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House Sparrows - Lowestoft - July 2009 - © Andrew Easton. The local House Sparrows seem to be doing well this year, with plenty of newly fledged youngsters being brought to the bird table. As always a big thanks to all those who contribute to these pages.

UPDATED: 17:30 July 4th.

GANNET Morus bassanus ****
Gorleston - 3rd (1 N).
Ness Point - 4th (6 N).



CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo ****
A Dutch colour ringed individual was still at Leathes Ham on the 4th.
Gorleston - 3rd (1 on the sea).



GREY HERON Ardea cinerea ****
Two flew across the A12 towards Hopton very early morning on the 1st, perhaps to raid a few ponds.



MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (pair with five cygnets)



EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus ****
Burgh Castle - 4th (88). Largely loafing on the Norfolk bank of the Waveney.
Leathes Ham - 4th (1).

Grey Heron - Eaton Park, Norwich - 2009 © Philip S. Chamberlin

SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna ****
Gorleston - 2nd (11 south, with no doubt the same 11 north later), 4th (4 N).
Burgh Castle Flats - 6th (adults with two broods of young, one of three and one of five),13th (3 broods of young of 3, 5 and 9).



GADWALL Anas strepera
Leathes Ham - 4th (3).



POCHARD Aythya ferina
Leathes Ham - 4th (1).



TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula ****
Leathes Ham - 1st to 4th (pair).



COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra ****
Ness Point - 4th (5 S).



HOBBY Falco subbuteo ****
One was at Lound waterworks on the 4th.



RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula ****
Lowestoft South Beach - 1st (1).



BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica ****
A summer plumaged bird was on the tideline along Lowestoft South Beach on the 1st.



WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus ****
Ness Point - 4th (2 S).



CURLEW Numenius arquata ****
Gorleston - 3rd (2 S).
Ness Point - 4th (1 S).

The Vulcan should once again be the highlight of the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival on the 23rd & 24th July. © Andrew Easton

COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos ****
Three were around the harbour mouth at Gorleston on the 3rd..



BLACK-HEADED GULL Chroicocephalus ridibundus ****
A juvenile was in the bay at Gorleston on the 3rd.



KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla ****
Gorleston - 3rd (1 E).

SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis ****
Ness Point - 4th (3 S).



LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons ****
Gorleston - 3rd (2 feeding in the bay).



TAWNY OWL Strix aluco ****
Ashby Dell - 3rd (1).
Lound waterworks - 3rd (1).
Somerleyton - 3rd (2).



SWALLOW Hirundo rustica ****
Ness Point - 4th (2 S).
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (4).



HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (5).



CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (1).



SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (2).



REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus ****
Lound waterworks - 4th (pair feeding young).
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (6).

A postcard posted from Lowestoft to Putney in London, on July 26th 1909 - showing that it didn't always require an Air Show to pack in the crowds on the beach at Lowestoft !

LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (1).



COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (7).



GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (1).



BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (7).



CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (5).



SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata ****
Just to the south of our area a pair are around Benacre Hall.

Links for local bird news Birdline East Anglia - Suffolk April 09 review Waveney Bird Club Suffolk Birding with BINS

NON-BIRD NEWS

Bee Orchid - Kessingland - June 2009 © Colin Carter

Two white stag Fallow Deer (White Harts) were in fields at Ashby at dusk on the 3rd.

A few Small Red-eyed Damselflies were at Lound waterworks on the 4th, along with at least one Norfolk Hawker.