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Pheasant - North Cove - October - © Andrew Easton

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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 2 on sea), 3rd (4 N, 1 S, 5 on sea), 4th (8 N, 4 S, 3 on sea), 5th (4 N, 2 S, 1 on sea), 6th (23 N, 4 S, 5 on sea), 7th (16 N, 1 S), 8th (15 N, 3 on sea), 9th (12 N, 1 S), 10th (11 N), 11th (8 N, 2 S), 12th (19 N, 1 S), 13th (7 N, 6 S), 14th (4 N, 3 S), 15th (43 N, 6 S), 16th (73 N, 42 S), 17th (9 N, 1 S, 2 on sea), 18th (1 N), 21st (2 S), 22nd (23 N, 3 S), 23rd (4 N), 24th (42 N), 25th (20 N, 4 S), 26th (11 N, 3 S), 27th (1 N), 28th (21 N, 1 S), 29th (23 N, 12 S, 1 on sea), 30th (12 N).
Hamilton Dock - 3rd (1), 10th (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (10 N, 3 S, several on the sea).
Ness Point - 9th (20 N), 10th (19 N, 4 S), 11th (10 N, 3 S), 14th (5 N, 1 on the sea).



BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica
Kessingland - 5th (2 N), 6th (1 N, 1 S), 9th (1 N), 10th (2 N), 12th (1 N), 13th (1 N), 16th (1 S), 22nd (1 N).
Ness Point - 10th (1 N), 11th (1 N).
Hamilton Dock / Waveney Dock - 14th - 22nd. A first winter bird drifted south close inshore past Ness Point early afternoon on the 14th, and was seen in Hamilton Dock and Waveney Dock later in the afternoon. It was still present in Hamilton Dock up to the 18th, and appears to have replaced the Red-throat that had been there. It was in the adjacent Waveney Dock on the 22nd.



GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
Kessingland - 3rd (1 N), 7th (1 N), 15th (1 N), 23rd (1 N), 25th (2 N).
Ness Point - 10th (4 N, 2 S), 11th (1 N).

An exceptional day for this species locally on the 10th, with four individuals north and later two together south with a Red-throated (which were surprisingly scarce in comparison).



DIVER sp.
Kessingland - 10th (2 N), 15th (1 S), 23rd (1 N), 29th (1 S).



LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis
Lake Lothing - 17th (12).



GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 3rd (1 on sea), 4th (1 S, 2 on sea), 5th (1 on sea), 6th (1 N, 1 on sea), 7th (1 N), 8th (1 N), 10th (4 on sea), 11th (3 N), 12th (1 S, 2 on sea), 13th (1 S), 15th (2 N, 1 S), 16th (1 N), 19th (2 S, 3 on sea), 21st (3 S, 27 on sea), 22nd (22 on sea), 24th (2 S), 25th (1 on sea), 27th (1 on sea), 28th (2 S).
Oulton Broad/Oulton Dyke - 4th (3), 17th (1).
Ness Point - 11th (2 N).



RED-NECKED GREBE Podiceps grisegena
One flew north past Kessingland on the 11th.



SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus
One flew north past Hopton on the 11th.

Lowestoft North Denes - November 9th 2007- © Andrew Easton

GANNET Morus bassanus
Kessingland - 1st (5 N), 2nd (1 N), 3rd (7 N), 4th (38 N, 2 S), 5th (16 N), 6th (1 S), 7th (5 N), 8th (23 N), 9th (156 N, 19 S), 10th (18 N), 11th (23 N, 7 S), 12th (15 N, 1 S), 13th (12 N, 31 S), 14th (4 N, 3 S), 15th (5 N, 2 S), 16th (2 N), 17th (3 N), 18th (1 N), 20th (1 N, 1 S), 21st (5 S), 22nd (1 N, 2 S), 23rd (2 N), 24th (7 N, 1 S), 25th (6 S), 26th (4 N, 1 S), 27th (8 N), 28th (5 N), 29th (6 N), 30th (28 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (18 N, 4 S).
Pakefield - 4th (9 N, 2 S).
Ness Point - 9th (c.200 N), 10th (32 N, 3 S), 11th (44 N, 4 S, many more lingering a long way offshore).



CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 1 S), 2nd (2 N, 2 S), 3rd (1 N, 2 S), 4th (2 S), 5th (1 on sea), 6th (4 N, 1 S), 7th (3 N), 8th (4 S, 2 on sea), 9th (1 N, 1 S), 10th (1 N), 12th (1 S), 13th (1 N, 1 S), 15th (1 N, 2 S), 16th (1 S), 17th (1 N, 2 S), 19th (3 N), 22nd (1 S, 1 on sea), 23rd (1 S), 24th (3 S), 26th (2 S), 29th (1 N), 30th (3 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (1 N).
Ness Point - 10th (4 N, 3 S), 11th (1 N, 4 S).



SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
The first of the winter was in Hamilton Dock on the 15th; it or another was present there on the 24th to 27th as well. On the 25th it flew across Hamilton Dock and landed out of view in the back of one of the fishing boats moored there. This could explain why it has been so hard to find at times !
One was also seen along Lake Lothing on the 27th.
A colour ringed individual was in Hamilton Dock on the 28th, but the ring could not be read. (Previous colour ringed Shags have originated from the Isle of May in Scotland, so this one is likely to be from the same site.)



LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
One was at Herringfleet Marshes on the 3rd.
Two flew north past Kessingland on the 7th.
Two were at Gapton Marshes on the 25th.



GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
Herringfleet Marshes - 3rd (1).
Leathes Ham - 3rd (1).
Carlton Marshes - 25th (5), 27th (3).



WHOOPER SWAN Cygnus cygnus
Five flew north over Kessingland Beach on the 9th; and four flew south there on the 12th.

Whooper Swans - Kessingland - November 2007- © Roy Davis

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
260 in two flocks flew north over Parkhill, Lowestoft at 07:00 on the 2nd.
c.400 flew north over Somerleyton at 17:00 on the 2nd.
140 flew west at Oulton on the morning of the 3rd.
c.800 that had been feeding on Haddiscoe Marshes, Norfolk, later flew north-eastwards over Fritton Marshes on the afternoon of the 3rd.
c.400 were at Blundeston and Flixton Marshes at dusk on the 17th.



GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
103 flew north from Lound Waterworks at dusk on the 3rd, probably to roost at Berney RSPB reserve.
Herringfleet Marshes - 3rd (13).
Oulton Broad - 4th (31), 11th (33), 17th (34).



CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
Herringfleet Marshes - 3rd (38).



DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta (bernicla) bernicla
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 2nd (1 N), 3rd (1 N, 1 S), 4th (86 N, 58 S), 5th (7 N, 4 S), 6th (1 N, 4 S), 7th (2 N), 8th (4 S), 9th (1 N), 10th (21 N), 11th (56 N), 12th (39 N), 13th (1 N), 14th (52 N, 3 S), 15th (19 N), 17th (3 N, 2 S), 19th (7 S), 21st (2 S), 24th (28 S), 25th (1 N), 29th (3 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (12 N).
Pakefield - 4th (4 N).
Ness Point - 10th (96 N, 2 S), 11th (36 N), 14th (57 N).
Gunton Warren - 10th (18 N), 12th (5 N).
Hopton - 11th (100 past).



EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
A pair at Lound village pond on the 17th had two goslings with them; one has some feathers growing through, but the other remains covered in down.
Lake Lothing - 17th (3 grazing on grass and moss growing on rooftops).
Oulton Broad - 17th (2).
Ashby - 17th (66, including 64 together).



SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Kessingland - 8th (1 S), 9th (4 N), 11th (35 N, 5 S), 14th (1 N, 1 S), 16th (1 S), 18th (1 S), 19th (10 S), 23rd (2 N).
Ness Point -10th (17 N, 4 S), 11th (30 N, 15 S), 14th (1 N).
Hopton - 11th (114 past).
Lowestoft North Beach - 13th (13 N).



WIGEON Anas penelope
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (2 S).
Kessingland - 5th (7 N), 6th (4 N), 7th (1 N), 10th (18 N), 11th (2 N), 13th (14 N), 14th (29 N), 15th (6 N, 7 S), 19th (19 S), 20th (6 S), 21st (10 S), 28th (4 S).
Ness Point - 10th (23 N), 11th (27 N).
Leathes Ham - 17th (1).
Barnby Broad - 30th (37 in flight over the Broad).



GADWALL Anas strepera
Lound Waterworks - 3rd (8).
Kessingland - 5th (10 S), 10th (2 N), 30th (1 N).
Ness Point - 11th (7 N).
Leathes Ham - 17th (11).



TEAL Anas crecca
Kessingland - 2nd (6 N, 2 S), 3rd (7 S), 4th (7 N), 6th (2 N), 7th (1 N), 10th (3 S), 11th (6 N, 4 S), 13th (5 N), 14th (29 N, 2 on sea), 15th (1 N), 16th (3 S), 17th (7 N), 19th (1 S), 20th (4 S), 21st (11 S), 22nd (5 S), 23rd (7 S), 24th (9 S), 25th (3 N, 2 S), 26th (7 on sea), 28th (12 N, 12 S).
Ness Point - 10th (1 N, 6 S), 11th (16 N).
Carlton Marshes - 25th (6).



PINTAIL Anas acuta
Leathes Ham - 17th (4).
Ness Point - 18th (9 S).
Kessingland - 21st (13 S).



MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos
Ness Point - 10th (3 N), 11th (17 N).
Kessingland - 11th (11 N).
Leathes Ham - 17th (129).



SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Leathes Ham - 17th (56).
Kessingland - 21st (2 S), 25th (2 S).



POCHARD Aythya ferina
Four flew north past Kessingland on the 13th.



TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Lound Waterworks - 3rd (51).
Kessingland - 4th (1 N), 10th (1 N), 17th (1 S), 28th (1 S).
Ness Point - 10th (1 N).
Oulton Broad - 17th (1).



SCAUP Aythya marila
A female was on the River Hundred by the Benacre/Kessingland Sluice on the 11th, it later moved to the nearby pit (there now being only one left) south of the river where it stayed into December.



COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima
Kessingland - 4th (7 N), 5th (1 N), 11th (4 N), 12th (3 N), 14th (55 N), 15th (9 N), 16th (3 N), 21st (1 S), 27th (1 N).
Ness Point - 10th (4 N), 11th (1 N), 14th (77 N).
Waveney Dock - 23rd (one female).




LONG-TAILED DUCK Clangula hyemalis
One flew north past Ness Point on the 11th and was also seen shortly afterwards at Hopton and Gorleston. It seems the same bird may have flown the entire length of the Suffolk coast during the morning as a single bird was seen at just about every watchpoint that day.



COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 11 S), 3rd (11 S), 4th (136 S), 5th (30 N, 10 S), 6th (48 S), 7th (19 N), 8th (14 S), 10th (2 N, 1 S), 11th (10 N), 12th (7 N, 6 S), 13th (4 N), 14th (22 N, 34 S), 15th (33 N, 7 S), 16th (29 N), 19th (1 N, 31 S), 21st (1 S), 22nd (2 S), 24th (13 N), 26th (3 N, 15 S), 27th (25 N), 29th (17 S), 30th (4 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (3 S).
Pakefield - 4th (86 S).
Ness Point - 10th (3 N, 1 S), 11th (6 N, 1 S).



VELVET SCOTER Melanitta fusca
Kessingland - 7th (1 N), 23rd (3 S), 24th (2 S), 27th (2 N).
One flew north past Gunton Warren on the 11th, and presumably the same bird was seen past Gorleston later the same day.



GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (1 N).
Pakefield - 4th (2 N), 6th (1 S), 8th (1 N).
Kessingland - 4th (1N), 6th (1S), 8th (1N), 11th (1 N), 14th (1 S).
Ness Point - 10th (3 N).
River Hundred (Benacre/Kessingland Sluice) - 11th (2).
Gunton Warren - 11th (1 N).



RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Kessingland - 4th (1 N, 1 on sea), 7th (2 N), 11th (4 N), 14th (1 N), 19th (3 S).
Ness Point - 10th (7 N).
Gunton Warren - 11th (3 S).
Mutford - 25th (one drake flew over heading north westwards and appeared to drop down towards the River Waveney at Barnby).



GOOSANDER Mergus merganser
One drake arrived in off the sea at Pakefield on the 4th and continued heading inland high over the town.
One drake was on Leathes Ham on the 10th but then flew off west.
One drake flew north past Kessingland and later Ness Point on the 11th.
Three flew south past Kessingland on the 24th.



MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
One was at Somerleyton Marshes on the 3rd.
One female flew south over Mutford on the 27th.
One female was at Carlton Marshes on the 27th.
One female was at Castle Marshes, North Cove, on the 30th.
One adult male was at Burgh Castle on the 30th.



HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus
One arrived in off the sea late morning on the 1st and headed westwards over the lighthouse.
One was seen over the marshes along the south wall of Breydon on the 24th.



COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
Herringfleet - 3rd (1).
Ashby/Lound - 3rd (1).



ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD Buteo lagopus
A first winter bird was hunting over Gapton Marshes, Bradwell, late afternoon on the 18th. At dusk it flew off south westwards, presumably to roost.
It was back at Gapton Marshes, near the Halfords warehouse, on the 19th to 28th.



SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus
Gunton Rugby Club - 2nd (1).
Somerleyton - 11th (1).



KESTREL Falco tinnunculus
Herringfleet Marshes - 3rd (1).
Lowestoft North Denes (netposts) - 3rd (1).
Oulton Broad/Oulton Dyke - 4th (1).



HOBBY Falco subbuteo
One very late individual was found at Oulton on the 6th, during a BTO Atlas Timed Tetrad Visit. It was still finding plenty of insects to catch in flight.



RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa
Herringfleet - 3rd (2).
Rushmere - 4th (26).



WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus
Two were calling from riverside reeds at Herringfleet Marshes on the 3rd.
One was calling at dusk at Lound Waterworks on the 3rd.
At least one was heard at Wicker Well, Somerleyton on the 11th.
One was heard at Castle Marshes, North Cove, on the 30th.
At least one was heard calling at Burgh Castle on the 30th.



MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus
Gunton Hall Lake - 2nd (31).
Leathes Ham - 17th (18).



AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta
One flew south past Kessingland on the 21st.



RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Ness Point - 10th (2 N).
Hamilton Dock - 14th (2), 17th (1).



GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Ness Point - 11th (3 N).
Kessingland - 11th (5 in off the sea).
Ellough - 24th (80).



GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 7th (1 S), 9th (1 N).
Ness Point - 11th (1 N).
Peto's Marsh - 25th (5).



LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
One was at Herringfleet Marshes on the 3rd.
Rushmere - 4th (12 N).
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Colville - 11th (50), 25th (123).
Ness Point - 13th (12 in off the sea).
Kessingland - 13th (17 arrived in off the sea).
Flixton Marshes - 17th (330).



KNOT Calidris canutus
Ness Point - 10th (3 N), 11th (1 N).
Kessingland - 11th (1 N), 19th (2 S), 21st (1 S).



SANDERLING Calidris alba
Kessingland - 10th (7 N), 11th (7 N), 14th (2 N), 15th (6 N), 21st (4 S), 25th (4 N), 28th (5 on the beach).
Hamilton Dock - 24th (1).



PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point - 3rd (2), 4th (1), 7th (1), 10th (4 on the rocks, 2 N, 2 S), 11th (4), 16th (6), 25th (6).
Lowestoft North Beach/Links Road - 9th (1), 17th (6), 24th (3).
Hopton - 11th (1).
Corton - 13th (4).
Benacre/Kessingland Sluice - 16th (1), 17th (3), 28th (2).
Hamilton Dock - 24th (1).



DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Kessingland - 5th (2 S), 6th (3 N), 10th (2 S), 11th (5 N), 13th (6 N), 19th (27 S).
Ness Point - 10th (1 N), 11th (9 N).
Flixton Marshes - 17th (3).
Ness Point - 28th (1).



RUFF Philomachus pugnax
One was at Flixton Marshes on the 17th.



JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus
Two were in fields near Mutford Wood on the 30th.



COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
One was flushed at Gunton warren on the 2nd.
One was flushed by a Barn Owl at Herringfleet Marshes on the 3rd.
Rushmere - 4th (1).
Belton Marshes - 10th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (5).
Carlton Marshes - 27th (11).



WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
One flew in off the sea at 15:20 on the 2nd and landed on the Denes Oval. After seeing off a Magpie that came to harass it then settled under a bush to rest.
One was seen in flight at dusk at Lound Waterworks on the 3rd.
One was at Gunton Warren on the 8th.
One was on Lowestoft North Denes on the 9th.
At least three arrived in off the sea at Corton on the 13th
One was in Gunton Wood on the 13th.
One flew in off the sea at Kessingland on the 13th.
One flew north across Bentley Drive, Parkhill, on the 15th. One was flushed from a roadside verge at Ashby on the 17th.
One was seen in flight at Flixton Marsh Lane on the 17th.
One was flushed from a hedgerow at Blundeston on the 24th.
Ness Point - 7th (1 in off the sea), 10th (5 arrived in off the sea prior to 08:30), 11th (3 arrived in off the sea), 13th (7 arrived in off the sea).

Woodcock - Denes Oval - November 2007- © Rob Wilton

BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Ness Point - 11th (1 N).
Gunton Warren - 11th (1 N). Different time to above individual.
Kessingland - 11th (1 N).



BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Flixton Marshes - 17th (93).



CURLEW Numenius arquata
Kessingland - 6th (2 N), 11th (1 N), 21st (2 S).
Ness Point - 10th (1 N).



REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Kessingland - 7th (1 S), 22nd (2 S).
Lake Lothing - 10th (2), 11th (3), 17th (15), 24th (35).
Flixton Marshes - 17th (12).
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Colville - 25th (2).



GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
One flew north past Kessingland on the 10th.



TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (8).
Ness Point - 3rd (7), 4th (21), 7th (1).
Kessingland - 4th (1 N), 6th (1 N), 14th (1 S), 20th (1 S), 26th (1 N), 27th (7 N), 28th (1 on the beach), 29th (4 S), 30th (3 S).
Hamilton Dock - 9th (10), 10th (15).
Gorleston - 14th (1).
Oulton Broad - 11th (1), 25th (4).
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Colville - 11th (1).

A colour ringed, and leg flagged Turnstone at Ness Point on the 11th had been ringed at Petten in the Netherlands on 29th August 2007, and had next been seen at Ness Point on 25th October.



POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
Ness Point - 4th (2 S), 9th (2 S), 11th (3 S).
Kessingland - 4th (1 N), 8th (2 S), 9th (7 S), 10th (1 S), 11th (1 S), 15th (1 N), 20th (1 S, then on the sea).
Hopton - 11th (4 past).



GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
One flew north past Kessingland on the 8th, with another north past there on the 13th.



SKUA sp.
Kessingland - 14th (1 N).

Glaucous Gull - Benacre - November 2007- © Chris Darby

MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (1 adult), 4th (1 adult), 9th (1 adult), 24th (1 adult).
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 5th (1 N), 11th (2 N), 12th (1 N, 1 S), 13th (1 N), 17th (1 S), 19th (4 S).
Ness Point - 11th (2, 1 adult, 1 2nd. winter), 14th (1 adult).
Pakefield - 12th (5, 2 adult, 1 2nd. winter, 2 1st. winter), 27th (5, 3 adults, 2 2nd. winters).



LITTLE GULL Larus minutus
Kessingland - 7th (1 N), 14th (3 N), 15th (2 N), 22nd (1 N).
Ness Point - 12th ( 1 adult north).



YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis
The regular adult was along Lowestoft North Beach up to the 3rd.
One was at Beacon Park, Gorleston on the 9th.



GLAUCOUS GULL Larus hyperboreus
A first Winter bird was seen near the Rainbow Superstore at Bradwell on the 7th.

A first Winter that spent most of the day around Benacre Pits and Broad on the 11th was also seen on the sea to the north of the Sluice.

The Benacre bird flew north past Kessingland on the 13th and was seen later the same day drifting north on the sea past Ness Point, then it was seen off Gunton where it later flew north towards Hopton.

On the 15th it was scavenging around the fish market at Hamilton Dock early morning, then at 9:15 it was seen of Kessingland following Lowestoft fishing vessel LT446 south. It seems fairly certain then that it was this bird that was seen off Walberswick and Dunwich later that afternoon.

On the 17th to 29th it was again in Hamilton and Waveney Docks (click on the link for more details about Hamilton and Waveney Docks). It appears to roost here as well as it was on the fish market roof at 22:30 on the 24th at least.

When it disappears into Waveney Dock it is best viewed from the top floors of the multi-storey car park opposite (but you will have to pay if you take your car in).

There was no sign of it on the 30th, but a first winter was seen at Minsmere and Sizewell that day, so it may have moved on.



KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (1 N, 1 adult on the groynes), 4th (1 adult on the groynes).
Pakefield - 4th (6 first winters N).
Kessingland - 4th (4 N), 5th (10 N), 6th (1 N, 9 S), 7th (2 N), 8th (6 N), 9th (1 N, 12 S), 11th (39 S), 12th (14 N), 16th (3 N, 2 S), 17th (1 S), 18th (11 N, 5 S), 19th (2 S), 21st (1 N, 5 S), 22nd (1 N, 2 S), 23rd (31 N, 6 S), 24th (2 N), 26th (2 N), 28th (5 S), 29th (10 N, 21 S), 30th (5 N, 4 S).
Ness Point - 7th (8 N), 10th (15 N), 11th (37 N, 5 S).

Little Auk - Kessingland - November 2007- © Stuart Reeves

GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (1 N).
Ness Point - 10th (4 N, 1 S), 11th (2 N).
Kessingland - 11th (3 N).



RAZORBILL Alca torda
Kessingland - 11th (2 N).



LITTLE AUK Alle alle
Kessingland - 5th (1 N), 7th (1 N), 9th (3 N, 2 S), 11th (25 N, 2 S), 12th (7 N, 1 S), 13th (8 N), 14th (2 N, 1 on sea), 15th (2 N), 26th (13 N), 27th (4 N).
Ness Point - 9th (1 N, 12 S), 10th (199 N, 5 S, 1 W), 11th (98 N, 23 S, 1 W), 13th (18 N), 14th (2 N, 7 S, 3 on the sea), 15th (3 on the sea).
Gorleston - 11th (25 N).
Hopton - 11th (51 past).
Gunton Warren - 12th (1 S).
Ness Point - Kessingland - 12th (9 N).
Pakefield - 12th (One flew high north-westwards over CEFAS heading inland, 1 in off the sea with a large Starling flock, and 4 together heading inland at Pakefield).
Oulton Broad - 12th (one flew west with 300 Starlings on the 12th.)
Corton - 13th (3 N).

13 past Ness Point on the 9th was a little way behind the day tally for the Farne Islands in Northumberland of a staggering 18,731

The 10th proved very good with 205 seen during the day off Ness Point, the largest single flock being eight. One bird followed a flock of Starlings as they arrived in off the sea and continued heading inland. Later on one arrived from inland behind us before settling on the sea. One individual also landed on the rocks at Ness Point before flying off onto the sea. One individual on the 10th was still in breeding plumage.

On the 11th two individuals flew just inland and settled somewhere in the industrial units between Hamilton Road and Ness Point. Another flew inland over Gunton Warren but turned back south when it reached the trees.

A headless corpse of one was found at Lowestoft North Beach on the 29th.

PUFFIN Fratercula arctica
One flew north past Kessingland on the 13th.



AUK sp. Alcidae
Kessingland - 3rd (1 N), 4th (2 N, 2 S), 5th (3 N), 6th (31 N, 3 S), 7th (13 N, 1 S), 8th (7 N, 3 S), 10th (2 N), 11th (15 N), 12th (10 N, 2 S), 13th (22 N, 2 S), 14th (2 N), 15th (12 N), 16th (3 N), 17th (3 N), 18th (2 N), 22nd (1 N), 23rd (2 S), 25th (5 N), 26th (3 N, 1 S), 28th (1 N), 29th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (5 N).
Ness Point - 10th (3 N, 2 S), 11th (6 N).

Feral Dove - Oulton Broad - November 2007- © Andrew Easton The breeding season gets off to an early (or late!) start.

FERAL DOVE Columba livia
Surveying at Oulton Broad for the BTO Winter Atlas on the 4th provided the first breeding entry from the Lowestoft area. One nest had two young in, one had a single egg and adults were sitting tight on at least two more nests.
Lowestoft - Oulton Broad - 17th (279).



STOCK DOVE Columba oenas
One arrived in off the sea at Ness Point on the 11th.
Mutford - 25th (25).

WOODPIGEON Columba palumbus
One first Winter individual arrived in off the sea at Ness Point on the 11th.
Mutford/Hulver - 25th (1070).



COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia decaocta
Mutford/Rushmere - 4th (53).



BARN OWL Tyto alba
One was hunting at Herringfleet Marshes on the 3rd.
One was hunting over stubble fields at Blundeston on the 11th.
One was hunting near Wicker Well, Somerleyton on the 11th.
Two were hunting at Flixton Marshes on the 17th.
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 19th.
One was seen at Flixton on the 24th.
One flew west across the A12 at Hopton at 22:30 on the 26th. A nice roving record for tetrad J in TM59 for the BTO Atlas.
Two were at Carlton Marshes on the 28th.



LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
One was around the tennis courts at the Denes Oval on the 3rd to 17th. Presumably the same bird seen being mobbed in "Flycatcher Alley" behind the Denes Oval on the 29th September given the previous complete lack of records from this site.
Ashby - 3rd (1).
Lound Waterworks - 3rd (3).
Corton disused railtrack - 3rd (1).
Mutford - 4th (1).
Somerleyton Park - 11th (2 calling near the church).



TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
One was noted at Elm Tree Road on the 5th.



SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
One arrived in off the sea at Hopton on the 11th.
One was watched being chased out to sea by a Herring Gull at Pakefield on the 12th. It had probably only just arrived off the sea as well.
One was seen over the beach at Kessingland on the 14th.
Two were seen over the marshes along the south wall of Breydon on the 24th.



KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Oulton Broad/Oulton Dyke - 4th (3), 25th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 9th (1), 15th (1).
Leathes Ham - 10th (1).
Belton Marshes - 10th (1).
Lake Lothing - 11th (1), 17th (1).
Hulver - 28th (1).



GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Gunton Warren - 1st (1), 2nd (1).
Gunton Hall Lake - 2nd (1).
Gunton Rugby Club - 2nd (1).
Herringfleet Marshes - 3rd (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 3rd (1).
Flixton - 17th (2).
Ashby - 17th (2).
Kirkley Cemetery - 17th (1).
North Cove - 30th (1).



GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Gunton Wood - 2nd (4).
Sparrows Nest Park - 3rd (2).
Corton disused railtrack - 3rd (1).
Oulton Broad/Oulton Dyke - 4th (1).
Belton - 10th (1).
Wicker Well, Somerleyton - 11th (1).
Flixton - 17th (1).
Kirkley Cemetery - 17th (1).
Blundeston - 24th (4).
Carlton Marshes - 27th (1).
Warrenhouse Wood - 28th (1).
"Flycatcher Alley" Denes Oval - 28th (1).
North Cove - 30th (3).

Little Owl - Denes Oval - November 2007- © Rob Wilton

SKY LARK Alauda arvensis
Gunton Warren - 1st (2), 12th (1 S).
Mutford - 25th (86).
Carlton Marshes - 27th (2).



SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
One very late individual was seen flying over the beach at Kessingland on the 9th.



MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Gunton Warren - 1st (6), 3rd (10), 12th (3).
Lowestoft North Denes - 17th (3).
Carlton Marshes - 27th (8).



ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
Ness Point-Harbour - 2nd (9 together feeding on flies on the seawall), 3rd (10).
Ness Point - 3rd (6), 17th (1).
Hamilton/Waveney Dock - 9th (3), 14th (1), 17th (2), 20th (3).
Benacre/Kessingland Sluice - (1).
A bumper year for this species locally.

GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
One was at Gunton Hall Lake on the 2nd.
One flew south over the Denes Oval on the 3rd.
One was at Corton new sewage works on the 3rd.
One flew over Belton Marshes on the 10th.
Two was at Kessingland sewage works on the 12th.
One was at Oulton Broad on the 11th and 12th.
One flew south over Hamilton Dock on the 15th.
One was at Benacre/Kessingland Sluice on the 16th.
One was at Hamilton Road/Dock on the 17th.
One flew south over Stevens Street on the 17th.
One was seen in Beccles on the 23rd.
Two together Blundeston Hall on the 24th then flew south.
One at Poplar Farm, Blundeston, on the 24th.
One flew over ASDA on the 24th.
One was at Waveney Dock, Lowestoft Harbour on the 27th.

A bumper year for this species locally as well.



PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrelli
Kessingland sewage works - 12th (30), 22nd (20).



WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus
One flew over calling at Sussex Road, Lowestoft, at 13:40 on the 8th.



BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros
One adult male was along Hamilton Road on the 11th. Presumably the one seen on 31st October in the same general area.



STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
Lowestoft North Denes - 2nd (2), 8th (2), 17th (1).
Gunton Warren - 2nd (2), 3rd (2), 9th (2), 10th (1), 12th (1), 24th (2), 28th (2).
Herringfleet Marshes - 3rd (3).
Mutford - 4th (2).
Belton Marshes - 10th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 19th (2), 25th (2).
North Cove - 30th (3).



FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
15 newly arrived flew westwards over central Lowestoft late afternoon on the 2nd.
Gunton Wood - 2nd (5).
Denes Oval - 3rd (2).
Gunton Warren - 9th (10 in off the sea).
Ness Point - 10th (4 in off the sea), 11th (2 in off the sea).
Kessingland sewage works - 12th (6).
North Cove - 30th (1).

Stock Dove - Mutford - October 2007- © Derek Beamish One of several found nesting in Barn Owl boxes.

BLACKBIRD Turdus merula
Ness Point - 10th (8 in off the sea), 11th (3 in off the sea), 13th (many migrants still arriving in off the sea).
Kessingland - 11th (3 in off the sea).
Kessingland sewage works - 12th (25).
Lowestoft - 14th (lots of inbound migrants, along with Redwings, were calling low overhead during a light shower at 20:00).

One literally arrived in off the sea on the 11th; it was gradually weakening and losing height as it approached the coast and just 50 metres from shore ditched in the sea. After a couple of minutes rest it managed to make it back into the air, probably wave assisted, and this time gained height for the final short leg of it's journey.



SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelus
Gunton Warren - 1st (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 12th (2).



REDWING Turdus iliacus
Katwijk Way (Lowestoft) - 2nd (1 newly arrived migrant dropped into one of the roadside trees).
Gunton Wood - 2nd (10).
Denes Oval - 3rd (6).
Gunton Warren - 9th (4 in off the sea).
Kessingland - 11th (one in off the sea).
Lowestoft - 14th (lots of inbound migrants were calling low overhead during a light shower at 20:00).



CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Two were singing at Herringfleet Marshes on the 3rd.
One was heard at Lound Waterworks on the 3rd.
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 12th and 22nd.
Two were at Carlton Marshes on the 19th.



CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Gunton Warren - 1st (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (2 trapped and ringed).

One with plumage characteristics and call typical of the race tristis "Siberian" Chiffchaff was along the southern hedge of Gunton Hall lake, to the east of Tesco, on the 21st and 22nd.



FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus
One was in Sparrows Nest Park on the 1st, and 9th.
One was at Gunton Rugby Club on the 2nd.
One was in Gunton Wood on the 2nd, 4th and 14th.
One was at Corton disused railtrack on the 3rd.
One was along the southern hedge of Gunton Hall lake, adjacent to Tesco, on the 21st.
Two were in Corton Wood on the 21st.
One was at Lound on the 24th.



BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
A small party were heard in the reeds along the Norfolk bank of the River Waveney at Belton Marshes on the 10th.



LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus
Gunton Wood - 2nd (30).



COAL TIT Parus ater
Gunton Wood - 2nd (3).
Herringfleet Hills - 3rd (1).
Belle Vue Park - 3rd (1).
Kirkley Cemetery - 17th (1).



MARSH TIT Parus palustris
North Cove - 30th (3).



TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
Gunton Rugby Club - 2nd (1).
North Cove - 30th (3).



STARLING Sturnus vulgaris
582 counted arriving in off the sea at Lowestoft North Beach on the 3rd were just part of a large scale arrival taking place. Most arrived looking fit to carry on flying but many were clearly exhausted and struggling to make the coast.

A steady passage was noted at Rushmere on the 4th, with around 1200 heading north-westwards in an hour.

757 arrived in several flocks off the sea at Ness Point on the 10th. One flock had a Little Auk following it inland over the town. One lone bird was intercepted by large gulls and killed and eaten a short distance from shore.

On the 11th 300+ arrived in off the sea at Ness Point, and 400 were seen arriving in off at Kessingland.

Several thousand were seen arriving in off the sea on the 12th and 13th at Ness Point.

Jay - Waveney Forest - October 2007- © Andrew Easton

JAY Garrulus glandarius
Gunton Warren - 1st (1).
Gunton Wood - 2nd (3).
Sparrows Nest Park - 3rd (1).
Herringfleet Hills - 3rd (2).
Kirkley Cemetery - 17th (1).

HOODED CROW Corvus cornix
Rushmere - 4th (one with Carrion Crows).



HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus
St. Olaves - 27th (4). Rather surprisingly these were the first for 8 years in that particular garden.



CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs
Three arrived in off the sea at Ness Point on the 11th.



BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
Gunton Wood - 2nd (1).
Gunton Warren - 3rd (4 migrants in off the sea).
Oulton - 10th (1 in gardens).
Barnby - 18th (1 in gardens).



GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Pinbush Road - 7th (c.50).
Gunton Warren - 10th (13), 12th (8 N).
Ness Point - 10th (9).
Kessingland sewage works - 12th (40), 22nd (10).
Pakefield Beach - 17th (200+).



GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
Katwijk Way (Lowestoft) - 1st (30 S).
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (4).



SISKIN Carduelis spinus
Gunton Wood - 2nd (30 S).
Lowestoft North Denes - 3rd (2 arrived in off the sea).
Oulton Broad/Oulton Dyke - 4th (20).
Ness Point - 11th (A flock of 11 arrived in off the sea).
Kessingland sewage works - 12th (6), 22nd (8).
Hamilton Dock - 15th (13 S).
Mutford - 25th (8).
Kensington Gardens - 27th (6).
Gunton Warren - 28th (7 S).
North Cove - 30th (5).



LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Gunton Warren - 1st (4), 12th (6).
Ness Point - 10th (5).
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (1).



BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Gunton Wood - 2nd (1), 4th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 12th (1).
North Cove - 30th (4).



SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis
Four were along Lowestoft North Beach on the 1st. (3 together at the north end and one very confiding individual at Swimming Pool Road).
One was still present there on the 2nd and 3rd, with two on the 7th and 8th.
Kessingland Beach - 10th (9), 12th (20), 19th (20), 21st (11).
Hamilton Dock - 17th (9 flew south).



YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Herringfleet Hills - 3rd (1).
Mutford - 18th (34).
Gunton Warren - 27th (1).



REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Two were at Herringfleet Marshes on the 3rd.
Two were at Kessingland sewage works on the 12th.



NON-BIRD NEWS


GREY SEAL
Kessingland - 1st (2), 2nd (1), 3rd (1), 5th (2), 6th (1), 7th (1), 8th (1), 10th (1), 11th (1), 12th (1), 13th (2), 24th (1), 29th (1).


COMMON SEAL
Ness Point - 10th (2).
Kessingland - 17th (1), 26th (1).


HARBOUR PORPOISE
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 8th (1 feeding).