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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).
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Black-throated
Diver - Hamilton Dock - November 2007- © Rob Wilton
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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.
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Lowestoft
North Denes - November 9th 2007- © Andrew Easton
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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.
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Whooper
Swans - Kessingland - November 2007- © Roy Davis
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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).
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Brent
Goose - Corton - October 2007- © Andrew Easton
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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).
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Egyptian
Geese - Lound - November 2007- © Andrew Easton
Late/Early breeding record. |
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).
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Woodcock
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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).
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Glaucous
Gull - Benacre - November 2007- © Chris Darby
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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).
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Little
Auk - Kessingland - November 2007- © Stuart Reeves
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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).
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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).
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Little
Owl - Denes Oval - November 2007- © Rob Wilton
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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).
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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.
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Jay
- Waveney Forest - October 2007- © Andrew Easton
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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).
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Snow
Bunting - Lowestoft North Beach - November 2007- © Rob Wilton
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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).
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November 4th Passing through Oulton Broad so a quick stop to see if the Feral Pigeon were nesting under the bridge at Mutford Lock as usual. Indeed they were. Several nests were there, one with two young squabs, one with a single egg and several birds sitting on nests with unknown contents. This represented a roving record so a count wasn't needed it just required noting that the species was present in that Ordnance Survey 10km square (TM59) and that it was in tetrad G in that square. As it was actually breeding there was then a code to choose to indicate what level of breeding evidence was noted. In this particular case of confirmed breeding NY for nest with young seen or heard fits the bill nicely. Winter roving records do not otherwise require a code. Onwards to the first TTV I had chosen, TM48V at South Cove, and probably for the first time I get to use the stopwatch function on my wristwatch! On the way there a Marsh Harrier circling over fields to the west of the A12 just north of Wrentham goes down as a roving record for tetrad TM48W as hunting raptors in flight are countable. (Birds in direct flight over without showing signs of stopping in the tetrad are ignored.) I'm fairly sure whoever chooses that tetrad as a TTV square will get Marsh Harrier on one of their timed Winter visits, but if not the presence of the species has already been noted. First birds in my square were a flock of Rooks feeding in a field (80) closely followed by a large flock of Starlings flying in and settling to feed in the same field (500). Possibly still augmented by recently arrived migrants but they were there so had to be counted. A few minutes up the road (and in between recording Robin, Stock Dove, Dunnock, Linnet, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon and Pied Wagtail) Long-tailed Tits were heard calling from a very leafy hedge. Frustratingly they keep to cover thwarting attempts to count them. I'm just about to "stop the clock" to allow extra time to wait for the birds to show themselves without wasting count time when out they bounce. 13 in total with 2 Great Tits thrown in. Moving on again and a few more Robins and Blackbirds are added to the tally. Lots of Gulls in direct flight over but seemingly not interested in stopping to feed in the fields so I have to leave them off. Eventually get single Black-headed and Common Gull in the same field. Just before taking a footpath through a small wood a couple of Mallards (the only ones of the count it turns out) fly out of a small stream. 26 Siskin pass over calling looking like they will pass over without using the tetrad and so about to be ignored for the count, but no they turn round and settle in a pine tree. On the list they go. The first hour flies by and it's soon time for a snack and a drink from my rucksack before starting the second hour count. Kestrel is the first bird of the second hour, followed by Blue Tits and a Magpie. Ahead a small group of Chaffinches are milling around a garden hedge next to fields at Frostenden. As I walk along they fly up into an adjacent wood, but they keep on flying out and eventually 90 leave the hedgerow, a lot more than I expected to see, but nothing else with them though. Four Black-headed Gulls are perched on TV aerials, which is four more than in the first hour! The second and final group of House Sparrows (5) of the day are added. A short while later a Bullfinch calling from dense cover is added and remains the only one of the day. Single
Redpolls twice fly over calling but keep going so don't make the
count. Up ahead there are lots of birds on overhead wires next to a maize field, they prove to be mainly Chaffinches with a few Reed Buntings and a couple of Yellowhammers. All species I have already seen, and none of them are added to count as the timed period is up. Then in the next hedge up pops a very smart Tree Sparrow, then another and eventually there are at least five of them with a similar number of Reed Buntings. They go down as a tick in the extra species column, and are definitely bird of the square, but without a count. Then a Green Woodpecker calls behind me, another tick for the extras column and finally a lone Fieldfare gets up from the field, the final extra. 42 species were recorded in total, but what was missing? I didn't come across any Collared Doves, Moorhens or Song Thrushes but I may get them on my second Winter visit in January/February, as I'm sure they must be there. If
not someone else may send them in as Roving Records.
Good luck and have fun on your own counts/roving recording. Perhaps someone be lucky enough to pick a square with a White's Thrush wintering in it? |
