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Little Auk - Kessingland - November - © Chris Darby
RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata ****
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 2nd (17 N), 3rd (13 N, 4 S), 4th (2 N), 5th (7 N), 6th (4 N), 8th (5 N, 3 on sea), 9th (7 N, 1 S, 3 o/s), 10th (17 N, 1S), 11th (5 N, 4 S, 1 o/s), 12th (20 N, 6 S), 13th (8 N), 14th (9 N, 1 S, 1 o/s), 15th (5 N), 16th (2 N, 4 S), 17th (3 N, 3 S), 18th (4 N, 2 S), 19th (5 N, 3 S), 20th (1 N), 21st (1 S), 22nd (4 N, 3 S, 3 o/s), 23rd (2 N, 12 S), 24th (4 N, 5 S), 25th (3 N), 26th (5 S), 27th (3 o/s), 28th (1 N, 87 S), 29th (157 N, 56 S, 2 o/s), 30th (96 N, 65 S 4 o/s).
Ness Point - 3rd (5 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (6 N), 11th (1 on sea).
Corton - 11th (1 N).
BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica ****
Gunton Warren - 2nd (1 N also seen past Ness Point), 5th (1 S).
Kessingland - 17th (1 N), 18th (1 S), 22nd (1 N), 30th (1 N then o/s).
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
Kessingland - 3rd (2 N), 14th (1 N).
DIVER spp. ****
Kessingland - 9th (2 N), 14th (1N prob. Black-throated), 19th (1 N), 26th (1 N), 29th (1 N).
GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus ****
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 3rd (1 S), 6th (1 S), 8th (3 o/s), 11th (1 S), 13th (1 N), 15th (1 N), 18th (1 S), 22nd (2 o/s), 23rd (1 S), 28th (1 S), 29th (1 S), 30th (3 S).
Gunton Warren - 3rd (2 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 28th (1 swimming south).
SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus
Gorleston - 1st (1 N).
BALEARIC SHEARWATER Puffinus mauretanicus ****
One was seen off Gorleston on the 25th.
GANNET Morus bassanus ****
Kessingland - 1st (9 N, 6 S), 2nd (9 N), 3rd (17 N), 4th (14 N, 3 S), 5th (15 N, 3 S), 6th (174 N, 6 S), 8th (7 N), 10th (180 N, 3 S), 11th (11 N, 6 S), 12th (3 N, 29 S), 13th (86 N, 1 S), 14th (14 N, 1 S), 15th (7 N, 4 S), 16th (2 N, 5 S), 17th (65 N, 2 S, 5 feeding), 18th (1 N), 19th (34 N, 44 S, many of these feeding), 20th (5 N), 21st (1 S), 22nd (3 S), 23rd (4 N, 1 S), 24th (6 N), 25th (3 N, 5 S), 26th (22 N), 27th (1 S), 28th (5 S), 30th (2 N).
Pakefield - 1st (1 S), 28th (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (6 N).
CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo ****
Gunton Warren - 2nd (2 N), 4th (4 in off sea), 5th (1 S), 12th (1 S), 15th (1 S).
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 3rd (2 N, 2 S), 4th (1 S), 5th (2 N, 2 S), 6th (2 N), 8th (3 N, 1 S), 10th (2 N, 1 S), 11th (1 N), 12th (2 N, 2 S), 13th (1 N), 14th (2 S), 15th (1 N, 1 S), 16th (1 N), 20th (1 S), 22nd (1 N, 1 S), 23rd (5 N, 8 S), 24th (3 N, 1 S), 26th (2 N), 27th (1 N), 28th (3 N, 1 S), 29th (1 N, 6 S), 30th (1 S).
Corton - 11th (2 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 28th (1 N).
SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis ****
On the 4th an immature was on the beach in Hamilton Dock.
One was on the sea off Kessingland on the 25th.
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
One flew north past Ness Point on the 4th.
One flew south past Kessingland on the 8th.
BEWICK'S SWAN Cygnus (columbianus) bewickii ****
Gunton Warren - 2nd (6 in off sea).
Lowestoft, Burnt Hill Road area - 3rd (8 W at 11:30).
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (20 in off sea).
Kessingland - 10th (3 in off sea).
Pakefield - 28th (1 S).
WHOOPER SWAN Cygnus cygnus ****
Three flew south over the Kessingland Levels on the 28th.
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
Lowestoft, Lowry Drive - 4th (100 N-NW at 1645).
Fritton Lake - 4th (2000 roosted), 15th (c2500), apparently roosting each night at the moment.
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (many heard "grounded" on the sea in the fog).
Bradwell - 14th (a few thousand flew south-east at 07:45).
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta (bernicla) bernicla ****
Kessingland - 1st (20 N, 7 S), 2nd (60 N, 21 S), 3rd (12 N, 15 S), 4th (2 N, 16 S), 6th (3 N), 9th (10 S), 10th (42 S), 11th (5 S), 12th (1 S), 13th (6 N), 14th (2 N, 9 S), 15th (1 S), 16th (1 N), 17th (8 S), 18th (4 S), 19th (1 S), 22nd (4 N), 23rd (1 N, 2 S), 25th (182 S), 26th (98 S), 27th (140 S), 28th (248 S), 29th (4 N, 31 S), 30th (9 S).
Ness Point - 3rd (12 N).
Pakefield - 1st (1 S), 2nd (2 N, 12 S), 3rd (1 on sea), 28th (130 S).
Gunton Warren - 2nd (7 N), 28th (13 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 28th (54 S).
SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna ****
Kessingland - 2nd (17 N, 12 S), 4th (4 S), 5th (1 N, 1 S), 8th (1 S), 17th (1 N, 4 S), 25th (4 S), 26th (2 S), 27th (6 S), 28th (8 S), 29th (2 S), 30th (1 S).
Gunton Warren - 2nd (7 N).
Pakefield - 1st (1 N), 2nd (1 S), 28th (18 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 28th (3 S).
WIGEON Anas penelope ****
Kessingland - 2nd (22 N, 25 S), 3rd (15 S), 4th (4 o/s), 5th (11 S), 8th (3 S, 2 o/s), 10th (5 N, 13 S), 15th (23 S), 18th (2 S), 20th (5 S), 23rd (2 S), 25th (51 S), 27th (39 S), 28th (83 S), 29th (6 S), 30th (4 S).
Pakefield - 28th (1 S).
GADWALL Anas strepera ****
Oulton Broad - 10th (1).
Kessingland - 15th (2 S), 25th (6 S), 27th (3 S), 30th (2 S).
TEAL Anas crecca ****
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S), 16th (2S 5 o/s), 19th (4 S), 20th (24 S), 25th (8 S), 27th (22 S), 28th (44 S), 30th (28 S).
Oulton Broad - 10th (2).
Gunton Warren - 28th (15 S).
PINTAIL Anas acuta ****
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 24th (5 S), 25th (13 S), 27th (14 S), 28th (16 S), 30th (4 S).
SHOVELER Anas clypeata ****
Kessingland - 1st (4 N), 25th (17 S), 28th (3 S), 30th (3 S).
POCHARD Aythya ferina ****
Kessingland - 25th (1 S), 26th (3 S).
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula ****
Kessingland - 1st (4 S), 25th (1 S).
COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima ****
Kessingland - 2nd (2 N), 3rd (2 N), 27th (1 S).
Pakefield - 2nd (3 N).
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra ****
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 2 S), 2nd (37 N, 28 S), 3rd (1 N, 8 S), 4th (2 N, 2 S), 5th (7 N, 5 S), 6th (7 S), 7th (3 S), 8th (1 S), 9th (15 S), 10th (2 N, 8 S), 11th (6 N, 5 S), 12th (3 N), 13th (7 N, 10 S), 14th (1 N, 1 S), 15th (1 N, 16 S), 16th (5 N, 5 S), 17th (1 N, 5 S), 18th (9 S), 21st (43 S), 22nd (2 N, 19 S), 25th (1 S), 26th (8 S), 27th (8 S), 28th (1 N, 4 S), 29th (1 N, 1 S), 30th (5 N, 4 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (16 N), 5th (1 N), 28th (25 on the sea).
Pakefield - 2nd (30 N), 28th (30 S).
Corton - 11th (5 on the sea).
VELVET SCOTER Melanitta fusca ****
Kessingland - 2nd (3 N), 3rd (2 N), 9th (2 S).
Gunton Warren - 28th (2 S).
LONG-TAILED DUCK Clangula hyemalis
Kessingland - 2nd (3 N), 3rd (2 N).
GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula ****
Kessingland - 2nd (3 N), 3rd (2 N), 25th (3 S), 28th (3 S).
Benacre Pits - 9th (1), 12th (3 + female Scaup).
Pakefield - 28th (1 S).
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator ****
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 3rd (2 N, 3 S), 20th (1 S), 25th (1 S), 27th (6 S), 28th (8 S), 29th (1 S), 30th (2 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (3 S).
GOOSANDER Mergus merganser ****
Corton - a pair flew south over the old sewage works at mid-day on the 12th.
Kessingland - 25th (1 S), 28th (1 S).
RED KITE Milvus milvus
Two flew west over the A146 at Barnby on the 12th, presumably the same two seen later that morning at Sotterley.
MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Kessingland Levels - 12th (female), 18th (1 partially leucistic individual with numerous white patches above and below flew south towards Benacre).
ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD Buteo lagopus
One arrived in off the sea at Kessingland at 14:07 on the 10th and continued inland.
SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus
One arrived in off the sea at Kessingland on the 17th.
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus ****
Kessingland - 3rd (1 N), 12th (1 S), 14th (3 S), 20th (2 S).
Pakefield - 1st (1 S).
Lowestoft North Denes - 10th (1).
Lake Lothing - 11th (1).
Ness Point - 14th (3 S).
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula ****
One flew south past Kessingland on the 27th.
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
185 were seen in fields around Ellough airfield on the 4th.
Leucistic Lapwing - Carlton Colville - November 2006
©Andrew EastonLAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Colville - 18th ( 81), 26th (106).
On the 26th a pale creamy beige leucistic individual was with the flock at Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Colville, the breast band was still quite dark though.
KNOT Calidris canutus ****
Kessingland - 3rd (7 N), 9th (5 N), 16th (6 S), 20th (19 S), 25th (83 S), 27th (18 S), 28th (38 S), 30th (3 S).
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima ****
Lowestoft, Link's Hill - 2nd (1).
Ness Point - 2nd (3 on rocks, 1st of the autumn here), 4th (3), 10th (3), 11th (3), 13th (7), 14th (6).
Pakefield - 28th (1 S).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina ****
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 10th (9 S), 12th (1 S), 16th (6 S), 20th (80 S), 22nd (1 S), 25th (148 S), 27th (29 S), 28th (175 S).
JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus
Three were flushed from a field being ploughed at Mutford on the 20th, along with one Common Snipe.
COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago ****
Corton - 3rd (3).
Oulton Broad - 12th (3 N).
Kessingland sewage works - 17th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 18th (3).
Mutford - 20th (1).
Kessingland - 27th (9 S).
WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
Remarkably the first of the autumn weren't noted until November 2nd but when they came they came in numbers. Noted as follows:
Gunton Beach - 2nd (1 in off, and probably the same bird flushed in Warrenhouse Wood).
Corton disused railtrack - 2nd (2).
Corton - 2nd (1), 3rd (2).
Corton Wood - 2nd (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 2nd (2).
St. Margaret's Road, Lowestoft - 2nd (2 W).
Kessingland - 2nd (3 in off), 9th (in off sea).
North Cove - 2nd (8).
Ness Point - 11th (1 in off the sea).
Woodcock - Kessingland - November 2006
©Chris DarbyBAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Kessingland - 13th (1 S).
CURLEW Numenius arquata ****
Gunton Warren - 2nd (1 N).
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 5th (2 S), 20th (1 S), 25th (1 S), 27th (2 S), 28th (2 S).
REDSHANK Tringa erythropus ****
Kessingland - 7th (2 S), 25th (1 S), 27th (1 S).
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres ****
Kessingland - 1st (3 N), 3rd (3 N), 5th (1 S), 10th (2 S), 25th (7 N).
Ness Point - 2nd (15).
Gunton Warren - 15th (2 S).
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Colville - 18th (2), 26th (12).
POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
Kessingland - 3rd (1 juv N), 5th (1 N), 10th (1 lingering).
ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus ****
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 10th (1 N), 15th (1 o/s), 16th (1 N), 25th (1 lingering).
Gunton Warren - 12th (1 S).
GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
Kessingland - 6th (1 N), 13th (1 N), 16th (1 N).
SKUA spp.
Kessingland - 6th (1 N), 10th (1 N).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus ****
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (ad + 1st-win), 5th (ad formerly known as 21N, now half-leg + green ringed ad + 1st winter), 11th (1 adult), 27th (1 S).
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 25th (1 N).
Pakefield - 3rd (ad), 28th (2 ads. + 2nd. winter).
Gunton Beach - 9th (ad green ring).
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus (cachinnans) michahellis
The usual adult was along Lowestoft North Beach on the 3rd when it killed a Little Auk but couldn't eat it!!! Still present on the 5th.
LITTLE GULL Larus minutus
Kessingland - 5th (3 N), 10th (7 N).
KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla ****
Kessingland - 3rd (4 N), 4th (8 N), 5th (12 N), 6th (8 N, 2 S), 11th (9 S), 13th (92 N, 64 S), 14th (23 N), 15th (14 N), 16th (1 S), 17th (49 N, 8 S), 18th (8 N, 10 S), 19th (6 N), 20th (3 N, 12 S), 21st (1 N, 3 S), 22nd (4 N, 9 S), 23rd (12 N, 5 S), 24th (65 N, 38 S), 25th (32 S), 26th (40 N, 10 S, 35 feeding), 27th (31 N, 24 S), 28th (1 N, 4 S), 29th (2 N, 4 S), 30th (33 N, 32 S).
Pakefield - 1st (1 S).
GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (1 on sea).
RAZORBILL Alca torda
Kessingland - 2nd (2 N).
Pakefield - 2nd (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (1 N).
LITTLE AUK Alle alle
Kessingland - 1st (2 N), 2nd (202 N, 2 S, 4 o/s, also 2 observed flying inland with flocks of Starling).
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (115 N), 3rd (5 N), 5th (1 S then N).
Pakefield - 1st (2 N, 3 S), 2nd (9 N, 2 S), 3rd (3 N, 3 lingering on sea).
Lowestoft Harbour - 3rd (2).
Gorleston - 1st (4).
Ness Point - 4th (1 swimming north close inshore).
Gunton Warren - 5th (1 S).
Oulton Broad - One was on the Broad itself on the 8th and 9th, viewable from Caldecott Road.
Breydon Water - 2nd (2 were flying with Dunlin!!!).
AUK sp. Alcidae ****
Kessingland - 1st (7 N), 2nd (2 N), 3rd (3 N), 4th (1 N), 5th (1 N), 6th (2 N), 8th (4 N), 9th (14 N), 11th (2 S), 12th (1 N), 13th (4 N, 5 S), 14th (4 N, 2 S), 15th (8 N, 2 S), 16th (1 N, 3 S), 17th (5 N), 19th (8 N), 24th (7 N, 1 S), 25th (6 N), 26th (1 N), 28th (1 S), 29th (1 N, 3 S), 30th (9 N, 1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 5th (1 N).
Gunton Beach - 9th (1 N).
BARN OWL Tyto alba
One was hunting over Carlton Marshes on the 19th.
SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
One of the best influxes of Short-eared Owls with bird noted arriving in off the sea as follows:
Hopton - 2nd (3).
Gunton Beach - 2nd (1).
Kessingland - 2nd (1), 3rd (1).
Ness Point - 3rd (2), 4th (2), 5th (1 N).
Pakefield - 3rd (1).
Kessingland Levels - 9th (1).
If they stick around local marshes this winter we're in for a treat.
Short-eared Owls
(left) Ness Point - November 2006 ©Derek Beamish
(right) Kessingland - November 2006 ©Chris Darby
KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Kirkley Water Meadow - 7th (1).
Lake Lothing - 11th (1).
GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Kirkley Water Meadow - 7th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 9th (1).
Denes Oval - 12th (1).
SKY LARK Alauda arvensis
Gunton Warren - 2nd (10 in off sea).
Corton - 11th (45+).
Oulton Broad (Caldecott Road) - 11th (2 N).
Kessingland sewage works - 17th (9).
SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Two flew south at Kessingland Sluice on the 12th.
HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Kessingland - 12th (1 N), 18th (1 lingering over the village), 25th (1 lingering over the beach).
MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Gunton Warren - 4th (3), 12th (5), 15th (3 S), 21st (10).
Corton - 3rd (15).
Kessingland sewage works - 17th (5).
ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (1).
Ness Point - 2nd (4).
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Kessingland sewage works - 12th (1), 17th (2, including one first trapped there in March 2006).
Kessingland/Benacre Sluice - 26th (1).
Wollaston Road, Lowestoft - 20th (1 N).
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrelli
Corton - 11th (17 including one aberrant bird with completely white secondaries).
Kessingland Beach - 12th (50+).
Kessingland sewage works - 17th (3).
STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
Breydon South Wall - 4th (4).
Gunton Warren - 5th (1).
Hopton Cliffs - 5th (1).
Kessingland Beach - 12th (male).
Kessingland Sluice - 18th (pair).
WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Kessingland Beach - 6th (1).
BLACKBIRD Turdus merula
Lowestoft North Beach, Link's Hill - 2nd (1 in off sea).
Corton - 3rd (400).
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Gunton Warren - 2nd (3 in off with Starlings).
Henstead - 2nd (1 W).
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (5 in off sea).
Corton - 9th (5).
Oulton Broad (Caldecott Road) - 9th (10 W).
REDWING Turdus iliacus
Gunton Warren - 2nd (1 in off).
A few arriving during the evening of the 7th over Lowestoft.
Oulton Broad (Caldecott Road) - 9th (5 W).
CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Kessingland sewage works - 17th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 18th (2).
DARTFORD WARBLER Sylvia undata
One was along Hopton Cliffs on the 5th.
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Hopton Cliffs - 5th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes - 7th (2), 12th (1).
Sparrow's Nest Gardens - 7th (2).
Arnold's Walk - 12th (1).
LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Lowestoft North Denes - a late bird was along the slope on the 5th and 6th.
DUSKY WARBLER Phylloscopus fuscatus
What would we do if Duskie's weren't vocal!!! The general consensus in Lizard Land is that the bird discovered on the 4th along Flycatcher Alley by Colin Jacobs could be the same bird seen on October 27th at Gunton Beach. It was still present on the 5th when it ranged surprisingly widely, and often silently, between Flycatcher Alley steps along the Lowestoft North Denes slope and into Warrenhouse Wood to the north of Links Road. This would be a plausible explanation as to why it hasn't been seen since October; and given the paucity of records of the species this autumn so far the odds of two are far less than in a bumper year. Early morning on the 5th it gave good views before moving north in the bracken when it became difficult.
Still present on the 6th and 7th along the slope above the Denes Oval and again wandering northwards during the day but couldn't be found on the 8th. On the 9th it gave good views early morning and was calling most of the time which really helped locate it. There was no sight nor sound of it on the 10th or 11th though.
90% of the Dusky Warbler - ©Andrew EastonCHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita ****
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (2), 7th (5), 9th (1), 10th (1), 11th (3), 12th (1), 23rd (2), 29th (1).
Sparrows Nest Park - 11th (1).
Warrenhouse Wood - 12th (2), 19th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 12th (1), 17th (1).
Gunton Warren - 11th (2), 14th (1), 15th (1).
GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
Still thin on the ground, one was seen near Hoseasons on the 3rd looking for a tree.
Gunton Warren - 4th (4).
Flycatcher Alley, Lowestoft - 9th (5).
Kessingland sewage works - 17th (7).
LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus
Kensington Gardens - 3rd (6).
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (10+ in tamarisk near Denes Oval).
TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
Corton old sewage works - 3rd (1 of the nominate race trapped and ringed).
JAY Garrulus glandarius
One was visiting gardens in Royal Avenue, central Lowestoft on the 23rd. Since the end of October they have become rather more noticeable in local woodland, often going around in small groups.
MAGPIE Pica pica
26 were counted in one tree at Links Road, Lowestoft on the 23rd.
STARLING Sturnus vulgaris
Big numbers arrived in off the sea on the 2nd with c5000 noted throughout the day between Gunton and Ness Point. Lesser numbers were noted on the 3rd, but flocks have been arriving in off sea on a daily basis in the first two weeks of the month at least. Several thousand must have arrived.
Still arriving on the 14th and 15th, with c100 in off in 4 separate flocks at Gunton Warren during the afternoon of the 15th. Two flocks titling 45 birds arrived in off the sea at Kessingland on the 26th..
TREE SPARROW Passer montanus
Two that have been present since October 24 on feeders at Wood Farm, Mutford were still present on the 15th with three present on the 14th. Up to at least 8 have been seen in the Beach Farm area at Benacre this month, a very encouraging increase.
BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
Corton - 3rd (2).
Henstead - 2nd (1 over).
Gunton Warren - 15th (1).
GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris ****
Gunton Warren - 3rd (1), 5th (2), 11th (2), 29th (6).
SISKIN Carduelis spinus
Corton Woods - 9th (flying over).
LINNET Carduelis cannabina ****
Gunton Warren - 3rd (4), 5th (2), 28th (1).
LESSER REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret
Corton - 3rd (1), 9th (2).
LAPLAND BUNTING Calcarius lapponicus ****
Two were at Kessingland Beach on the 29th.
Snow Buntings - Corton - November 2006 ©Andrew EastonSNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis ****
Three were still present on Lowestoft North Beach on the 2nd with two at Pakefield on the 3rd.
Kessingland Beach - 4th (8), 5th (16), 12th (26 N), 18th (5 N), 19th (18 o/b), 20th (21 o/b), 21st (30 o/b), 22nd (30 o/b), 23rd (34 o/b), 24th (34 o/b), 25th (30 o/b), 26th (25 o/b), 27th (25 o/b), 28th (20o/b), 29th (17 o/b), 30th (20 o/b).
Corton - 11th (4 in ploughed field south of the old sewage works), no sign on the 12th.
NON-BIRD NEWS
PORPOISE
Kessingland - 14th (1 N), 22nd (2 N).
GREY SEAL
Kessingland - 3rd (1), 5th (1), 14th (1), 15th (1), 16th (1), 19th (1), 22nd (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (1).
COMMON SEAL
Kessingland - 6th (1), 14th (1), 20th (1), 29th (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 27th (1 on the beach).
On the 2nd 18 Red Admiral were feeding on an flowering Ivy in Corton Woods! At Pakefield there were Red Admiral, Large White & Common Darter around on the 3rd! Two OTTER were seen on Breydon Water on the 4th. On the 2nd 41 Red Admiral, 3 Peacock and 1 Comma were in Corton Woods.