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Glaucous Gull - Southwold - March 2008 - Andrew Easton.
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A ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD was seen at Haddiscoe and later between Fritton and Somerleyton on the 26th. A PEREGRINE continues to be seen regularly at Peto's Marsh and a MERLIN was there as well on the 27th. The stunning BLACK-THROATED DIVER remains on Oulton Broad, although it does range widely over the Broad. It was at the west end on the 22nd to 27th. COMMON BUZZARDS were noted at Mutford and Burgh Castle where a GREENSHANK was present on the 20th. At Kessingland a female GOOSANDER passed south on the 21st. |
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RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata ****
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 3rd (23 N), 4th (8 N, 11 S, 7 o/s), 5th (1 N, 4 S), 6th (10 N, 32 S, 1 o/s), 7th (13 N, 9 S, 3 on sea), 8th (49 N, 12 S, 1 on sea), 9th (7 N, 2 S, 1 on sea), 10th (11 N, 16 S), 11th (76 N, 38 S, 3 on sea), 12th (35 N, 2 S, 1 on sea), 13th (6 N, 11 S, 4 on sea), 14th (6 N, 12 S, 2 on sea), 15th (10 N, 23 S, 7 on sea), 16th (27 N, 3 S, 8 on sea), 17th (60 N, 83 S, 32 on sea), 18th (14 N, 9 S, 25 on sea), 19th (1 N, 1 S, 1 on sea), 20th (61 N, 2 S, 83 on sea), 21st (10 N,11 S, 3 on sea), 22nd (9 N, 16 S, 3 on sea), 23rd (20 N, 24 S, 6 on sea), 24th (115 N, 19 S, 24 on sea), 25th (19 N, 50 S, 5 on sea), 26th (62 N, 81 S, 8 on sea), 27th (34 N, 55 S, 4 on sea), 28th (6 N, 73 S, 2 on sea).
Benacre Sluice - 18th (8+ on sea).
Ness Point - 7th (1 N, 1 S), 8th (32 N, 2 S), 15th (many offshore), 22nd (11 N, 2 S), 28th (100+ on sea).
BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica ****
Kessingland - 4th (2 S), 5th (1 o/s), 6th (1 N), 16th (1 N, 1 on sea), 24th (1 N), 25th (1 on sea).
One was discovered on Oulton Broad on the 13th. Initially at the western end but by late afternoon it was ranging between The Boulevard and Caldecott Road at the eastern end. Much of the Broad froze overnight, so on the 14th it had moved salt side to Lake Lothing; but by the afternoon it had moved back to The Boulevard area at the eastern end of the Broad.
Once again present from the 13th-22nd showing extremely well on Oulton Broad. On the 22nd to 27th it was seen at the far western end of the Broad towards Boathouse Lane and Oulton Dyke/Fisher Row.
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Black-throated Diver
Oulton Broad - February 22, 2009 ©Peter Ransome |
DIVER spp.
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 8th (1 N), 10th (1 N), 24th (2
N).
GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus ****
Kessingland - 3rd (2 o/s), 4th (5 S, 2 o/s), 6th (1 o/s),
7th (1 S, 2 on sea), 11th (2 S), 12th (3 N, 1 S, 1 on sea), 13th (1 on
sea), 14th (2 on sea), 15th (1 S, 2 on sea), 16th (5 N, 2 on sea), 17th
(1 N, 4 on sea), 18th (6 on sea), 20th (5 N, 2 S, 28 on sea), 21st (1
N, 2 S), 22nd (2 N, 10 on sea), 24th (2 S, 1 on sea), 26th (4 N), 27th
(2 N), 28th (1 on sea).
Gunton Warren - 19th (1 on sea).
Ness Point - 15th (1 N, 1 S), 22nd (1 N).
Fritton Lake - 18th (10).
Oulton Broad - 22nd (1).
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis ****
Ness Point - 8th (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 16th (1 N).
Kessingland - 18th (1 N), 18th (1 N), 21st (1 N), 24th (3
N), 25th (1 N), 26th (1 N).
One was found dead on the beach at Kessingland on the 10th.
GANNET Morus bassanus ****
Ness Point - 1st (2 N, 1 S), 7th (1 N, 1 S), 22nd (3 S),
28th (15 N, 3 S).
Kessingland - 1st (14 N, 1 S), 2nd (23 N), 3rd (1 N), 5th
(1 N), 6th (36 N, 1 S), 8th (26 N), 11th (4 N), 12th (1 N), 13th (1 N),
14th (3 N), 23rd (3 N, 1 S), 24th (21 N), 25th (1 N), 27th (3 N), 28th
(10 N).
On the 28th several northbound birds paused to feed with a large gathering
of Cormorants and Divers beyond the Holm Sand off Ness Point.
CORMORANT
Phalacrocorax carbo
****
Ness Point - 1st (6 N), 28th (200+ on sea).
Kessingland - 1st (2 N, 2 S), 5th (1 S, 1 o/s), 7th (1 N,
1 S), 8th (1 S), 9th (1 S), 10th (3 N), 11th (2 N), 12th (4 N), 14th (3
N, 1 S), 15th (3 N, 2 S), 16th (2 S), 17th (2 N, 1 S), 18th (2 S), 19th
(1 S), 20th (1 N), 21st (1 S), 23rd (1 S), 27th (14 N), 28th (1 N, 1 S).
Gorleston - 8th (c.370 west over at dusk).
SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
****
Hamilton Dock - 13th (ad).
Lake Lothing - 14th-15th (ad).
Roosting on Kittiwake Wall, Lowestoft - one adult 13th,
22nd, 28th.
LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
****
Worlingham Marshes - 8th (2).
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 8th (1).
Church Farm Marshes, Burgh Castle - 7th (1), 13th (1), 14th
(1), 23rd (3).
Herringfleet Marshes - 15th (2), 28th (2).
Somerleyton Marsh - 16th (1).
GREAT WHITE EGRET Egretta alba
As hoped, the bird that was seen on January 30th flying along the River
Waveney towards Aldeby was relocated on Castle Marshes, North Cove on
the 3rd, and was still present most of the day on the 4th, though not
always on view. After a day of non cooperation on the 5th it was back
again on the 6th, 7th and 8th.
What was almost certainly a Great White Egret was seen from the train
on Somerleyton Marshes on the 16th around 09:00.
Seen again on the 21st in flight along the Norfolk side of the River Waveney
south-west of Waveney River Centre at 14:00.
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Great
White Egret
Castle Marshes, North Cove - February 2, 2009 ©John Trew |
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February
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GREY
HERON Ardea cinerea
Carlton Marshes - 21st (1), 22nd (4).
Kessingland - 28th (1 S).
MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor ****
90 were on the Marshes between Barnby and North Cove on the 5th.
Two kept a BLACK SWAN company on the 21st at Gillingham Marsh.
A young bird has taken up residence on one of the ponds alongside Tom
Crisp Way in central Lowestoft since the 23rd.
BEWICK'S SWAN Cygnus (columbianus) bewickii
30+ flew north over Gunton at 09:33 on the 17th presumably heading back
to the continent.
80 flew east over Lowestoft Harbour at 09:15 on the 20th, the same morning
90 flew out to sea at Southwold.
37 were on Breydon Water on the 20th.
One was on Shipmeadow Marshes, Beccles on the 19th.
WHOOPER SWAN Cygnus cygnus
Heard calling in flight over Hulver in the very early hours of the 22nd.
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus ****
Belton - 4th (4000+ heading high south-east from Berney
Marshes RSPB).
Kessingland - 20th (2 S).
Gillingham Marsh - 22nd (1 with Greylags).
Burgh
Castle Marshes - 26th (1200 over).
GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (16).
Somerleyton Marshes - 28th (27).
CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (88).
Herringfleet Marshes - 15th (5), 28th (9).
Pakefield - 22nd (2 on the sea).
Somerleyton Marshes - 28th (4).
BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
Lound Waterworks - 21st (6).
RED-BREASTED GOOSE Branta ruficollis
One was still present with the Canada Geese at Castle Marshes on the 3rd
and 5th. A stunning bird whatever its provenance, that has been wintering
with Canada Geese in the Waveney Valley for several winters now.
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Red-breasted Goose
Castle Marshes, North Cove - February 5, 2009 © Andrew Easton |
DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla ****
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 3rd (1 S), 4th (5 N, 2 S), 10th (186 N), 10th (186 N), 17th (9 S), 21st (1 S), 22nd (4 N), 25th (2 N), 27th (1 N).
Burgh Castle Marshes - 8th (5), 14th (1).
Gunton Warren - 11th (6 N).
Ness Point - 22nd (1 S).
EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Barnby - 5th (2).
Sussex Road - 14th (2 W).
Kessingland Levels - 15th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 21st (1).
Somerleyton Marshes - 28th (2).
SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna ****
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S), 3rd (1 S), 7th (1 S), 18th (2 S), 19th (1 N), 23rd (2 S), 24th (1 S), 26th (1 N).
Breydon South Flats - 3rd (50).
Burgh Castle - 7th (12), 13th (12), 15th (24).
Herringfleet Marshes - 15th (2).
Lowestoft North Beach - 16th (1 N).
Kessingland Sluice - 18th (11 S).
Peto's Marsh - 21st (2), 22nd (2), 28th (4).
AMERICAN WOOD DUCK Aix sponsa
The very colourful drake was still at Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad on the 13th and 22nd.
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Wood Duck
Oulton Broad - February 22, 2009 ©Colin Jacobs |
WIGEON Anas penelope ****
Ness Point - 1st (1 N).
Kessingland - 1st (16 S), 2nd (16 N), 13th (2 N), 15th (3 on sea), 16th (4 N), 17th (20 N), 18th (2 S), 23rd (2 N), 24th (1 N).
Breydon South Flats - 3rd (30).
Burgh Castle - 7th (40), 13th (250).
Leathes Ham - 15th (1).
GADWALL Anas strepera ****
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 20th (2 N).
Lound Waterworks - 7th (5).
Belton/Burgh Castle - 8th (19), 13th (6), 15th (27).
Herringfleet Marshes - 15th (6), 28th (2).
Fritton Lake - 18th (19).
TEAL Anas crecca ****
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (10).
Breydon South Flats - 3rd (150), 7th (60).
Burgh Castle - 7th (23), 13th (80).
Burgh Castle Marshes - 15th (238),
Barsham Drain - 8th (50).
Kessingland - 8th (2 S), 12th (2 N), 14th (3 N), 17th (4 N), 18th (5 S, 45 on sea), 21st (35 on sea).
Kessingland Levels - 13th (5).
Herringfleet Marshes - 28th (20).
PINTAIL Anas acuta
Leathes Ham - 23rd (pair).
SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Lound Waterworks - 7th (5).
Kessingland - 28th (3 S).
POCHARD Aythya ferina
Leathes Ham - 5th (2), 11th (9).
TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Lound Waterworks - 7th (23).
Kessingland - 18th (2 on sea).
SCAUP Aythya marila
One was on the sea off Kessingland on the 7th.
RED-CRESTED POCHARD x MALLARD Netta rufina x Anas platyrhynchos
The hybrid was still at Oulton Broad on the 1st.
GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula ****
Kessingland Sluice - 18th (2m, 1f on sea).
Kessingland - 21st (1m , 2 f on sea).
Ness Point - 28th (1 N).
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Kessingland - 6th (1 N), 12th (1 N).
GOOSANDER Merganser merganser
Fritton Lake - 18th (f).
Kessingland - 21st (f S).
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra ****
Kessingland - 5th (4 N), 7th (6 on the sea), 8th (7 N, 12 S), 10th (1 N), 12th (1 N), 13th (4 N), 14th (1 on sea), 15th (2 N), 17th (3 N), 20th (1 N), 22nd (9 on sea), 23rd (2 N), 24th (4 N), 25th (2 N), 28th (11 N).
Ness Point - 16th (1 N), 17th (8 N).
Kessingland Sluice - 18th (18 on sea).
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Red Kite
Castle Marshes, North Cove - February 8, 2009 © Chris Darby |
RED
KITE Milvus milvus ****
On the 8th one flew north over Mutford at 10:08 and was then seen over
Barnby Broad and Castle Marshes, North Cove before it drifted off westwards
along the Waveney Valley at 10:25.
One flew along the River Waveney, viewed from Carlton Marshes at 13:35
on the 21st.
Two were seen north of Breydon near Berney Marshes RSPB on the 26th.
COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
One flew north at Mutford on the 6th.
One was seen at Castle Marshes, North Cove on the 8th.
A Buzzard sp flew south-west over Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft at 8:20 on
the 8th.
Two flew over Ash Farm at Mutford on the 12th and 13th with one noted
on the 15th.
Two were over Burgh Castle on the 21st.
One was at Mutford Big Wood on the 22nd.
Two were at Ashby on the 28th.
ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD Buteo lagopus ****
One found on Haddiscoe Island on the 26th later that day flew across the
River Waveney into Lizard Land airspace across Fritton Marshes. A squadron
of Crows on quick reaction alert rapidly intercepted it but were unable
to turn it back and it continued on through St.Olaves, past Herringfleet
and almost to Somerleyton Marshes before it crossed the river back into
Norfolk and headed for Haddiscoe Marshes.
MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (female), 5th (3), 14th (2).
Breydon South Wall - 3rd (3).
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (1+), 7th (1), 8th (1).
Kessingland Levels - 7th (1), 15th (1), 18th (2).
Barsham Drain - 8th (1).
Burgh Castle - 8th (3+), 23rd (1).
Herringfleet Marshes - 15th (2), 28th (2).
Willow Farm, Mutford - 17th (1).
Mutford - 19th (1 N).
HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus
A male was at Fritton Marshes on the 4th.
A ringtail was hunting over the Kessingland Levels on the 7th.
Two ringtails were on the Norfolk side of the Waveney viewed from Castle
Marshes, North Cove on the 8th.
A male and ringtail were seen at Burgh Castle on the 8th.
A male flew over Peto's Marsh and continued on to Oulton Marshes at 16:30
on the 14th.
A ringtail was at Whitecast Marsh at dusk on the 14th an 21st.
A male and ringtail passed through Fisher Row heading north along the
river at 16:45 on the 15th.
SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus
Chedgrave Road, Lowestoft - 2nd (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (1).
Castle Marshes,
North Cove - 8th (2).
Warrenhouse Wood, Lowestoft - 20th (male).
Leathes Ham - 23rd (1).
KESTREL Falco tinnunculus
Ash Farm, Mutford - 12th (1).
Fisher Row - 15th (1).
Somerleyton Marsh - 19th (pr).
Mutford - 22nd (1).
MERLIN Falco columbarius
****
A first winter female
was at Burgh Castle Marshes along the south wall at Breydon on the 8th
and 12th.
A female was at Peto's
Marsh, Carlton Marshes on the 27th.
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Merlin
Breydon South Wall - February 8, 2009 ©Rob Wilton |
PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus ****
A first winter bird was at Peto's Marsh, Carlton Marshes on the 14th. It was eyeing up the Lapwing flock, but it's luck wasn't in and it didn't catch anything.
Carlton Marshes - 14th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 27th. It also flew across to Oulton Marshes on the 22nd.
Barsham Drain - 19th.
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa
Oulton Dyke - 21st (1).
Ellough - 22nd (6).
Mutford - 22nd (2).
GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix
Ash Farm, Mutford - 5th (14), 7th (2).
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Grey
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Mutford - February 7, 2009 ©Roger Connor |
WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus ****
Carlton Marshes - 14th (1), 21st (1).
Burgh Castle - 15th (1).
Leathes Ham - 11th (1).
Gunton Warren - 18th to 28th (1 overwintering or returning migrant?).
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Kessingland - 11th (1 N), 15th (2 N), 25th (1 S), 27th (1 S).
Peto's Marsh, Carlton Marsh - 21st (1).
Lake Lothing - 22nd (1).
AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta ****
Breydon South Flats - 3rd (12).
Burgh Castle - 15th (18).
726 were counted at low tide on Breydon Water on the 26th.
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula ****
Ness Point - 4th (2), 21st, (1), 22nd (1), 28th (1).
Kessingland - 16th (1 N), 20th (1 N), 22nd (9 on the beach), 23rd (2 o/b), 26th (1 N).
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Ellough Airfield - 13th (67), 14th (23).
Peto's Marsh, Carton Marshes - 14th (150), 15th (500+), 22nd (150+).
Oulton Broad - 20th (33 N).
LAPWING Vanellus vanellus
Peto's Marsh, Carton Marshes - 14th (c.1400), 21st (1500).
Gunton - 16th (300 NNE).
Pakefield - 19th (groups of 1000 and 60 east out to sea at midday).
Oulton Broad - 15th (c280 E), 19th (34 E), 20th (c60 E), 21st (c70 E).
SANDERLING Calidris alba
Lowestoft South Beach - 7th (23).
Kessingland - 9th (1 S), 14th (1 S), 15th (4 near sluice), 18th (17), 19th (1 S), 22nd (2 N, 1 S).
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima ****
Ness Point - 4th (9), 6th (8), 7th (3), 8th (8), 13th (6), 17th (10), 21st (11), 22nd (12), 24th (11), 28th (12).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Breydon South Flats - 3rd (46).
Peto's Marsh, Carlton - 21st (2), 22nd (2).
JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus ****
One was flushed at Carlton Marshes on the 28th.
SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Ellough Road, Worlingham - 2nd (c60).
Lound Waterworks - 7th (1).
Ellough Airfield - 13th (10).
Peto's Marsh, Carton Marshes - 14th (11), 21st (25+), 22nd (8), 28th (1).
Tom Crisp Way, Lowestoft - 14th (5).
WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola
North Cove, Nature Reserve - 7th (1).
Burgh Castle Marshes - 8th (1).
Barsham Drain - 8th (1).
Ash Farm, Mutford - 8th (7 flushed from one pit), 15th (6).
Fisher Row - 15th (1), 18th (3).
Burgh Castle - 15th (found dead).
Cooper's Lane, Kessingland - 18th (1).
Somerleyton Marsh - 19th (1).
Walmer Road, Pakefield - 21st (1).
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
St. Olaves - 4th (60 south along the river).
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 4th (20 west).
Breydon South Flats - 3rd (100).
Gillingham Marshes - 21st (c100).
CURLEW Numenius arquata
Church Farm Marshes, Burgh Castle - 3rd (24), 13th (24).
Kessingland Sluice - 18th (1 S).
SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus
Burgh Castle Flats - 16th (1).
REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Breydon South Flats - 3rd (24).
Burgh Castle - 7th (24), 13th (18), 15th (18).
Peto's Marsh, Carton Marshes - 14th (14), 21st (14), 22nd (14), 28th (1).
Lake Lothing - 11th (42).
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Breydon South Wall - 20th (1).
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
One was seen at Castle Marshes, North Cove on the 8th.
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Ness Point - 4th (6), 6th (24), 8th (12 including one of the Dutch leg flagged birds).
Pakefield Beach - 4th (27), 7th (33), 16th (11).
Mutford Lock Basin - 8th (4).
Kessingland - 8th (9 S), 14th (1 S), 15th (10 on beach), 18th (4 on beach), 19th (1 S).
Peto's Marsh, Carton Marshes - 21st (4).
South Pier - 22nd (30 including one of the Dutch leg flagged birds).
POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
One flew south past Ness Point at 11:45 on the 1st.
GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
One passed south at Kessingland at 10:08 on the 2nd.
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus ****
Pakefield Beach - 1st (2, ad + 2nd-W).
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 17th (1 N), 24th (1 S).
Burgh Castle - 8th (1 ad.).
Lowestoft South Beach - 14th (4, 2 ad, 2nd w + 1w), 22nd (2 ad, 2 2nd w).
Gunton Warren - 19th (ad).
LITTLE GULL Larus minutus ****
A first winter was seen off Kessingland on the 25th.
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus ****
178 were at Peto's Marsh, Carlton Marshes on the 27th. The increase in numbers has been rapid in the last couple of weeks as they return to their breeding haunts.
ICELAND GULL Larus glaucoides
On the 5th the first winter bird was just across the river from North Cove on the marshes at Long Dam Level, Aldeby, Norfolk. It was also seen at Aldeby Tip itself on the 10th. On the 11th it was at Leathes Ham from 11:00 to 11:40 when it flew off south.
KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla ****
Ness Point - 1st (135 S), 7th (1 S).
Kessingland - 1st (13 S), 2nd (1 N, 15 S), 3rd (1 S), 12th (1 N), 23rd (1 N), 24th (1 N), 25th (1 N), 28th (1 N).
Hamilton Dock - 7th (1).
Waveney Dock - 22nd (4 sitting on old nests on tyres at the quayside).
Claremont Pier - 27th (4).
AUK sp Alcidae ****
Kessingland - 3rd (4 N), 4th (3 N), 6th (6 N), 7th (1 S), 11th (1 N), 14th (1 N), 21st (1 N), 22nd (1 N), 24th (120 N), 28th (2 N).
Ness Point - 22nd (5 N).
BARN OWL Tyto alba
Pakefield- 1st (1).
Beccles Common - 3rd (1).
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (3), 7th (2).
Breydon South Wall - 8th (2).
Kessingland Levels - 7th (3).
Barsham Drain - 8th (2).
Ellough Airfield - 14th (1), 22nd.
Carlton Marshes - 14th (4), 21st (4).
Barnby - 14th (2).
Fisher Row - 15th (2).
Herringfleet Marshes - 15th (2).
Hulver, River Hundred - 15th (1).
Lound water Works - 19th (1).
Blundeston Marsh - 19th (1).
The individual with the bi-coloured face first seen in January at Castle Marshes was still present on the 5th.
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Barn Owl with BI-coloured face
Castle Marshes, North Cove - February 5, 2009 © Andrew Easton Fantastic to see so many about! |
LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
Two were at Lound Waterworks on the 22nd.
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
Fisher Row - 18th (1).
Kessingland Village - 21st (1 calling).
KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (1), 21st (1).
Kirkley Brook - 7th (1), 14th (4).
Burgh Castle Marshes - 8th (1).
Oulton Broad - 13th (1), 23rd (1).
GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2).
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (1).
Corton Woods - 20th (1).
Gunton Warren - 18th (1).
Gunton (Tesco's) - 21st (1).
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (2), 21st (1).
North Cove Nature Reserve - 7th (1).
Mutford Big Wood - 15th (2).
Coopers Lane, Kessingland - 20th (1).
Flycatcher Alley, Lowestoft - 21st (1).
SKY LARK Alauda arvensis
Twelve were at Kessingland Beach on the 7th. Seven were trapped for ringing, one of which had been ringed there in November 2005.
MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (5).
Flixton - 20th (32).
Hulver - 21st (1 in garden).
Herringfleet Marshes - 28th (12).
ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
Ness Point - 17th (1), 22nd (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 17th (2).
Breydon South Wall - 20th (1).
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (1), 14th (2), 21st (1), 24th (1).
Mutford Lock - 8th (1).
Castle Marshes - 10th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 14th (1).
Oulton Broad - 15th (1), 21st (1).
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarellii
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (c30).
Lowestoft North Beach - 16th (3).
WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus ****
Lansdowne Road, Pakefield - 1st (7), 3rd (6 @ 14:30), 5th (5 @ 10:15), 7th (7 @ 10:00), 21st (18 late afternoon).
Kilbourn Road, Pakefield - 8th (6).
Carlton Colville - 2nd (15 were by the roundabout on the A146 at 8:00), 5th (20 by the roundabout at the western end of Castleton Avenue).
Bloodmoor Road - 12th (20 opposite Simpsons garage).
Breydon Way - 14th (30).
Tom Crisp Way - 14th (20, later flew off towards Kirkley High School area).
Rackham's Corner, A12 (SW of Corton sewage works) - 16th (5 @ 16:00), 17th (3).
Lowestoft, junction of Gainsborough Drive/Gunton Church Lane - 16th (6+).
Yarmouth Road, Gunton - 27th (1 N).
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Waxwing
Lansdowne Road, Pakefield - February 21, 2009 ©Chris Darby |
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BLACKBIRD Turdus merula ****
Several Europe bound migrants were calling in flight over Lowestoft on the evening of the 25th.
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Barsham Drain - 8th (40+).
Mutford Big Wood - 15th (56).
Cooper's Lane, Kessingland - 18th (15 over).
REDWING Turdus iliacus
Barsham Drain - 8th (30).
Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad - 8th (12).
Ash Farm, Mutford - 12th (2).
Mutford Big Wood - 15th (4).
Willow Farm, Mutford - 17th (30 over).
Mutford - 22nd (25).
Beccles Marsh Trail - 21st (150).
Ashby - 28th (11).
STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (4), 8th (2).
Burgh Castle Marshes - 8th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 22nd (1).
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Stonechat
Castle Marshes, North Cove - February 8, 2009 © Chris Darby |
CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Worlingham Marshes - 5th (1).
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (1).
Barsham Drain - 8th (2).
Carlton Marshes - 14th (4), 21st (5).
Fisher Row - 15th (1).
Burgh Castle - 20th (1).
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
The male photographed below visited a Mutford garden on the 7th, presumably the same one was seen there again on the 22nd.
A female was in gardens at Burnt Hill Way, Oulton Broad on the 8th.
Male seen along Cooper's Lane, Kessingland on the 16th.
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Blackcap
Mutford - February 7, 2009 ©Stuart Reeve |
CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita ****
Kessingland SW - 3rd (1), 14th (1), 21st (1), 24th (1 in
song), 28th (4).
Ness Point - 22nd (1).
Birdseye Car Park/Ness Point - 26th (1).
FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus
One was in a Holm Oak just north of Warrenhouse Wood on the afternoon
of the 20th.
MARSH TIT Parus palustris
North Cove Nature Reserve - 7th (3).
Mutford Big Wood - 15th (2).
TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris ****
North Cove Nature Reserve - 7th (1), 28th
(1).
Mutford Big Wood - 15th (3).
Coopers Lane, Kessingland - 20th (1).
MAGPIE
Pica pica
Minimum of 81 came to roost at Fisher Row late afternoon on the 15th.
STARLING Sturnus vulgaris
Beccles Marsh Trail - 21st (1000+).
HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus
Kimberley Road, Lowestoft - 16th (50+).
TREE SPARROW Passer montanus
Two were seen at Rushmere on the 22nd, with a least one still there on
the 28th.
CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs
Hulver - 1st (24).
Mutford - 22nd (50).
BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
Hulver - 1st (m + 2 f), 8th (m + 4f), 15th (2 m + 3 f),
21st ( f ), 22nd (2 m + 2 f).
Ash Farm, Mutford - 8th ( m ).
Mutford Big Wood - 15th ( 1 ).
Mutford - 15th (2 m), 22nd ( f ).
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 22nd ( m ), 25th (3).
GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Hulver - 1st (15).
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (5).
Lake Lothing - 23rd (28).
GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
Hulver - 1st (10).
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (3).
SISKIN Carduelis spinus ****
Coopers Lane, Kessingland - 4th (30+), 20th (10+).
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (20+), 7th (14), 22nd (25+),
28th (60+).
Carlton Marshes - 12th (100).
Herringfleet Hills - 15th (20).
Hulver - 15th (1), 21st (2 on feeders).
LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Lowestoft North Denes - 7th (30).
Breydon South Wall - 8th (16).
Barsham Drain - 19th (50+).
TWITE Carduelis flavirostris
Four were along the south wall at Breydon on the 8th, one of which was
colour ringed. It had been ringed at Warley Moor near Bradford during
the second half of 2008.
LESSER REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (10+), 7th (5+), 22nd (40+),
25th (20+).
Coopers Lane, Kessingland - 20th (2+).
Somerleyton Marsh - 19th (1).
Blundeston Marsh - 19th (5).
Mutford - 22nd (1).
MEALY REDPOLL Carduelis flammea ****
Mutford - 22nd (1).
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 25th (2), 28th (1+).
BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
North Cove Nature Reserve - 7th (2), 28th
(3).
Barsham Drain - 19th (2m).
Blundeston Marsh - 19th (2).
Somerleyton Marsh - 19th (3).
Carlton Marshes - 21st (6).
Kessingland bypass - 22nd (male).
Mutford - 22nd (3).
YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (3).
Barsham Drain - 19th (6+).
Kessingland Beach - 21st (1), 22nd (1).
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Yellowhammer
Kessingland Beach - February 21, 2009 © Chris Darby |
REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Castle Marshes, North Cove - 5th (2).
Kessingland Beach - 7th (25), 22nd (5).
Carlton Marshes - 14th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 21st (2).
Mutford - 22nd (3).
25 were trapped for ringing on Kessingland Beach on the 7th, a surprising
number for the location. One proved to have been ringed nearby at the
sewage works in April 2006.
SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis ****
Kessingland - 1st (60), 13th (60), 15th (60), 16th (60),
17th (60), 18th (60), 19th (60), 20th (50), 22nd (62), 23rd (50), 24th
(50), 25th (50), 26th (50), 27th (50), 28th (c.60).
One ringed at Kessingland on 20th November 2004 was retrapped at Caister-on-Sea,
Norfolk on 18th February this year. Still only half way to the European
longevity record of 9 years 6 month.
A total of 58 have been colour ringed at Kessingland this winter.
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Snow Bunting
Kessingland Beach - February 21, 2009 © Chris Darby |
