Red-crested Pochard Leathes Ham 2003-04  
American Golden Plover Breydon Water 2003  
Radde's Warbler Lowestoft Cemetery October 13, 2003  
Greenish Warbler Gunton August 25-26, 2003  
Sabine's Gull Lowestoft Harbour May 31 to August 17, 2003  
Dusky Warbler Kessingland 2002-03  
Black-headed Bunting Gunton Railtrack September 24-25, 2002  
Great Snipe Corton Cliffs September 13, 2002  
Red-footed Falcon Carlton Marshes 2002  
Ovenreadybird Lowestoft December 25, 2001 by Anon. E. Mouse
Olive-backed Pipit Corton September 30, 2001  
Rose-coloured Starling Carlton Colville 2001 by Robert Wilton
Caspian Tern Breydon Water 2001 by Andrew Easton
White-spotted Bluethroat Ness Point 2001 by Andrew Easton
Cory's Shearwater Kessingland 2001 by Paul Read
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Corton 2000 by John Grant
Blyth's Reed Warbler Warrenhouse Wood October 15-18, 2000 by Andrew Easton
Alpine Accentor Corton Church May 13, 2000  
European Bee-eater Blundeston / Oulton Village May 12, 2000  
Dusky Warbler Corton October, 1999  
Alpine Swift Lowestoft 1999  
Rustic Bunting Lowestoft North Denes 1998  
Richard's Pipit Corton 1998 by James Brown
Long-tailed Skua Lowestoft North Denes 1998 by Andrew Easton
Dusky Warbler Corton 1997  
Collared Pratincole Burgh Castle / Blundeston 1997  
Black Kite Gunton 1997  
Red-rumped Swallow Lowestoft North Denes 1996  
Radde's Warbler Sparrow's Nest Gardens 1996  
Rustic Bunting Corton 1996  
Arctic Warbler Corton 1996  
Booted Warbler Gorleston 1996  
White-rumped Sandpiper Breydon Water 1996  
Pine Bunting Corton 1995  
Laughing Gull Ness Point 1995  
Rose-coloured Starling Lowestoft North Denes 1995  
Subalpine Warbler Corton Road, Lowestoft 1995  
Greater Yellowlegs Burgh Castle May 15-25, 1995  
White Stork Kessingland 1995  
Woodchat Shrike Lowestoft North Denes 1995  
Radde's Warbler Kessingland 1994  
Woodchat Shrike Carlton Marshes 1994  
Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Corton September 23, 1993  
Greenish Warbler Flycatcher Lane May 1993  
Glossy Ibis Carlton Marshes 1992  
Red-eyed Vireo Sparrow's Nest Gardens October 6, 1991  
Siberian Stonechat Lowestoft North Denes / Ness Point October 5, 1991  
Franklin's Gull Breydon Water/Burgh Castle Flats 1991  
Ring-billed Gull Leathes Ham 1991  
dark rumped Petrel Ness Point September 25, 1990  
Great Shearwater Ness Point 1990. Also 1898.  
Black Stork Ellough, Beccles 1990  
Lesser Grey Shrike Ashby 1989  
Red-eyed Vireo Warren House Wood 1988 (NEW Aug 2005)  
White-winged Black Tern Beccles 1988  
Caspian Tern Ness Point April 29, 1988  
Red-rumped Swallow Sparrow's Nest Gardens 1987. Also 1989.  
Great Bustards Kessingland 1987 (NEW Jan 2004) by Richard Smith
Greenish Warbler Sparrow's Nest Gardens Septemer 1986  
Aquatic Warbler Lowestoft North Denes 1985 by Ricky Fairhead
Collared Flycatcher Sparrow's Nest Gardens 1985  
White-tailed Eagle Oulton Marsh 1984 (NEW Jan 2004) by Richard Smith
White-crowned Black Wheatear Kessingland 1982 by Andrew Easton

Ferruginous Duck

Oulton Broad 1980  
Laughing Gull Ness Point April 3, 1980  
Franklin's Gull Lowestoft Nov. 13, 1977 - Mar. 30 1978  
Wilson's Phalarope Kessingland 1976  
Arctic Redpoll Oulton Broad 1972  
Red-crested Pochard Fritton 1970  
European Roller Oulton Broad 1970  
Spotted Nutcracker Kensington Gardens / Beccles / Herringfleet 1968 (national influx)  
European Bee-eater Water Lane, Lowestoft 1967  
White-throated Sparrow Herringfleet Nov. 16, 1968 - Jan. 1, 1969  
Alpine Swift Kensington Gardens

1963, 1966

 
Rose-coloured Starling Lowestoft Hospital 1960  
Allen's Gallinule Hopton 1902 by Andrew Easton
Pallas's Sandgrouse Lowestoft 1863
[also occurred in 1888 and 1890]
 
White-billed Diver Pakefield 1852. Shot. Specimen now at the Castle Museum, Norwich, Norfolk  
Alpine Accentor Oulton Broad 1823 by Andrew Easton
   
 

References:
Rare Birds in Britain 1800-1990, Lee G R Evans 1994.
The Birds of Suffolk, 2nd Edition , William H Payn 1978.
Suffolk Bird Reports 1978-1998, Suffolk Naturalists' Society.
And of course local information directly from the observers themselves.

 


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