| Great White
Egret
- Carlton Marshes ©
Andrew
Easton The EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL was still present through to the 3rd. The ICELAND GULL seen in Oulton village on December 30th was re-found in Lowestoft harbour late afternoon on the 3rd and remained to roost. |
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SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Lake Lothing - 1st (1), 2nd (1).
GANNET Morus bassanus
Ness Point - 3rd (7 N).
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (4).
GREAT WHITE EGRET Ardea alba
Carlton Marshes - 1st (2), 2nd (1), 3rd (2).
BITTERN Botaurus stellaris
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1).
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| Great White Egret & Little Egret - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
Hopton - 2nd (c. 300 N).
Leathes Ham - 2nd (50+ SW with 12+White-fronted Geese).
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1), 2nd (55 W).
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons
Carlton Marshes - 1st (13 on Peto's Marsh, later c. 30 flew west).
Leathes Ham - 2nd (12+ SW with 50+ Pink-footed Geese).
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Carlton Marshes - 1st (9).
Leathes Ham - 3rd (13).
TUFTED x FERRUGINOUS DUCK Aythya fuligula x nyroca
A drake hybrid was with Tufted Ducks on Peto's Marsh, Carlton Marshes on the 1st, and was at Leathes Ham Normanston Park in Lowestoft on the 3rd.
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| Tufted x Ferruginous Duck hybrid - Leathes Ham © Andrew Easton |
POCHARD Aythya ferina
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (1).
Leathes Ham - 3rd (1).
SCAUP Aythya marila
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1).
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Lake Lothing 1st & 2nd (female still present).
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| An old photograph from
c.1890 overlooking Oulton Broad
from the Wherry Hotel
area. |
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Hamilton Dock - 2nd (2).
Ness Point - 1st (1).
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Carlton Marshes - 1st (2).
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Carlton Marshes - 1st (4 over).
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point - 1st (1), 3rd (3).
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| Purple Sandpiper - Ness Point © Andrew Easton |
REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Carlton Marshes - 2nd (5), 3rd (11).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Links Road car park - 3rd (2).
ICELAND GULL Larus glaucoides
A first winter was in Lowestoft Harbour on the afternoon of the 3rd and roosted there. Presumably the same seen in Oulton village on December 30th.
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| Iceland
Gull
- Hamilton
Dock ©
Jack
Wylson |
WATER PIPIT Anthus spinoletta
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1), 2nd (1).
ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
Ness Point - 3rd (1).
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrellii
Carlton Marshes - 1st (18), 2nd (38).
EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla tschutschensis
The long staying male was still present to the 3rd at Peto's Marsh, Carlton Marshes. Most reliably late afternoon with the pre-roost gathering of Pied Wagtails feeding in the south west corner of Peto's Marsh, though it is sometimes present for short periods early morning.
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| Eastern Yellow Wagtail - Carlton Marshes © Andrew Easton |
CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Carlton Marshes - 1st (5+).
CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Carlton Marshes - 1st (1), 2nd (1).
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