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This Iceland Gull has been frequenting Leathes Ham in recent weeks.
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25 WAXWING have been frequenting the
junction of Harris Avenue/Yarmouth Road (A12) since the 21st and were
last seen on the 27th having stripped the berries completely by then.
Possibly the same group were seen in Carlton Colville on the 29th.
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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata ****
Kessingland - 1st (107 N, 15 S, 23 o/s), 2nd (15 N, 2 S, 2 o/s), 3rd (332 N, 27 S, 22 o/s), 4th (91 N, 13 S), 5th (2 N, 19 S, 1 o/s), 6th (75 N, 8 S, 15 o/s), 7th (60 N, 37 S, 4 o/s), 9th (99 N, 7 S, 13 o/s), 10th (59 N, 9 S, 2 o/s), 11th (81 N, 23 S, 5 o/s), 12th (6 N, 5 S), 13th (31 N, 16 S), 14th (18 N, 10 S), 15th (8 N, 2 S), 16th (2 N, 3 S), 17th (4 S), 18th (40 N, 18 S, 2 o/s), 19th (3 N), 20th (22 N, 8 S), 21st (35 N, 91 S, 20 o/s), 22nd (3 N, 4 S), 23rd (6 N, 2 S), 24th (122 N, 4 S, 1 o/s), 25th (2 N), 26th (2 N), 27th (4 N, 1 S, 1 o/s), 28th (1 o/s), 29th (3 N, 3 S), 30th (1 o/s).
BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica ****
Kessingland - 4th (1 N), 6th (1 N), 7th (1 S), 9th (2 N), 10th(1 S), 20th (1 S), 21st (1 N), 30th (1 S).
DIVER spp. ****
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 5th (1 S), 6th (1 N), 18th (1 N), 24th (2 N).
LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis ****
Lake Lothing - 10th (20), 28th (11).
Oulton Broad - 10th (2), 11th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 29th (1).
Lowestoft Harbour - 29th (1).
Lound Waterworks - 31st (2).
GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus ****
Kessingland - 1st (4 o/s), 3rd (1 N, 3 o/s), 4th (1 S), 5th (1 S), 7th (1 N, 1 S, 2 o/s), 9th (4 S, 16 o/s), 11th (12 S, 3 o/s), 12th (1 S), 13th (1 S, 2 o/s), 14th (2 S, 3 o/s), 15th (3 S), 17th (2 S), 18th (5 S), 19th (1 S), 20th (2 o/s), 21st (2 o/s), 22nd (4 S, 1 o/s), 24th (1 o/s), 26th (2 S), 27th (1 o/s), 30th (2 S).
Claremont Pier - 7th (1 on sea).
Oulton Broad - 11th (1), 17th (2).
Pakefield - 13th (1 close inshore).
Lake Lothing - 18th (1).
Lound Waterworks - 31st (1).
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis ****
Kessingland - 23rd (1 N), 26th (1 N, 1 S), 27th (1 S).
GANNET Morus bassanus ****
Kessingland - 2nd (16 N, 4 S, 1 feeding), 3rd (1 N), 5th (16 N, 1 S), 11th (15 N), 12th (2 N), 18th (1 N), 19th (1 N), 20th (1 N), 30th (1 N).
Ness Point - 18th (3 N).
CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo ****
Kessingland - 1st (3 N, 5 S), 2nd (10 N, 1 S, 4 o/s), 3rd (5 N, 4 S), 4th (2 N, 4 S, 1 o/s), 5th (5 N, 7 S), 6th (12 N, 3 S, 1 o/s), 7th (1 N), 9th (401 N, 248 S), 10th (2 N, 1 S), 11th (1 N, 2 S), 12th (3 N, 5 S), 14th (1 S), 16th (2 S), 17th (1 N, 5 S), 18th (1 N), 19th (1 N), 20th (2 N, 2 S), 21st (1 S), 22nd (1 N, 1 S), 23rd (1 N, 2 S, 1 one sea), 24th (2 N, 1 S), 27th (1 N, 1 S), 28th (1 S).
Hamilton Dock - 2nd (3).
Lake Lothing - 10th (3).
Oulton Broad - 11th (5).
Gorleston Pier - 19th (37 in off the sea).
Gorleston - 24th (298 heading out to sea from roost at Fritton lake at first light).
SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis ****
Hamilton Dock - 1st (1), 3rd (1).
Kessingland - 30th (1st-W on sea).
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
Burgh Castle - 1st (1), 21st (1).
Gunton Warren - 6th (2 S @ 14:30 with a Grey Heron).
Herringfleet Marshes - 9th (5).
Somerleyton Marshes - 9th (1).
Leathes Ham - 18th (flew east along Lake Lothing).
Marsh Lane, Worlingham - 20th ( an excellent count of 5).
GREAT WHITE EGRET Egretta alba ****
As noted on Birdguides one was seen at Castle Marshes, North Cove on the 30th, before flying across the river to Aldeby, Norfolk.
GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
Carlton Marshes - 4th (5), 6th (7), 17th (9).
Oulton Broad - 4th (1), 10th (1).
Castle Marsh - 4th (1).
Gunton Warren - 6th (1 S 2 Little Egret).
Herringfleet Marshes - 9th (2).
Kirkley Brook - 10th (1), 11th (1), 24th (1).
Leathes Ham - 15th (1), 17th (1).
MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor
Castle Marsh - 4th (58).
Leathes Ham - 10th (4), 17th (6).
Oulton Broad - 10th (2).
Haddiscoe Marsh, Norfolk - 21st (64).
[BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus
One was still with Mute Swans at Gillingham Marshes, Norfolk on the 25th.]
BEWICK'S SWAN Cygnus (columbianus) bewickii
14 flew north over Kessingland Beach at 08:30 on the 8th.
2 were on Castle Marshes, North Cove on the 13th.
Up to 30 were on Haddiscoe Marshes, Norfolk during the last week of January.
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus ****
Bradwell - 4th (small group over at dusk).
Peto's Marsh, Fisher Row - 4th (c60 over Carlton Marsh towards Peto's Marsh, Fisher Row).
Blundeston Marsh - 26th (2000).
Kessingland - 24th (9 S).
GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
Oulton Broad - 4th (13), 10th (27).
Norwich Road, Lowestoft - 14th (30 W).
Lound Waterworks - 19th (37), 31st (42).
CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis ****
Castle Marshes - 4th (20).
Leathes Ham - 31st (6).
Lound Waterworks - 31st (6).
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta (bernicla) bernicla ****
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 3rd (5 N), 5th (5 S), 27th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 26th (3 N).
RED-BREASTED GOOSE Branta ruficollis
Bird of dubious origin seen again at Castle Marshes on the 16th. It is
probably the one seen in previous winters with Canada Geese at Beccles
and Somerleyton.
EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Leathes Ham - 2nd (2), 11th (2), 15th (2), 17th (2), 18th
(2), 20th (pair).
Oulton Broad - 2nd (6), 9th (11), 10th (2).
Castle Marsh - 4th (1).
Camp's Heath, Oulton - 2nd (2).
Carlton Marshes - 17th (1).
Lound Waterworks - 19th (pair), 31st (pair).
SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 3rd (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 26th (2 S).
Herringfleet Marshes - 31st (2).
Burgh Castle - 31st (24).
AMERICAN WOOD DUCK Aix sponsa
The very colourful drake was still at Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad
throughout the month.
WIGEON Anas penelope ****
Kessingland - 1st (2 N), 2nd (7 N, 3 S), 6th (8 o/s), 7th
(2 N), 9th (2 N), 10th (2 N, 2 S), 15th (1 S), 20th (2 N), 26th (2 S),
27th (15 S), 28th (3 S).
Leathes Ham - 15th (5), 18th (4 inc. leucistic female),
27th (6).
Burgh Castle - 31st (18).
GADWALL Anas strepera
****
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 20th (4 N), 23rd (4 S), 28th (1
S).
Hamilton Dock - 9th (2). No doubt these two drakes,
and the nearby Mallard in the harbour, were displaced by the icing up
of Leathes Ham.
Oulton Broad - 11th (3).
Leathes Ham - 27th (15).
Burgh Castle - 31st (5).
Lound Waterworks - 31st (7).
TEAL Anas crecca ****
Leathes Ham - 2nd (3).
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S), 3rd (10 o/s), 11th (1 S), 15th
(1 S), 16th (1 S), 20th (3 S), 23rd (2 S), 26th (6 S), 28th (1 N, 16 S).
Burgh Castle - 31st (24).
SHOVELER Anas clypeata ****
Kessingland - 2nd (3 N), 5th (5 S), 26th (4 S).
Oulton Broad - 11th (5 over).
Leathes Ham - 27th (15).
Burgh Castle - 31st (2).
Lound Waterworks - 31st (1).
PINTAIL Anas acuta ****
Leathes Ham - 2nd (3), 15th (2m, 1f),31st (2).
Oulton Broad - 9th (1).
Kessingland - 15th (1 S), 16th (2 S), 26th (2 S).
POCHARD Aythya ferina ****
Leathes Ham - 4th (drake), 17th (7), 18th (7), 20th (9), 23rd
(7), 24th (7), 27th (6).
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Leathes Ham - 2nd (5), 4th (1), 15th (3), 17th (1), 24th
(1).
Oulton Broad - 2nd (1), 10th (7), 11th (15).
Lound Waterworks - 19th (17), 31st (28).
RED-CRESTED POCHARD x MALLARD Netta rufina x Anas platyrhynchos
The hybrid pictured below was at Oulton Broad from December 31st to
January 17th at least. It was first noted there on December 31st 2007.
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Oulton Broad - December 2008 ©Andrew Easton |
GOLDENEYE
Bucephala clangula ****
Fritton Lake - 4th (drake).
Oulton Broad - 2nd & 6th (female), 9th-11th (drake).
Kessingland - 5th (2 S), 7th (1 S), 26th (1 S).
SMEW Mergus albellus
One redhead was at Lound Waterworks on the 6th.
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Kessingland - 25th (2 N).
GOOSANDER Mergus merganser
Kessingland - 13th (1 f S).
SCAUP Aythya marila
Kessingland - 11th (3 S).
COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima
Kessingland - 3rd (15 N), 6th (6 N).
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra ****
Kessingland - 1st ( 7 S, 24 on sea), 2nd (12 N, 8 S, 3 o/s),
3rd (9 N, 9 S, 39 o/s), 4th (8 S, 1 o/s), 9th (1 o/s), 9th (1 o/s), 10th
(1 o/s), 12th (2 N, 1 o/s), 13th (1 N, 1 S, 1 o/s), 16th (1 o/s), 17th
(1 o/s), 18th (41 N), 20th (2 S), 23rd (33 S), 24th (10 N), 25th (2 N,
3 S), 26th (1 N), 27th (4 N, 2 S), 29th (1 o/s).
Pakefield - 26th (30 on sea).
VELVET SCOTER Melanitta fusca
Kessingland - 5th (1 S), 13th (1 S).
COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
Mutford Big Wood - 17th (1).
MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus ****
Herringfleet Marshes - 9th (1).
Somerleyton Marshes - 9th (1).
Whitecast Marsh/Oulton Broad - 10th (1).
Kessingland Levels - 18th (1).
Burgh Castle - 18th (3 in area), 24th (2), 27th (2), 31st
(1).
Fritton Marshes - 31st (1).
HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus ****
One ringtail was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 17th.
Burgh Castle - 27th (male).
SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus ****
Burgh Castle - 1st (2).
Ellough - 4th (1).
Oulton Broad - 4th (1).
Kirkley Brook - 11th (1).
Ash Farm, Mutford - 13th (1).
Bloodmoor Road, Carlton - 15th (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (1).
Carlton Marsh - 26th (1).
Pakefield - 27th (1).
KESTREL Falco tinnunculus
Lowestoft North Denes - 1st (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (1).
Lake Lothing - 18th (1).
Carlton Marsh - 26th (1).
MERLIN Falco columbarius
A female was seen on Kessingland Levels on the 6th.
PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus
One flew along the River Waveney at Burgh Castle on the 3rd and heading
towards St.Olaves.
One was noted near Waveney Forest on the 11th.
HARRIS HAWK Parabuteo unicinctus
The escaped bird at Lound Water Works was still present on the 10th.
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa ****
Mutford Little Wood - 27th (13).
Mutford Big Wood - 27th (10).
GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix ****
Copeland Way, North Cove - 28th (2).
WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus ****
Blocka Lane, Fritton - 4th (1).
Leathes Ham - 6th (1), 11th (1), 27th (1).
Castle Marsh - 13th (1).
Carlton Marsh - 17th (1), 26th (2).
MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus
Ash Farm, Mutford - 13th (10).
COOT Fulica atra
Oulton Broad - 11th (31).
Lound Waterworks - 31st (5).
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Ness Point - 1st (1), 10th (1).
Lowestoft Denes Oval - 2nd (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (1).
AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta ****
Burgh Castle - 31st (104).
It wasn't that many years ago that this species wasn't seen north of the
estuary at Aldeburgh in the winter in Suffolk.
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Kessingland - 4th (1 N), 7th (2 S), 23rd (6 o/b).
Ness Point - 10th (2).
Hamilton Dock - 10th (1).
Lake Lothing - 10th (3).
GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Kessingland Beach - 3rd (1).
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Ellough Airfield - 4th (119).
St. Olaves - 4th (9 flew south).
Kessingland sewage works - 6th (50+), 20th (250+).
Carlton Marshes - 11th (2), 17th (c200), 26th (500).
Rushmere - 11th (25).
Corton new sewage works - 11th (19).
Ash Farm, Mutford - 13th (3).
LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Kessingland - 4th (4 N), 9th (5 in off sea at 16:00), 11th
(6 S).
Oulton Broad - 10th (6 over), 18th (85 W).
Rushmere - 11th (25).
Kirkley Brook (horse paddocks) - 11th (3).
Camp's Heath, Oulton - 2nd (70).
Carlton Marshes - 17th (c1000), 26th (c1500).
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton - 18th (c1500), 26th (200).
KNOT Calidris canutus
Kessingland Beach - 3rd (2), 6th (2 S).
SANDERLING Calidris alba ****
Nowadays Sanderling are always thin on the sand so the 43 that were feeding
together at Kessingland Beach on the 1st are particularly noteworthy.
Kessingland Beach - 1st (43), 3rd (45), 8th (c50).
Kessingland - 4th (1 S).
Hamilton Dock - 10th (1).
Lowestoft South Beach - 11th (7), 17th (9).
Pakefield Beach - 13th (1), 27th (13), 29th (1).
Gorleston Pier - 19th (1).
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
Ness Point
- 1st (4), 10th (10), 17th (10), 18th (7+), 24th (7).
Hamilton Dock - 1st (2), 2nd (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (6), 4th (6).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Lake Lothing - 12th (2 in inlet by ASDA).
Carlton Marshes - 26th (10 Peto's Marsh).
JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus
Kirkley Brook - 10th (1 possibly 2), 11th (1).
SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Leathes Ham - 6th (1), 20th (1).
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Marshes - 26th (8).
Gunton Warren - 7th (2 near spring + 1 S), 10th (1 over).
Kirkley Brook - 10th (3), 11th (14), 18th (4).
Kessingland sewage works - 11th (2 over).
Lowestoft North Denes - 10th (5). On the 11th an incredible
44 were flushed from the long grass around Lowestoft North Denes
net posts and the old caravan park.
Pakefield (Pontin's playing field) - 11th (21), 14th (10),
17th (6).
Pakefield Industrial Estate - 11th (5).
Carlton Marshes - 6th (3), 11th (2), 17th (3), 26th (74
Peto's Marsh).
Ellough Road, Worlingham - 18th (30+).
Burgh Castle - 31st (5).
Lound Waterworks - 31st (1).
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Snipe
Pontin's, Pakefield - January 11th, 2009 ©Derek Beamish |
WOODCOCK
Scolopax rusticola
Herringfleet Hall - 4th (1).
Lowestoft, Birds Eye - 4th (1 feeding on grass outside factory).
Gunton Warren - 6th (1 @ 14:30).
Gunton Church Lane, Lowestoft - 6th (1 N).
Ivy House Hotel, Carlton - 8th (1 flew towards Carlton Marshes
at 15:00).
Mutford - 8th (1 flushed), 24th (3).
Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad - 9th (1 flushed and flew
south west).
Kessingland - 5th (1 in off sea).
Marsh Lane, Worlingham - 9th (1).
Kirkley Fen - 11th (1).
Castle Marshes - 16th (1).
Herringfleet - 17th (2).
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa ****
Beccles Marsh Trail - 2nd (80), 3rd (84).
Oulton Broad - 10th (1 on ice + 5 over).
Marsh Lane, Worlingham - 9th (17).
Church Farm Marshes, Burgh Castle - (50).
Burgh Castle - 31st (84).
CURLEW Numenius arquata
****
Gunton Warren - 10th (4 in off).
Oulton Broad - 10th (1 N).
Church Farm Marshes, Burgh Castle - (20).
Gillingham Marshes (Norfolk) - 25th (4).
Burgh Castle - 31st (50).
SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus
Burgh Castle - 18th (1).
REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Lake Lothing - 10th (12).
Leathes Ham - 17th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 17th (1), 26th (42 Peto's Marsh).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (1).
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
****
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 4th (1 N), 8th (12), 10th (1 N), 19th
(1 N).
Hamilton Dock - 2nd (7).
Lowestoft South Beach - 9th (39).
Pakefield Beach - 13th (1), 17th (1), 26th (7), 27th (21),
29th (19).
Gorleston Pier - 19th (25+ some tucking into a pizza), 24th
(15).
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Marshes - 26th (27).
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
One was along Kirkley Brook on the 11th and 24th.
GREAT SKUA Catharacta skua ****
Kessingland - 30th (1 S).
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus ****
Kessingland - 2nd (ad S), 4th (1 ad N), 12th (1 S), 13th
(1 S), 23rd (ad lingering), 26th (ad S).
Lowestoft, Links Hill car park - 2nd & 11th (green ringed
ad).
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (ad), 31st (1 ad).
Pakefield Beach - 10th (9), 11th (3 ad, 2nd-W, 1st-W), 16th
(2), 20th (total of 8; 1st-W, 2nd-W, 6 ad), 26th (7; 2nd-W + 5ad), 27th
(6 inc 1st-W).
Oulton Broad - 11th (ad + 2nd-winter), 17th (ad).
Leathes Ham - 11th (ad), 12th (2 ad), 24th (1 ad).
Ness Point - 18th (ad), 31st (2nd winter south).
Gorleston - 24th (7).
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Mediterranean Gull
Leathes Ham - January 12th, 2009 ©Richard Weale |
YELLOW-LEGGED
GULL Larus michahellis
The first of the winter were present on Oulton Broad on the 10th (2)
and 11th (1).
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Yellow-legged Gull
(left of middle, bird of the year potential we hear you say ;-) Oulton Broad - January 10th, 2009 ©Rob Wilton |
CASPIAN
GULL Larus cachinnans
A first-winter was present on Oulton Broad on the 10th-11th.
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Caspian Gull
It's the grotty one in the middle of the other grotty ones. Oulton Broad - January 10th, 2009 ©Rob Wilton |
ICELAND
GULL Larus glaucoides
****
After a blank day on
the 1st the first winter bird was seen again at Leathes Ham on the afternoon
of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th and 11th.
The excellent Iceland Gull continues to be seen on a regular, though not
daily, basis:
11th - 11:30-11:35 then again at 14:30-15:00.
14th - 13:35-14:30 before flying north.
15th - 13:15.
18th - seen at offshore at midday at Ness Point.
21st - back at Leathes Ham early afternoon.
23rd - Leathes Ham 14:20 before flying onto roof on south side of Lake
Lothing, 14:27 at least
24th - circled over Leathes Ham c. 12:30 but not subsequently.
25th - on Birds Eye roof opposite the Gas works at 15:00 to 15:35 at least.
31st - at Aldeby Tip (Norfolk).
GLAUCOUS GULL Larus hyperboreus
A first-winter flew north past Kessingland at 10:00 on the 7th.
An un-ringed first winter, presumably the individual from Aldeby tip,
was at Oulton Broad on the afternoon of the 9th. It appeared to follow
the rest of the gulls towards Lowestoft later in the afternoon. No sign
on the 10th though.
On the afternoon of the 17th the Aldeby tip individual was noted on the
roof of the easternmost large shed at Brooke Business Park. Initially
on the north facing side viewable from Leathes Ham but then moving to
the south facing side viewable distantly from the roadside across the
football field opposite Kimberley Road.
Came to bathe at Leathes Ham on the 19th. It was still visiting Aldeby
Tip across the border in Norfolk on the 30th at least.
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Glaucous Gull
Oulton Broad - January 9th, 2009 ©Andrew Easton |
KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla ****
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 4th (1 N, 1 S), 5th (1 N, 4 S),
6th (54 N), 7th (7 N), 11th (8 N), 12th (1 N, 4 S), 19th (2 N), 25th (3
N), 26th (1 S), 28th (1 S), 30th (2 N).
Links Road car park - 31st (1).
AUK spp. ****
Kessingland - 2nd (3 N), 3rd (5 N), 4th (5 N, 1 S), 11th (2
S), 12th (1 N), 20th (2 N, 1 S), 21st (5 N), 23rd (1 o/s), 26th (1 N),
30th (1 N).
BARN OWL Tyto alba ****
Burgh Castle - 1st (1), 21st (1),
24th (1).
Castle Marshes
- 1st (3).
Carlton Marshes - 4th (1), 6th (1), 18th (1).
Hulver - 17th (1).
Lound Waterworks - 19th (1).
Ellough - 28th (1).
One at Castle Marshes on the first had a bi-coloured face, one half
was dark, the other the normal pale colouration.
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
One was at Foxburrow Wood, Lowestoft at 23:00 on the 2nd.
One was calling at Lound Waterworks on the 4th.
STOCK DOVE Columba oenas
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton - 4th (c10), 11th (31), 26th
(6).
KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis ****
Oulton Broad - 1st (1), 4th (1), 9th (2), 11th (1), 27th
(1).
Leathes Ham - 4th (1), 6th (1), 17th (1), 24th (1).
Lake Lothing - 10th (1).
Kirkley Brook - 10th (1), 11th (1), 13th (1), 17th (1).
Beccles Quay - 25th (1).
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Kingfisher
A break from the gulls! Lake Lothing - January 10th, 2009 ©Rob Wilton |
SKY
LARK Alauda arvensis
Kessingland Beach - 10th (9).
GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Parkhill, Lowestoft - 1st (1), 5th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 6th (1).
Hanger Lane, Burgh Castle - 26th (1).
Lound Waterworks - 31st (1).
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Carlton Marshes - 6th (3).
Oulton Broad - 10th (1).
Pontin's, Pakefield - 11th (1).
Belle vue Park, Lowestoft - 18th (1).
ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus ****
Hamilton Dock, Lowestoft - 2nd (1), 3rd (1), 10th (1), 18th
(1).
Mutford Lock - 27th (1), 28th (1).
MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Kessingland sewage works - 6th (4).
One at Kessingland sewage works on the 6th had been ringed on 03/03/06.
Lowestoft North Denes - 16th (2), 18th (20), 26th (2).
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea ****
Kessingland SW - 6th (1), 11th (1), 18th (1), 20th (2),
31st (1).
Oulton Broad - 9th (1).
Kirkley Brook - 10th (1), 11th (1).
St. Margaret's Road, Linear Park Cycle Track - 10th (1).
Ness Point - 10th (1 S).
Beccles Quay - 25th (1).
The two at Kessingland on the 6th had been ringed earlier in the autumn
on 16/09/08 & 13/11/08 respectively.
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarellii
Kessingland sewage works - 6th (30+).
Lake Lothing - 10th (2).
WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus ****
Gunton Warren - 3rd (6 N).
Love Road, Lowestoft - 9th (22).
Bloodmoor Road, South Lowestoft - 11th (10 by footbridge),
13th (10).
Rushlake Way, Carlton - 13th (15).
Junction of Harris Avenue/Yarmouth Road (A12) - 21st (25
08:50-13:10 at least), 22nd (up to 20), 23rd (25), 24th (25), 25th (24),
27th (25).
Kirkley Cliff Road/Rectory Road, Lowestoft - 26th (2 @ 15:00).
Clarke's Lane, Carlton Colville - 29th (25).
Kensington Gardens - 29th (5), 30th (7).
Lansdowne Road, Pakefield - 31st (2).
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Waxwings
(above)Rushlake Way, Carlton - January 13th, 2009 ©Jon Barber (below) Harris Avenue, Lowestoft - January 24th 2009 ©Danny Porter |
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WREN Troglodytes troglodytes ****
At least three were noted roosting together in an old House Martin nest
at St. Olaves on the 4th. Unfortunately
on the 29th too many were trying to squeeze in and the nest fell down,
so they will have to find an alternative roost site before the cold weather
arrives.
STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
Carlton Marshes - 17th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes (net posts) - 11th (1), 26th (1).
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris ****
Beccles Marsh Trail - 2nd (200).
Lowestoft Denes Oval - 2nd (1), 16th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 6th (10), 11th (3).
Gunton - 6th (1 in garden).
Mutford - 8th (1), 17th (12), 20th (1), 27th (95), 30th
(50).
Cranesbill Road, South Lowestoft - 11th (2 over).
Mutford Big Wood/Carlton Colville - 20th (9).
SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelus
Two were on Lowestoft North Denes Oval on the 2nd and 18th.
Lound Waterworks - 19th (3).
REDWING Turdus iliacus ****
Beccles Marsh Trail - 2nd (75).
Norwich Road, Lowestoft - 5th (migrants heard calling overnight).
Carlton Marshes - 6th (6).
Mutford - 8th (11), 15th (40), 16th (45), 17th (25), 20th
(15), 30th (40).
Herringfleet Hills - 9th (5+).
Ash Farm, Mutford - 13th (2).
Hall Drive, Oulton - 2nd (3), 3rd (3), 6th (3).
Hulver/River Hundred - 18th (14 in field).
Mutford Big Wood/Carlton Colville - 20th (5).
Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad - 27th (12).
Hulver, River Hundred - 28th (12).
MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus ****
One was singing well at Normanston Park on the 17th and 18th.
Lowestoft North Denes Oval - 18th (1).
Mutford Big Wood/Carlton Colville - 27th (2).
New Road, Waveney Forest - 31st (8).
CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Carlton Marshes - 6th (1), 26th (3).
Oulton Broad - 9th (2).
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
A male was seen in a garden at Gunton on the 1st and 8th.
Barnby - 11th (female feeding on Honeysuckle).
CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita ****
Kessingland SW - 1st (1), 6th (2), 11th (1), 18th (3), 20th
(2), 31st (2).
Kirkley Brook - 10th (1).
Steven's Street, Lowestoft - 30th (1).
None were present along Linear Park cycle track behind the Sports Centre
on the 10th.
The two at Kessingland sewage works on the 6th had been trapped earlier
in the autumn on 06/11/08 & 16/12/08 respectively.
GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
Lound waterworks - 3rd (4).
FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus
Kessingland sewage works - 6th (1), 14th (1), 17th (2),
20th (1).
One of these birds was first ringed on November 11 2008.
BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Burgh Castle - 1st (6).
Carlton Marshes - 26th (4).
LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus
Whitecast Marsh, Carlton Marshes - 17th (12).
NUTHATCH Sitta europaea
One was seen with a Tit flock in Mutford Wood on the 2nd and 18th (having
first been seen on December 30th). Nowadays a very rare sight in the Lowestoft
area.
TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
Waveney Forest - 4th (1).
Hall Drive, Oulton - 3rd (1).
Mutford - 24th (1).
BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
****
St. Olaves - 4th (1).
Barnby - 10th (female on feeders).
Hulver - 11th (2 male, 1 female in garden), 14th (4), 22nd
(2), 27th (1).
GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
Pontin's, Pakefield - 7th (18).
Carlton Marshes - 11th (6).
Ash Farm, Mutford - 13th (17).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (4).
SISKIN Carduelis spinus ****
Blocka Lane, Fritton - 4th (6).
Oulton Broad - 9th (several).
Carlton Marshes - 4th (10+).
Hulver - 11th (1 in garden).
Herringfleet Hills - 31st (6).
LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Camp's Heath, Oulton - 2nd (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 16th (15), 18th (20).
Lake Lothing - 18th (2).
LESSER REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret
Blocka Lane, Fritton - 4th (4).
Carlton Marshes - 4th (10+).
CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra ****
Waveney Forest - 1st (30), 28th (15), 31st (heard).
New Road, Waveney Forest - 21st (15).
BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula ****
Carlton Marsh - 4th (5), 6th (1), 26th (7).
Kessingland sewage works - 6th (1), 18th (pair), 20th (1).
Herringfleet Hills - 9th (1).
Mutford Village - 13th (1).
Sandy Lane, Belton - 28th (6).
Burgh Castle - 28th (1).
Lound waterworks - 28th (2).
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Adult male
Snow Bunting - Kessingland - January 2009 © Stephen Flory |
SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis
****
Kessingland Beach - 1st (70 on beach), 2nd (50), 3rd (70),
4th (70), 5th (70), 6th (70), 7th (70), 8th (70), 9th (70), 10th (80),
11th (70), 12th (70), 13th (70), 14th (70), 15th (70), 16th (70), 17th
(70), 18th (70), 19th (70), 20th (70), 21st (70), 22nd (70), 23rd (70),
24th (60), 26th (60), 28th (60), 29th (60), 30th (60).
YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Kessingland Beach - 10th (4).
Camp's Heath, Oulton - 2nd (2).
REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Herringfleet Marshes - 10th (3).
Kessingland Beach - 10th (5+).
Carlton Marshes - 11th (2), 17th (1).
