydon South Wall - 2nd (1).
Kessingland Beach - 2nd (2), 22nd (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (2), 14th (1), 23rd (1), 25th (3), 28th (3), 29th (6), 30th (2).
Mutford - 11th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 14th (1), 22nd (2), 27th (1).
Links Road - 18th (1).
Pakefield (CEFAS) - 20th (1).
Ness Point - 21st (1 arrived in off the sea at 07:19), 23rd (1), 28th (1).
Gunton Warren - 22nd (1).
Hopton - 27th (1).
Corton - 28th (1), 29th (3).

RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus
Corton disused railtrack - 27th (1).
Hopton disused railtrack - 27th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 29th (1).

FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
One was feeding with Blackbirds on Battery Green roundabout in central Lowestoft at dawn on the 28th.
Two were feeding in a stubble field at Gunton on the 29th.

SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelus
Corton/Hopton - 27th (5+), 28th (20+).

REDWING Turdus iliacus
19 were seen at Kessingland sewage works between 07:00 and 08:00 on the 18th.
One was flushed from the beach at Kessingland on the 27th. Another was found freshly dead there as well, a victim presumably of the gale force winds along our stretch of the North Sea the night before.
Corton/Hopton - 27th (5+), 28th (10+).
Lowestoft North Denes - 27th (1).
Sparrows Nest Park - 27th (1).
Ness Point - 28th (1 in car park bushes).
Corton disused railtrack - 30th (8).

CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
One was at Lound Waterworks on the 13th.
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (2).

REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (2).
Worlingham (Marsh Lane) - 25th (1).

LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (2).
Gunton disused railtrack - 23rd (2).
Corton disused railtrack - 27th (1), 28th (1).

WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 16th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 23rd (1), 27th (1).
Worlingham (Marsh Lane) - 25th (1).

GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Gunton disused railtrack - 23rd (1).

BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (4).
Lowestoft North Denes - 16th (1), 18th (2).
Corton disused railtrack - 28th (1), 30th (1).

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER Phylloscopus inornatus
One very elusive individual was found in Arnolds Walk on the 27th. It really feels like the autumn now that the first Yellow-browed has arrived.

CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Gunton Warren - 8th (2), 12th (2), 23rd (1), 27th (1), 30th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (2), 13th (4).
Lowestoft North Denes - 16th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 23rd (3).
Corton disused railtrack - 23rd (3), 28th (2), 30th (6).
Worlingham (Marsh Lane) - 25th (3).
Corton/Hopton - 27th (10).

WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 23rd (2).
Corton Church - 27th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 28th (1).
Corton (Radar Lodge) - 29th (1).
Arnolds Walk - 30th (1).

GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
Corton/Hopton - 27th (c.30), 28th (10+).
Arnolds Walk - 27th (10+).

FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus
One was seen at Corton new sewage works pond on the 13th.

RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER Ficedula parva
One was seen briefly along the disused railtrack at Corton on the 28th.

PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca
One was in "Flycatcher Alley" behind the Denes Oval on the 23rd.

BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
One or two were calling at Whitecast Marsh, Carlton Marshes on the 30th.

GREAT GREY SHRIKE Lanius excubitor
One was along the disused railtrack at Corton on the afternoon of the 28th before moving off inland.
One was found on the old caravan site on Lowestoft North Denes early on the morning of the 29th, it then flew to the Denes Oval before disappearing to the north shortly afterwards.
There was quite an influx of this species along the east coast of the UK on these two dates.

HOODED CROW x CARRION CROW Corvus cornix x Corvus corone
One was at Hopton on the 29th.

SISKIN Carduelis spinus
At least one calling overhead at Gunton Cliff on the 11th.
One flew south over Lowestoft North Denes on the 16th.
11 flew north over Lowestoft North Denes on the 27th.
10+ flew north over Corton on the 27th.
4 flew north over Norwich Road, Lowestoft on the 29th.
Two were in Corton Wood on the 29th.
10+ flew north over Corton on the 30th.
Several flew north over Lowestoft North Denes amongst mixed flocks with Goldfinches on the 30th.

CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs
One arrived in off the sea at Ness Point on the 26th.
One was at Hamilton Dock on the 29th.

BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
One was seen at Kessingland sewage works on the 18th.
One was heard calling at "Flycatcher Alley" behind the Denes Oval on the 25th.
One arrived in off the sea at Ness Point on the 26th.
Two flew north over Stevens Street, Lowestoft on the 27th.
One was along Gunton disused railtrack on the 27th.
One was at Links Road car park on the 27th.
One was along Corton disused railtrack on the 28th.
One was at Radar Lodge, Corton on the 30th.
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 30th.

GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Gunton Warren - 30th (10).

GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
20 arrived in off the sea at Ness Point on the 26th.
Gunton Warren - 30th (20+ mixed with Siskins as well).

LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (50).

REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret
One flew south over Lowestoft North Denes on the 16th.
Three flew north along Corton disused railtrack on the 27th.
Three flew north at Corton on the 30th.

LAPLAND BUNTING Calcarius lapponicus
One was with Meadow Pipits in the fields adjacent to Corton old sewage works on the 21st and 22nd.

SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis
One was in the car park at Ness Point on the 27th to 30th, and another was at Links Road car park on the 29th.
Four were around Links Road car park on the 30th.

REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Ness Point - 28th and 29th (1).
Birds Eye car park (Ness Point) - 29th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 29th (2).

NON-BIRD NEWS

A Clouded Yellow butterfly was seen along Marsh Lane at Worlingham on the 25th.

HARBOUR PORPOISE
Ness Point - 2nd (2), 5th (2).
Kessingland - 2nd (2), 6th (1 feeding), 13th (3 feeding), 25th (2 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 16th (1).

GREY SEAL
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (1).
Kessingland - 1st (1), 2nd (1), 3rd (1), 4th (1), 16th (1), 17th (1), 19th (1), 25th (1).
Ness Point - 21st (1).

GREY SQUIRREL
One was at Ness Point on the 21st. It arrived via the Birds Eye car park and finding no trees at the point and also trying to avoid the attentions of curious gulls in headed back north along the seawall shortly afterwards.
The day before one was seen at dusk perched on top of the washing line pole in a garden in Stevens Street, Lowestoft. Quite probably chased there by the local cats, it left as darkness fell.