Yellow-browed Warbler - Lowestoft © Andrew Easton Two CRANES roosted at Carlton Marshes at dusk on the 27th, with the no doubt the same two seen at Barsham Drain late afternoon on the 28th heading eastward. There were again at Carlton Marshes at dawn on the 31st before heading westward along the Waveney Valley. A LONG-TAILED DUCK flew south past Corton on the morning of the 20th, with it or another flying north in the afternoon past Ness Point. |
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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Corton - 2nd (c. 20).
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (4), 23rd (1).
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| Red-throated Diver - Lowestoft © Andrew Easton |
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (1), 13th (6), 19th (7), 24th (15 roosted), 25th (16 roosted), 27th (16 roosted), 31st (5+).
Herringfleet Marshes - 20th (3).
GREAT WHITE EGRET Ardea alba
Carlton Marshes - 8th (1), 12th (1), 22nd (1 roosted), 23rd (1), 24th (1 roosted), 25th (1 roosted), 27th (1 roosted), 31st (2).
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 12th (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 15th (1 S).
Herringfleet Marshes - 20th (1).
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla bernicla
Corton - 2nd (25 N).
Ness Point - 5th (6 N, 5 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (4).
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
St. Olaves - 12th (150 NE).
WIGEON Anas penelope
Leathes Ham - 3rd (2).
MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos
Carlton Marshes - 9th (100).
TEAL Anas crecca
Hopton - 5th (35 on the sea).
Carlton Marshes - 9th (350), 13th (4-500), 19th (600).
Herringfleet Marshes - 20th (105).
EIDER Somateria mollissima
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (5).
LONG-TAILED DUCK Clangula hyemalis
Corton - 20th (1 S).
Ness Point - 20th (1 N).
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| Long-tailed Duck - Lowestoft © Andrew Easton |
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Corton - 2nd (1 N).
GOOSANDER Mergus merganser
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (1).
Corton - 20th (4 S).
RED KITE Milvus milvus
Herringfleet Marshes - 20th (1).
MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Whapload Road, Lowestoft - 20th (1 SW).
HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus
Carlton Marshes - 10th (1 ringtail).
CRANE Grus grus
Two flew over Carlton Marshes at dusk on the 22nd, and no doubt the same two roosted there on the evening of the 27th.
On the 28th two were seen flying eastward at Barsham Drain late afternoon.
Two were again present at Carlton Marshes at dawn on the 31st before departing westward along the Waveney Valley at 7:21.
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| Cranes - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Hopton - 5th (1 S).
LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (60), 9th (150), 13th (200+), 19th (200).
KNOT Calidris canutus
Corton - 2nd (3 N).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Corton - 2nd (12 N).
Carlton Marshes - 11th (1), 13th (1), 23rd (1), 24th (1), 27th (1).
Herringfleet Marshes - 20th (1).
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point - 2nd (1), 3rd (3), 17th (1), 20th (2), 24th (1).
SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Carlton Marshes - 9th (50).
JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minima
Corton old sewage works - 5th (1).
Herringfleet Marshes - 31st (1).
WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
Corton new sewage works - 30th (1).
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Herringfleet Marshes - 2nd (c. 100), 20th (6).
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2), 13th (13), 19th (1), 23rd (11), 24th (4), 27th (9).
BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponicus
Ness Point - 12th (1 S).
Gunton Warren - 20th (1 in off the sea).
SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus
Carlton Marshes - 19th (1), 22nd (1), 23rd (1).
REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Carlton Marshes - 24th (2).
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
Carlton Marshes - 11th (1), 18th (1).
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point - 3rd (30), 20th (22).
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| An old postcard view from the late 19th or early 20th century looking eastward across Oulton Broad. |
LITTLE GULL Hydrocoloeus minutus
Links Road car park - 1st (1 adult), 7th (1).
Leathes Ham - 3rd (1 adult).
Ness Point - 13th (1).
SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Ness Point - 11th (15 S).
GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
Ness Point - 2nd (1 on the sea).
LITTLE AUK Alle alle
Ness Point - 25th (1 N).
AUK sp. Alcidae
Corton - 2nd (15 N).
SWIFT sp. Apodidae
One flew south over Lowestoft North Denes on the morning of the 19th.
SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
Gunton Warren - 3rd (1 in off the sea).
Lowestoft North Denes - 7th (1).
Carlton/Oulton Marshes - 13th (1), 27th (1).
SHORE LARK Eremophila alpestris
One was feeding in the old coastguard car park at the end of Hamilton Road on the 7th to 14th.
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| Shore Lark - Lowestoft © Andrew Easton |
ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (2).
Ness Point - 7th (1), 9th (2), 13th (2), 20th (2), 23rd (3).
WATER PIPIT Anthus spinoletta
Herringfleet Marshes - 20th (2), 31st (1).
Carlton Marshes - 24th (4).
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Whapload Road, Lowestoft - 5th (1), 7th (1), 20th (2 S).
Corton new sewage works - 7th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (3).
HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Corton - 11th (2), 15th (4 S).
St. Olaves - 12th (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 19th (3).
Pakefield - 19th (1).
Kessingland Beach - 19th (1).
SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Carlton Marshes - 14th (1 S).
Gunton - 14th (10 N), 19th (3 S).
Corton - 15th (12 S).
STONECHAT Saxicola rubicola
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2), 14th (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 6th (1), 12th (1), 20th (2), 30th (2).
Ness Point - 12th (1).
WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
Carlton Marshes - 11th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 22nd (1).
COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Gunton disused railtrack - 5th (1), 15th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (1).
Corton old sewage works - 7th (1).
BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros
Hamilton Road/SLP - 5th (1 singing), 7th (2), 8th (3), 10th (5), 12th (2), 13th (2-3), 17th (4), 20th (3).
Heritage Green, Kessingland - 7th (1), 12th (2).
Swonnells Maltings, Oulton Broad - 22nd (1), 24th (1), 26th (1), 29th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 24th (1).
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| Water Pipit - Herringfleet Marshes © Andrew Easton |
WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2), 10th (3), 11th (1).
Gunton Warren - 5th (1).
Pakefield Beach - 5th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 19th (1).
SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelus
Hopton disused railtrack - 5th (c.30), 6th (c. 100).
Gunton disused railtrack - 6th (34).
Corton new sewage works - 7th (30).
RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (1), 15th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 6th (1), 7th (1), 9th (2), 15th (1), 22nd (1).
Corton new sewage works - 7th (1).
Red Oaks Primary School/Kirkley Fen - 13th (1).
Denes Oval - 22nd (1).
Burgh Castle - 31st (1).
REDWING Turdus iliacus
Gunton disused railtrack - 5th (c. 10), 6th (34).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 5th (7 W).
Hopton disused railtrack - 6th (c. 100).
Maltsters Score - 7th (2).
Corton new sewage works - 7th (20).
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Warren Road, Hopton - 5th (1).
DARTFORD WARBLER Sylvia undata
Lowestoft North Denes - 12th (1).
Corton new sewage works - 30th (1).
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Warren Road, Hopton - 5th (1).
Rant Score - 7th (1).
Kirkley Fen - 12th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 20th (3).
LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Rant Score - 1st (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (1 eastern type).
Hamilton Road - 7th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 22nd (1 eastern type).
GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Sparrows Nest Park - 8th (1).
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER Phylloscopus inornatus
After the first blank September in the Lowestoft area for the species since 2006 we only had to wait three days in to the new month before a decent arrival, with several more found over the following days
Corton disused railtrack - 3rd (1), 5th (2), 6th (1+), 7th (2).
Gunton Warren - 3rd (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 3rd (4), 4th (2+), 5th (1+).
Denes Oval - 3rd (1).
Heathlands, Kessingland - 4th (1), 5th (1).
Rant Score/Martin's Score - 4th (1).
Birdseye, Whapload Road - 4th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 4th (1), 15th (1).
Birdseye, Whapload Road - 4th (1).
Arnold's Walk - 4th (1).
Sparrows Nest Park - 4th (1), 7th (1), 8th (1), 10th (1), 17th (1).
Mariners Score - 5th (1).
Warren Road, Hopton - 5th (1).
Radar Lodge (Hopton/Corton) - 5th (1).
Lowestoft Cemetery - 5th (1).
Gunton Wood - 7th (2), 8th (1), 9th (1), 13th (1).
Kensington Gardens - 13th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 13th (1).
Lound Lakes - 15th (1).
Burgh Castle - 31st (1).
FIRECREST Regulus ignicapilla
Corton - 5th (1).
Warrenhouse Wood - 22nd (1), 31st (2+).
Arnold's Walk - 25th (1).
BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Gunton Warren - 19th (3).
Carlton Marshes - 19th (4).
Herringfleet Marshes - 20th (6).
NUTHATCH Sitta europaea
Corton Wood - 20th (1), 27th (1).
PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca
Flycatcher Alley (Denes Oval) - 4th (1).
STARLING Sturnus vulgaris
Carlton Marshes - 11th (c. 1400), 13th (c. 2000)
BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
Lowestoft North Denes - 7th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 7th (2).
Corton old sewage works - 7th (1).
Gunton Wood - 9th (1).
Belle Vue Park - 12th (1).
SISKIN Carduelis spinus
Corton new sewage works - 7th (1).
Gunton Wood - 9th (1).
A RED-VEINED DARTER was on Lowestoft North Denes on the 5th.
A VAGRANT EMPEROR was on Lowestoft North Denes on the 8th.
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