November 2005 Bird News

RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 5th (1 N), 6th (3 N), 7th (1 S), 8th (1 S), 9th (1 N, 1 S), 10th (2 N, 1 S), 11th (6 N), 12th (1 S), 13th (10 N), 14th (4 N, 3 S), 15th (9 N, 2 S), 16th (1 N, 2 S), 17th (8 N, 1 S), 18th (22 N, 7 S), 19th (20 N, 12 S, 4 o/s), 20th (23 N, 3 S, 5 S), 21st (3 N, 5 S, 3 o/s), 22nd (27 N, 45 S, 11 o/s), 23rd (43 N, 28 S, 4 o/s), 24th (15 N, 6 S, 4 o/s), 25th (88 N, 1 S, 8 o/s), 26th (27 N, 9 S), 27th (256 N, 100 S, 3 o/s), 28th (140 N, 15 S, 7 o/s), 29th (105 N, 6 S, 7 o/s), 30th (65 N, 2 o/s).
Lowestoft North Beach - 22nd (18 N, 7 S, o/s), 23rd (N/S c100), 28th (2 N), 28th (3S,1N, 1o/s) 29th (15N, 5S, 3o/s), 30th (2 S).

BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica
Lowestoft - 22nd (2), 27th (1), 28th (1), 29th (1 N).
Kessingland - 18th (1 N), 20th (1 N), 24th (1 o/s), 27th (1 N).

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
Ness Point - 27th (3 N).
Kessingland - 19th (1 N), 27th (1 N).

DIVER sp. Gaviidae
Kessingland - 6th (1 N), 21st (1 S), 22nd (1 N).

LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis
Lake Lothing - 19th (5).

GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 7th (1 o/s), 9th (2 S), 11th (2 S), 13th (1 S), 14th (2 S), 15th (4 N), 17th (1 S), 18th (1 o/s), 22nd (1 S, 2 o/s), 23rd (3 S, 1 o/s), 24th (1 N), 27th (2 S), 28th (3 N, 1 S), 29th (1 o/s), 30th (1 N).

RED-NECKED GREBE Podiceps grisegena
Kessingland - 19th (1 N), 28th (1 N).

GANNET Morus bassanus
Kessingland - 1st (8 N, 1 S), 2nd (1 S), 6th (6 N), 8th (4 N, 1 S), 9th (1 S), 10th (1 N), 11th (4 N), 13th (7 N, 5 S), 14th (22 N), 15th (1 N), 16th (3 S), 17th (1 N), 18th (3 N), 19th (3 N), 20th (4 N), 22nd (2 N, 1 S), 23rd (5 N), 24th (3 N), 25th (1 N, 3 S), 26th (9 N, 1 S), 27th (5 N), 30th (4 N).
Ness Point - 3rd (1 S), 22nd (4 N), 28th (1).

CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 4th (2 S), 5th (3 S), 6th (1 N), 8th (1 S), 9th (1 N, 1 S), 12th (1 S), 13th (1 N), 17th (1 N, 1 S), 18th (1 N, 2 S), 19th (1 N, 1 S), 20th (2 N), 22nd (1 N), 23rd (4 N, 1 o/s), 24th (2 S), 25th (1 S), 29th (1 N, 1 S), 30th (1 N, 3 S).
Gunton - 26th (1), 28th (6 S).
Ness Point - 29th (1 S).

LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Haddiscoe Marshes - 12th (1).

GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
Carlton Marshes - 19th (5).

BEWICK'S SWAN Cygnus (columbianus) bewickii
16 flew west over Ash Farm, Mutford at 12:15 on the 18th.
Kessingland - 18th (21 W at 07:15), 20th (3 S).

BEWICK'S/WHOOPER SWAN Cygnus sp.
Henstead - 22nd (2 over silently, heading west, were presumably Bewick's - probably just arrived).

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
Chedgrave Marshes, Haddiscoe - 12th (150-200).
Lake Lothing - c40 above Lake Lothing at 10:30am circling overhead before disappearing into the fog.

DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla bernicla
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 7 S), 2nd (2 N, 29 S), 3rd (3 S), 4th (2 S), 5th (2 N), 6th (12 S), 7th (1 N), 8th (9 S), 9th (33 S), 10th (54 S), 11th (1 N, 8 S), 12th (4 N, 1 S), 13th (5 N, 1 S), 14th (17 N, 48 S), 15th (3 N, 6 S), 16th (25 N, 6 S), 17th (41 N, 8 S), 18th (4 N, 16 S), 19th (11 S), 21st (1 N, 1 S), 22nd (1 N, 15 S), 23rd (12 S), 26th (2 N, 1 S), 27th (9 N, 4 S), 28th (1 N, 13 S), 29th (7 S).
Gunton Beach - 14th (3 N, 12 S).

EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Beccles Marsh Trail - 12th (7).
Hall Lane, Oulton - 15th (2).

SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 2nd (1 S), 8th (20 S), 9th (7 S), 10th (3 S), 14th (1 N, 1 S), 15th (1 S), 17th (3 S), 19th (8 N), 21st (2 N), 22nd (9 S), 25th (4 S), 26th (1 S).
Gunton Warren - 4th (3 S).
Ness Point - 22nd (1 N).

EURASIAN WIGEON Anas penelope
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 6th (10 S), 7th (1 S), 8th (2 S), 10th (12 S), 13th (2 S), 14th (24 N), 16th (11 N, 12 S), 17th (6 N), 18th (22 N, 2 S), 22nd (6 o/s), 23rd (2 N), 26th (2 N), 27th (28 N, 28 S), 28th (9 N).
Flixton Decoy - 3rd (300).

MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos
Kessingland - 18th (8 S).

GADWALL Anas strepera
Leathes Ham - 12th (14).

EURASIAN TEAL Anas crecca
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 2nd (5 S), 16th (15 S), 18th (11 N), 19th (3 N), 20th (8 S), 24th (1 S), 26th (3 S), 27th (4 N), 28th (1 N).

Eurasian Teal - Lowestoft - October 2005
©Andrew Easton

PINTAIL Anas acuta
Kessingland - 8th (3 S), 17th (1 N), 19th (1 N).
Ness Point - 22nd (3 S).

SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Flixton Decoy - 3rd (6).
Kessingland - 6th (1 S), 24th (1 S).
Leathes Ham - 12th (2).

TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Kessingland - 10th (1 S), 14th (1 S).

SCAUP Aythya marila
One drake flew north past Corton on the 9th.

COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Kessingland - 1st (4 N), 2nd (2 N), 4th (1 S), 5th (2 N, 1 on sea), 6th (1 N, 1 S, 4 o/s), 7th (5 o/s), 8th (3 N), 9th (6 o/s), 10th (1 N, 5 o/s), 11th (3 N, 6 S, 5 o/s), 12th (8 S), 13th (40 S), 14th (1 N, 74 S), 15th (6 N, 4 S), 16th (2 N, 35 S, 40 o/s), 17th (37 N, 42 S, 25 o/s), 19th (2 N), 22nd (20 N, 19 S), 25th (3 N, 3 S), 27th (2 S), 28th (4 o/s).
Ness Point - 3rd (2 S), 22nd (2 o/s, 1 S), 29th (3 S).

VELVET SCOTER Melanitta fusca
Kessingland - 7th (1 S), 15th (1 N).
One was along Lake Lothing on the 5th, 12th and 13th. This was presumably the same bird which had been seen on Benacre Broad in the preceding couple of weeks.

EIDER Somateria mollissima
Kessingland - 16th (10 N), 17th (14 N), 18th (13 N), 19th (23 N, 1 S), 20th (7 N), 27th (37 N), 28th (2 N), 29th (5 N).
Ness Point - 28th (5).

GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula
Flixton Decoy - 3rd (1).
Corton - 8th (4 S).
Kessingland - 15th (1 N), 22nd (2 S), 25th (1 S), 28th (1 S), 30th (1 S).

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S), 6th (2 S), 9th (3 S), 16th (4 N, 3 S), 17th (2 S), 22nd (1 S), 29th (1 N).

GOOSANDER Mergus merganser
Kessingland - 18th (2 o/s), 25th (1 N).
Ness Point - 22nd (drake S).

MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
One was seen at Kessingland sewage works on the 9th.
Kessingland - 24th (1 S), 25th (1 in off sea at 14:46).

HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus
A ringtail flew in off the sea at 14:25 on the 4th.

HOBBY Falco subbuteo
A late record involved one at Gunton Beach on the 20th.

MERLIN Falco columbarius
A female was seen on Haddiscoe Island on the 12th.

WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (3), 17th (1), 24th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 19th (4).

OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Kessingland - 15th (1 S), 24th (1 S), 26th (1 S).
Gunton - 26th (1), 28th (1).
Ness Point - 28th (1 S).

RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (3 on beach), 3rd (6).
Hamilton Dock - 10th (4), 12th (4), 22nd (8), 28th (8), 29th (4).
Ness Point - 28th (1) 29th (1).
Kessingland - 25th (1 N).

GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
The flock along Ellough Road increased during the month 7th (37), 13th (216), 28th (500).

GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Kessingland - 8th (1 S), 10th (1 S).

LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Blundeston Marshes - 4th (70), 9th (c.500).
Kessingland - 9th (1 in off sea).
Lowestoft - 14th (12 in off sea).
Kessingland - 9th (1 in off sea), 19th (7 N), 25th (5 N), 27th (1 in off sea).
Kessingland sewage works - 17th (7).

SANDERLING Calidris alba
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (8 on beach), 3rd (2).
Hamilton Dock - 28th (1), 29th (1).
Kessingland - 27th (1 N).

KNOT Calidris canutus
Kessingland - 6th (1 S).
Ness Point - 28th (1 on point with Turnstones).

PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Two were on the rocks along the North Beach on the 2nd.
Ness Point - 22nd (3), 28th (2), 29th (2).

DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 6th (8 S), 8th (25 S), 9th (2 S), 11th (2 S), 14th (2 S), 15th (1 S), 16th (15 N), 17th (35 N, 1 S), 20th (1 S).
Ness Point - 22nd (1 S).

COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Corton old sewage works - 3rd (2).
Blundeston Marshes - 9th (6).
Beccles Marshes - 11th (1).
Kessingland - 10th (1 S), 14th (1 S).
Kessingland sewage works - 24th (1).

WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
Kessingland Sewage Works - 1st (1), 17th (1). 24th (1).
Flycatcher Alley, Lowestoft - 14th (1).
Gunton Wood - 14th (1).
Henstead - 19th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 19th (1).
Blundeston (Warren Carr) - 22nd (4).
Pakefield - 30th (1 W over Focus car park).

BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Kessingland - 26th (2 N).

CURLEW Numenius arquata
Kessingland - 9th (1 N), 16th (1 N), 17th (3 N).
Gunton Beach - 17th (1 in off sea).

REDSHANK Tringa totanus
One flew north over the North Denes and Gunton Warren on the 5th.
Lake Lothing - 5th (6).

GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
One was present on Haddiscoe Island on the 12th.

TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (7), 8th (8).
Lowestoft South Beach - 4th (41).
Hamilton Dock - 10th (15), 28th (12), 29th (3).
Kessingland - 5th (1 N), 6th (1 o/b), 9th (4 N), 15th (1 S), 16th (8 N), 17th (17 N), 19th (1 N), 20th (1 S), 21st (3 o/b), 24th (2 S), 25th (4 N), 28th (9 S), 29th (3 S).
Lake Lothing - 5th (1).
Ness Point - 22nd (14), 28th (8), 29th (31).

GREY PHALAROPE Phalaropus fulicarius
On the 17th at 09:10 one flew north past Kessingland dropping to the sea where it sat for a couple of minutes before continuing north. Presumably the same bird was later seen past Ness Point.

GREAT SKUA Catharacta skua
Kessingland - 16th (1 S), 18th (1 N).

POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
Kessingland - 15th (1 N), 16th (1 ob).
One was seen at Kessingland on the 26th and 27th when it was chasing gulls close inshore beach as well as resting on the beach. We've received a couple of cracking pictures which will hopefully be uploaded on the weekend.

ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 3rd (1 S), 6th (2 N), 8th (1 S), 10th (1 S).

LONG-TAILED SKUA Stercorarius longicaudus
Kessingland - One flew south at 12:53 on the 17th. An excellent record.

SKUA sp Stercorarius sp
One on the sea at Ness Point on the 15th.

Mediterranean Gull - Lowestoft - November 2005
©Andrew Easton

MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (1 adult), 5th (2 adults), 8th (1 ad. south), 12th (2 ad.), 22nd (1), 23rd (ad).
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 14th (1 S), 16th (1 S), 20th (1 N), 26th (1 N).
Gunton Warren - 8th (1 adult).
Pakefield - 20th (1), 26th (3 ad).
The green ringed individual in the photo above was ringed in the summer of 2004 in Belgium and then wintered in Lowestoft last year and now seems set to do the same again. The one and a half legged adult also seen in the area recently seems to be 21N, also a Belgian individual who has been wintering here since 1997.

Last year 21N had lost its lower leg but still had most of the plastic ring present, this year the plastic ring has gone completely but the metal ring remains on the other leg. It was noted at Link's Hill on the 15th.

LITTLE GULL Larus minutus
Kessingland - 2nd (6 N), 5th (1 N), 6th (170 N), 7th (2 N), 11th (2 N), 13th (7 S), 14th (1 N), 17th (1 N), 19th (3 N), 20th (1 N), 22nd (5 N).
Ness Point - 3rd (1 S).

COMMON GULL Larus canus
Blundeston Marshes - 4th (149).

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis
The usual adult was still along the North Beach at Lowestoft on the 2nd, 3rd and 5th.

KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 4th (12 N), 6th (1 N), 7th (1 S), 8th (4 S), 9th (1 S), 10th (1 S), 11th (1 N, 12 S), 13th (12 N, 4 S), 14th (2 N), 15th (19 N, 1 S), 16th (28 N, 1 S), 17th (3 N), 18th (16 N), 19th(26N) 20th(5N) 22nd(2N 2o/s) 23rd(2N)
24th(14N 5S) 25th (19 N), 26th (29 N, 1 S), 27th (15 N), 28th (8 N), 30th (7 N).

GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
Ness Point - 22nd (1 os), 28th (4 N, 1 S), 29th (2 N, 3 S).
Hamilton Dock, Lowestoft - 28th (1, late evening).

LITTLE AUK Alle alle
Kessingland - 13th (1 S), 14th (1 N then on sea), 17th (5 N), 18th (1 N), 19th (1 N).
One was battling into a northwest wind trying to go north on the 16th when it got swept overland and headed up Links Road, Lowestoft before dropping behind the trees in Corton Road!!!
Ness Point - 28th (1).

AUK sp. (Alcidae)
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 4th (2 N), 6th (3 N), 8th (2 N), 9th (2 N), 10th (3 N), 11th (2 N), 13th (4 N, 1 S), 14th (1 N), 15th (1 S), 16th (4 N), 17th (3 N, 3 S), 18th (12 N, 2 S), 19th (15 N), 20th (5 N), 21st (1 N), 22nd (9 S, 1 S), 23rd (8 N, 1 S), 24th (30 N, 1 S, 1 o/s), 25th (23 N, 1 o/s), 26th (7 N), 27th (103 N), 28th (134 N, 4 S), 29th (87 N, 2 S), 30th (5 N).

STOCK DOVE Columba oenas
Gunton Warren - 5th (23 S), 7th (1).

WOOD PIGEON Columba palumbus
Kessingland - Between 7:30 and 8:10 on the 4th approximately 5000 were noted flying south over the village.
Gunton Warren - 4th (350 flew south in an hour), 5th (40 S).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (100+), 17th (100+).
Just to the south of our area, at Covehithe, on the 5th 17 000 flew south.

SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
Haddiscoe Marshes - 12th (1).
Kessingland - 17th (one in off sea), 20th (1 S), 26th (1 on beach).

KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Kessingland Sewage Works -1st (1).
Haddiscoe -12th (2).
Hamilton Dock - 12th (2), 15th (1).
Lake Lothing - 12th (3-4), 19th (2).

GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Kessingland Sewage Works - 1st (1), 13th (1).
Gunton - 24th (heard).

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Kessingland Sewage Works - 1st (1), 13th (2), 17th (1), 24th (2).
Corton Woods - 17th (1).

LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos minor
One was seen in woodland at Patricia Close, Oulton on the 3rd.

SKY LARK Alauda arvensis
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (3).

SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Gunton Warren - 7th (1 south).
Corton (Radar Lodge) - 8th (2).
Beccles Marsh Trail - 11th (1).

MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Kessingland sewage works - 24th (10+).

ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (1), 3rd (1), 28th (1).
Lowestoft South Pier - 4th (2).
Hamilton Dock - 15th (2 inc one with oil on tail and back), 29th (2).
Ness Point - 22nd (4 on the point with 1 in Hamilton Dock), 29th (2).

GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Kessingland Sewage Works - 1st (1), 9th (1), 13th (1), 17th (1), 24th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 12th (1), 15th (2).

PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (4), 9th (20), 13th (4), 17th (25), 24th (25+).

WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus
One was seen flying over calling at Saturn Close playing field, Lowestoft on the 17th. Hopefully the first of many.
20+ were in trees at Clifton Road on the 20th.
Pakefield - 22nd - 23rd (1 in trees at front of Pontins).

DUNNOCK Prunella modularis
Twelve together on Lowestoft North Denes on the 1st was a good gathering, presumably involving at least a few migrants.
6 were on the edge of Hamilton Dock on the 15th. There were lots of Dunnocks all along the coast from Lowestoft to Corton the same day.

BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros
An adult male was seen on the South Lowestoft industrial estate on the 9th, following an immature in the same area on October 28th.
Another was along Hamilton Road, Hamilton Dock, Lowestoft on the afternoon of the 12th.
One was along Lowestoft North Beach sea wall on the 28th.

STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
Gunton Warren - 2nd (2), 4th (3), 7th (2), 8th (3), 9th (2), 12th (2), 14th (1), 15th (2), 19th (2).
North Denes (Campsite) - 5th (1).
Blundeston Marshes - 9th (1).
Haddiscoe Marshes - 12h (4).
Carlton Marshes - 19th (4).
Beccles Marsh Trail - 21st (2 males + 1 Female).

WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (3), 3rd (1).

Ring Ouzel - Corton - October 2005
©Colin Carter

RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus
One was feeding around the Denes Oval and on the campsite on the 3rd.

BLACKBIRD Turdus merula
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (c.25), 9th (30), 13th (c20). On the 17th 100+ (inc 45 ringed were present). No doubt they were moving ahead of the cold weather forecast!, 24th (c10).
Corton - 5th (20+).
17th - A considerable east west movement of Blackbirds at Lowestoft today. c100 or more in Warren Carr Blundeston flying in & out of trees before flying west. These flocks were interspersed with Fieldfares.

REDWING Turdus iliacus
Kessingland Sewage Works - 1st (5), 13th (2), 17th (5).
Beccles Marsh Trail Lake - 1st (2).
Gunton Warren - 4th (1).
Lowestoft - 5th (At least one was heard calling between the crashing and banging of fireworks in the evening).
Corton - 5th (1 trapped and ringed).
Gunton Beach - 17th (1 in off sea).
Old Hall Farm Flixton - 22nd (c18).
Gunton - 26th (1).

FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Beccles Marsh Trail Lake - 1st (2).
Kessingland Sewage Works - 9th (1), 13th (1), 17th (32).
Henstead - 13th (5 high S).
Lowestoft - 14th (34 W).
Gunton - 14th (6 W).
Kessingland - 16th (7 in off sea), 17th (3 in off sea).
Carlton Marshes - 19th (1).
Old Hall Farm Flixton - 22nd (4), 24th (37).

CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
One was in the reedbed near Kessingland sewage works on the 1st, 13th, 24th.

DARTFORD WARBLER Sylvia undata
Two were seen at Gunton Warren on the 4th. At least one of them was still present on the 5th, though it proved very elusive most of the time lurking in the extensive cover of bracken. Thereafter noted on the 7th, 8th, 9th (2), 12th, 13th, 15th, 19th, 28th (1).

Up to 2002 we had waited 118 years between records in Lowestoft, now they come along like buses, with seven recorded in total now. Since the ones at Gunton and Corton in 2002 the species has been recorded in Lowestoft in October 2004 and now in April and November 2005, on all occasions at Gunton Warren. Hopefully the winter won't be too cold and finish them off again.

BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (1).

CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Gunton Warren - 4th (2), 5th (2).
North Denes (Campsite) - 5th (1).
Corton - 5th (2).
Leathes Ham - 12th (1).
Corton Woods - 17th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (1), 17th (2), 24th (1).

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER Phylloscopus inornatus
Corton Wood - One was found with a tit flock along the southern edge of the wood on the 1st. The 17th for the year locally.

GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (1).
Gunton - 28th (1).

MARSH TIT Parus palustris
Flixton Decoy - 3rd (1).

NUTHATCH Sitta europaea
One was seen again in Corton Woods on the 19th.

TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
Corton Woods - 17th (1), 19th (1).
One seen on the Beccles Marsh trail on the 18th was the first the observer had seen there.

GREAT GREY SHRIKE Lanius excubitor
One was seen along the south wall of Breydon Water on the 7th, later flying off westwards.

STARLING Sturnus vulgaris
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (170+), 17th (70+), 24th (20+).

BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (1), 9th (4), 17th (1).
Corton - 5th (1).

GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Ness Point (Gas works compound) - 2nd (30).
Gunton Warren - 4th (4), 7th (10), 8th (4), 14th (10), 17th (10).
Kessingland sewage works - 9th (25+), 13th (c30).
Old Hall Farm Flixton - 22nd (47).
Lowestoft North Denes - 28th (50+).

SISKIN Carduelis spinus
Kessingland Sewage Works - 1st (4), 13th (12), 17th (25).
Corton - 5th (3).
Gunton Warren - 7th (3 S).
Oulton - 4th (30).
Blundeston (Warren Carr) - 9th (20), 22nd (111), 24th (100).
Henstead - 22nd (flock of 15-20 flew over).

REDPOLL Carduelis flammea
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (5 S, 2 trapped and ringed), 9th (10+), 13th (10), 17th (2).
Beccles Marsh Trail Lake - 1st (2), 12th (1).
Oulton (Patricia Close) - 3rd (5).
North Denes (Campsite) - 5th (2 N).
Gunton Warren - 5th (1 N).
Corton - 5th (c.10, of which seven were trapped and ringed).

BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Blundeston (Warren Carr) - 9th (4).
Kessingland sewage works - 13th (2).
Union Lane Oulton - 22nd (3).

SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis
Kessingland Beach - 2nd (5), 5th (7), 8th (8 o/b), 9th (8 o/b), 10th (15 o/b), 12th (18 o/b), 13th (19 o/b), 14th (40 o/b), 16th (40+ o/b), 17th (40 o/b), 18th (40 o/b), 26th (100+), 18th (40 o/b), 19th (30 o/b), 20th (3 o/b), 22nd (3 o/b), 23rd (30 o/b), 24th (60+ o/b), 25th (50+ o/b), 26th (60 o/b), 27th (100+), 28th (100+), 29th (100+).
Lowestoft North Beach - 10th (3 N).
Gunton Beach - 12th (35 early morning), 17th (23 in off sea).
Pakefield - 20th (c40 on beach below Jolly Sailor's Pub).

YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Gunton Warren - 2nd (2), 4th (5), 7th (4), 8th (1), 17th (1), 19th (1).
Hall Lane, Oulton - 15th (1).
Henstead - 22nd (13 in beet field).

REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Gunton Warren - 7th (1).

ESCAPES

RED-BREASTED GOOSE Branta ruficollis
One was again with Barnacle Geese at Benacre Broad on the 3rd.

NON-BIRD NEWS

An Otter was seen at a private site near Mutford on the 29th.