Wheatear - Lowestoft © Andrew Easton An OSPREY was at Carlton Marshes on the 23rd. Two SOOTY SHEARWATERS and a LEACH'S STORM PETREL were seen off Ness Point on the 21st, and a GREAT WHITE EGRET was at Carlton Marshes the same day. |
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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Lowestoft - 5th (1 S), 8th (8), 22nd (5 S).
Corton - 17th (5).
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Lowestoft - 7th (2 S), 8th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 21st (2 S).
Corton - 17th (2).
MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus
Corton - 7th (1 N).
SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus
Corton - 17th (1 N).
Ness Point - 21st (3 N).
LEACH'S STORM PETREL Oceanodroma leucorhoa
One flew north past Ness Point at 8:40 on the 21st, having gone past Southwold at 7:55.
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Carlton Marshes - 1st (2), 7th (1), 8th (1), 15th (2), 21st (3), 22nd (5), 28th (4).
Herringfleet Marshes - 6th (1).
Leathes Ham - 24th (1), 28th (1).
Lake Lothing - 27th (1), 28th (2).
GREAT WHITE EGRET Ardea alba
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 9th (1).
Herringfleet Marshes - 10th and 11th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 21st (1).
CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis
One flew high over Carlton & Oulton Marshes and continued on over Oulton Broad towards the coats at 08:55 on the 8th. Presumably the same one that had been seen earlier in the morning at Strumpshaw.
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| Cattle Egret - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla
Ness Point - 21st (4 S), 22st (35 S).
Kessingland Sluice - 22nd (3 S).
GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 27th (280).
Carlton Marshes - 28th (200+).
RUDDY SHELDUCK Tadorna ferruginea
Breydon South Wall - 10th (1).
WIGEON Anas penelope
Carlton Marshes - 9th (34), 28th (10).
Herringfleet Marshes - 11th (1).
Corton - 17th (6).
Leathes Ham - 22nd (2).
Ness Point - 22nd (15 S).
Kessingland Sluice - 22nd (10 S).
TEAL Anas crecca
Lowestoft - 8th (30 N).
Herringfleet Marshes - 10th (90).
Carlton Marshes - 15th (50), 28th (400+).
Corton - 17th (2).
Ness Point - 22nd (25 S).
EIDER Somateria mollissima
Corton - 17th (3 on the sea).
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Lowestoft - 8th (19).
Corton - 17th (11).
RED KITE Milvus milvus
Ellough - 9th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 23rd (1).
OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 23rd.
BUZZARD Buteo buteo
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (7).
Carlton Marshes - 1st (5), 8th (5).
Normanston Park - 23rd (3).
HOBBY Falco subbuteo
Carlton Marshes - 1st (2), 8th (2), 15th (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (2 in off the sea), 8th (2 hunting offshore).
Kessingland Sluice - 1st (2).
Herringfleet Marshes - 6th (1), 10th (2), 11th (1).
Worlingham Marshes - 9th (1).
Ness Point - 11th (1 in off the sea), 28th (1 in off the sea).
Gunton - 11th (1).
Corton - 14th (1), 17th (1).
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa
Denes Oval - 1st (1).
LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Herringfleet Marshes - 10th (70).
Carlton Marshes - 21st (115), 28th (26).
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Corton - 17th (1).
Ellough - 26th (c. 35).
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point - 29th (1).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Corton - 17th (5).
RUFF Philomachus pugnax
Herringfleet Marshes - 1st (2), 10th (8), 11th (5), 27th (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 7th (1 in off the sea).
Carlton Marshes - 8th (2).
SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1), 14th (7), 15th (3), 22nd (2).
Herringfleet Marshes - 1st (5), 6th (9), 10th (5).
Kessingland Sluice - 8th (1).
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Carlton Marshes - 1st (4), 7th (3), 8th (2), 14th (2), 15th (1), 21st (1), 28th (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 8th (1 in off the sea).
Herringfleet Marshes - 11th (1).
Kensington Gardens - 23rd (1 S).
SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus
Herringfleet Marshes - 6th (1).
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Carlton Marshes - 1st (6), 7th (10), 8th (12).
WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopeus
Kessingland Sluice - 2nd (1).
WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareol
Herringfleet Marshes - 1st (3).
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
Carlton Marshes - 1st (2), 22nd (1).
Herringfleet Marshes - 1st (6), 6th (2), 10th (2), 11th (3).
COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1), 7th (1), 8th (1), 22nd (2).
Leathes Ham - 1st (2), 22nd (1), 23rd (1), 24th (2), 28th (2).
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (2).
Herringfleet Marshes - 6th (1).
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point - 29th (6).
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| An old postcard view from the late 19th century looking across the River Waveney to Burgh Staithe. Today the location of the Waveney River Centre. |
GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
Lowestoft - 5th (2 S), 7th (4 S), 8th (2 N), 21st (1 S).
ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
Lowestoft - 5th (4 S), 7th (1 S), 8th (2 N), 21st (2 N).
Corton - 17th (5).
SKUA sp. Stercorarius sp.
Lowestoft - 5th (3 S).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Carlton Marshes - 8th (2).
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1 juvenile).
LITTLE GULL Hydrocoloeus minutus
Links Road car park/Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (1).
SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Corton - 17th (2).
Ness Point - 21st (4 N).
GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
Lowestoft - 8th (1 N).
AUK sp. Alcidae
Corton - 17th (75 N).
SWIFT Apus apus
Pakefield - 3rd (20).
Gunton - 6th (12), 16th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 6th (2), 8th (2).
CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
Lound Lakes - 1st (1).
TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur
Hulver - 3rd (3), 4th (5), 5th (7).
Kessingland Sluice - 23rd (1).
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
Corton Wood - 10th (1).
SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
Carlton Marshes - 4th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 22nd (1 in off the sea).
SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Lowestoft - 26th (8 S).
HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Gunton Warren - 4th (100), 10th (c. 50).
Worlingham Staithe - 8th (30+).
Gunton Wood - 16th (30).
Sparrows Nest Park - 23rd (30+ S).
Corton - 28th (94 S).
MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (2 S).
Ness Point - 6th (1 S), 29th (11 S).
Carlton Marshes - 8th (c. 40).
Pakefield Cliffs - 8th (25+).
Corton - 28th (359 S).
YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava flavissima
Herringfleet Marshes - 6th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 15th (1).
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Gunton - 7th (1), 28th (1 S).
Ness Point - 7th (1).
Leathes Ham - 24th (2).
Corton - 28th (1 S).
REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Carlton Marshes - 1st (4), 7th (1).
Herringfleet Marshes - 11th (1).
Ness Point - 22nd (2 S).
SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Carlton Marshes - 14th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 14th (1).
WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (6).
LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Kessingland Beach/Sluice - 7th (1), 8th (4).
COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Kessingland Beach/Sluice - 7th (1), 8th (4).
Lowestoft North Denes - 15th (2).
WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Warren House Wood - 10th (7+), 22nd (1).
Belle Vue Park - 26th (1).
NORTHERN WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Kessingland Beach/Sluice - 1st (3), 3rd (3), 5th (1), 6th (2), 7th (2), 8th (2), 14th (3), 22nd (2), 23rd (6).
Corton old sewage works - 1st (4), 26th (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (3), 2nd (1), 8th (1), 22nd (2).
Gunton Woodland Burial Ground - 1st (1), 22nd (1).
Carlton Marshes - 6th (1), 7th (2), 21st (2), 28th (2).
Gunton Warren - 22nd (1), 23rd (1), 28th (1).
Somerleyton - 26th (1).
WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
Kessingland Beach/Sluice - 1st (2), 3rd (2), 4th (5), 5th (2), 8th (1), 14th (1), 15th (4).
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (2), 9th (4), 10th (3).
Lowestoft Net Posts - 9th (3).
Corton old sewage works - 10th (1).
Gunton Warren - 15th (1).
STONECHAT Saxicola rubicola
Gunton Warren - 15th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 15th (2), 28th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 22nd (5), 23rd (2).
COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (2).
Warren House Wood/Links Hill - 10th (1), 22nd (1).
BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros
Hamilton Road - 1st (1).
Ness Point - 22nd (2).
REDWING Turdus iliacus
Harper's Lane, Bradwell - 21st (1).
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Worlingham Marshes - 24th (1).
MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus
Beccles Town Marshes - 6th (4).
MARSH TIT Parus palustris
Beccles Town Marshes - 6th (2).
NUTHATCH Sitta europaea
Corton Wood - 22nd (1).
PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleucos
Corton disused railtrack - 1st (1).
Links Hill / Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (2).
Flycatcher Alley (Denes Oval) - 1st (5+), 2nd (1).
Sparrows Nest Park - 10th (1), 22nd (2).
Station Road, Corton - 14th (1).
Dip Farm, Gunton - 14th (1).
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
Marsh Lane, Kessingland - 1st (1).
Gunton Church - 12th (1).
Dip Farm, Gunton - 12th (1).
GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
Kessingland Cliffs - 8th (150+).
Corton - 28th (105 S).
BULLFINCH Phyrrhula pyrrhula
Kessingland Cliffs - 8th (1).
A CLOUDED YELLOW was at Kessingland Beach on the 7th.
Two teneral RED-VEINED DARTERS were at Gunton Woodland Burial Ground on the 11th.
At least 23 freshly emerged RED-VEINED DARTERS were at Carlton Marshes on the 14th, with over 100 on the 15th (along with one tatty mature male).
A fully mature, but fresh looking male VAGRANT EMPEROR was at Carlton Marshes on the 15th.
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| Red-veined Darter (immature male) - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
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