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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.

A NUTHATCH was at Mutford Big Wood on the 27th. A CORY'S SHEARWATER flew south past Kessingland on the morning of the 25th. Two CRANES flew over St. Olaves on the evening of the 24th. Three MANX SHEARWATERS flew past Ness Point on the 18th, with another past there on the 19th; and three BLACK TERNS flew south past Kessingland on the 19th. UPDATED: 19:45 August 8th.

GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Kessingland - 13th (2 S), 22nd (1 S), 28th (1 on sea).



FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Ness Point - 5th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 28th (1 N).
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 6th (1 N), 27th (1 N), 29th (1 S), 30th (1 S).



CORY'S SHEARWATER Calonectris diomedea ****
One flew south past Kessingland on the morning of the 25th.



MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus ****
Three flew north together past Ness Point at 17:15 on the 18th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the 19th.



SHEARWATER sp. Puffinus sp ****
One, either a Manx or Balearic, flew north past Ness Point at 7:15 on the 28th.



GANNET Morus bassanus ****
Gorleston - 3rd (1 N), 6th (1 S), 19th (1 N).
Ness Point - 4th (6 N), 5th (1 N), 11th (36 N, 4 S), 12th (1 N, 11 S), 14th (1 S), 17th (2 S), 18th (7 N, 13 S), 19th (19 N, 5 S), 21st (1 N), 26th (4 N, 3 S), 28th (9 N, 1 S), 29th (2 N, 2 S), 31st (6 S).
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 3rd (8 N), 5th (3 N, 2 S), 6th (3 N, 2 S), 7th (7 N), 8th (18 S, 3 feeding), 9th (5 N, 2 S, 10 feeding), 10th (11 N, 1 S), 11th (16 N), 12th (6 N), 13th (2 N, 13 S), 14th (5 N), 15th (2 N), 16th (1 N, 1 S), 17th (2 N, 8 S), 18th (12 N, 1 S), 19th (5 S, 8 feeding), 20th (2 N, 3 S, 3 feeding), 21st (1 N), 22nd (1 N), 23rd (2 N, 1 S), 24th (4 N, 2 S, 5 feeding), 25th (5 N), 26th (1 N), 29th (3 N, 3 S), 30th (1 N), 31st (2 N, 2 S).



CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo ****
A Dutch colour ringed individual was still visiting Leathes Ham up to the 30th.
Gorleston - 3rd (1 on the sea).
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 2nd (1 N), 5th (2 N, 1 S), 9th (5 N), 10th (1 S), 11th (1 N, 25 in off), 14th (5 S), 22nd (7 in off), 24th (2 in off), 25th (3 in off), 26th (1 S), 29th (3 S), 30th (1 S), 31st (1 S).
Leathes Ham - 17th (8), 18th (9), 19th (9), 26th (11).
Ness Point - 26th (5 N, 2 in off).



LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta ****
Herringfleet Marshes - 25th (5).
Breydon South Wall - 25th (2).



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



SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia
One flew off south from Breydon on the 11th, heading off south-eastward over Southtown.



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



[ BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus
One was on Oulton Broad on the 10th. ]



GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser ****
Herringfleet Marshes - 25th (69).



CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis ****
Herringfleet Marshes - 25th (4).



EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Burgh Castle - 4th (88). Largely loafing on the Norfolk bank of the Waveney.
Leathes Ham - 4th (1).
Ness Point - 5th (four flew south, they then headed inland somewhere between Kessingland and Pakefield).

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

GADWALL Anas strepera
Leathes Ham - 4th (3), 17th (6).
Fritton Lake - 11th (18).



TEAL Anas crecca ****
Kessingland - 1st (6 S), 15th (2 S).
Ness Point - 29th (5 S).



MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos ****
Lowestoft North Beach - 19th (5 N).
Gorleston - 30th (1 in off from height).



PINTAIL Anas acuta ****
Kessingland - 24th (7 S), 26th (2 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 31st (2 S then back north).



SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Kessingland - 18th (1 S).



POCHARD Aythya ferina
Leathes Ham - 4th & 5th (1).



TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula ****
Leathes Ham - 1st to 5th (pair), 18th (1).
Fritton Lake - 11th (2).
Kessingland - 15th (4 on sea), 17th (1 S), 18th (1 S), 30th (1 S).
Ness Point - 18th (2 S).



COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra ****
Ness Point - 4th (5 S), 5th (7 S, 8 on the sea), 18th (1 N), 19th (1 N), 26th (16 N, 20 S), 29th (6 S), 31st (2 N).
Kessingland - 1st (51 N), 2nd (1 N, 1 on sea), 3rd (1 on sea), 6th (2 S), 7th (1 S), 9th (28 N), 10th (13 N, 3 S, 1 on sea), 12th (1 on sea), 14th (38 on sea), 15th (7 S), 16th (15 N, 1 on sea), 17th (26 S, 1 on sea), 19th (1 on sea), 20th (1 S, 1 on sea), 21st (7 S), 24th (2 N), 25th (1 on sea), 27th (1 on sea), 28th (1 on sea), 29th (3 N, 14 S, 1 on sea), 30th (4 N, 9 on sea), 31st (6 S, 1 on sea).
Gorleston - 9th (14 N, 25 S).
A female present at Breydon Water recently flew over the South Flats on the 11th.



MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus ****
Herringfleet Marshes - 25th (2).
Breydon South Wall - 25th (1).



COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
Mutford Big Wood - 4th (1).
Ashby - 11th (3+).
Hulver - 11th (1 over towards Sotterley).



[ OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
One just missed our area on the 5th and was watched from Burgh Castle flying westward towards Reedham high over The Island. ]



KESTREL Falco tinnunculus
One took cover in a nest box at Kessingland sewage works when the rain started on the 27th.
When inspected previously the same box has contained Kestrel feathers and pellets from Little and Barn Owls, so it seems to be serving as a convenient shelter for several birds if they get caught out by the weather rather than a nest site.



HOBBY Falco subbuteo ****
One flew north at Kessingland on the 1st.
One was at Lound waterworks on the 4th.
One flew over Kessingland sewage works on the 7th.
One was at Beccles Marshes on the 14th.
A juvenile was watched chasing Emperor dragonflies at Lound waterworks on the 16th.
One caught a Swift at Hubbards Loke, Gunton on the 18th.
One was seen over Beccles Yacht Club on the 24th.
One was at Back Lane, Burgh Castle on the 27th.
One juvenile flew south over Leathes ham on the 31st.



CRANE Grus grus
Two flew low over St. Olaves on the evening of the 24th, heading in the direction of Somerleyton.



OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus ****
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 3rd (1 S), 6th (3 S), 8th (1 N, 1 S), 9th (1 S), 11th (1 S), 17th (9 S), 19th (1 S), 21st (5 S), 25th (4 S), 26th (29 S), 27th (2 S), 28th (2 N, 8 S), 30th (2 N, 2 S), 31st (5 S).
Gorleston - 10th (2 N), 19th (2 N), 26th (2 S), 31st (5 S).
Kessingland sewage works - 14th (2).
Denes Oval - 15th (1).
Ness Point - 17th (4 S), 18th (1 N, 3 S), 19th (1 N, 1 S), 26th (21 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 31st (13 in off then north, 7 S).



AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta
Five flew over Chestnut Avenue, Oulton Broad at 06:10 on the 14th.



GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Kessingland - 17th (2 S), 18th (1 S), 22nd (2 S), 27th (2 S), 28th (1 S), 29th (9 S).
Ness Point - 29th (4 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 31st (1 S).



RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula ****
Lowestoft South Beach - 1st (1).
Kessingland - 5th (1 N), 19th (5 N), 21st (1 N, 2 S), 28th (2 S).
Ness Point - 13th (1 S), 30th (4 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 18th (1).
Gorleston - 21st (2 S).



KNOT Calidris canutus
Kessingland - 11th (35 S), 23rd (1 S).



SANDERLING Calidris alba
Lowestoft North Beach - 16th (1), 17th (3), 18th (3), 19th (6).
Ness Point - 17th (12 S).
Kessingland - 22nd (1 S).



DUNLIN Calidris alpina ****
Ness Point - 13th (6 S), 17th (3 S), 26th (5 S).
Kessingland - 13th (1 S), 18th (3 S), 22nd (2 S), 25th (3 N), 26th (2 S), 30th (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 23rd (1), 30th (1 S).



COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago ****
One flew south along Lowestoft North Beach on the 30th.



BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa ****
One flew south past Lowestoft North Beach on the 31st.



BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica ****
A summer plumaged bird was on the tideline along Lowestoft South Beach on the 1st.
Ness Point - 5th (1 S), 29th (1 S).
Kessingland - 5th (1 S same as Ness Point), 17th (4 S), 22nd (1 S), 23rd (1 S), 24th (1 S), 27th (1 S), 29th (14 S), 30th (1 N, 1 S).



WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus ****
Ness Point - 4th (2 S), 5th (3 S), 11th (1 S), 14th (3 S), 16th (1 S), 17th (22 S), 18th (2 S), 22nd (5 S), 26th (7 S), 28th (5 S), 29th (2 S).
Kessingland - 3rd (6 S), 4th (8 S), 5th (1 N, 5 S), 6th (1 S), 7th (4 S), 9th (1 S), 10th (4 S), 11th (3 S), 12th (1 S), 13th (2 S), 14th (3 S), 15th (4 S), 17th (8 S), 18th (2 S), 19th (11 S), 20th (5 S), 21st (1 S), 22nd (16 S), 23rd (1 S), 26th (1 N, 10 S).
Gorleston - 21st (2 S), 26th (2 S), 27th (3 S), 29th (6 S), 30th (1 S).
Gunton Beach - 30th (17 S).



CURLEW Numenius arquata ****
Gorleston - 3rd (2 S), 10th (1 S), 14th (1 S), 17th (8 S), 19th (24 S together), 26th (1 S).
Ness Point - 4th (1 S), 5th (1 S), 15th (2 S), 16th (1 S), 22nd (2 S), 26th (1 S), 29th (1 S).
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 2nd (5 S), 3rd (2 S), 4th (11 S), 5th (8 S), 6th (2 S), 7th (2 S), 8th (1 N), 9th (10 S), 11th (2 S), 12th (1 S), 13th (12 S), 14th (11 S), 15th (13 S), 16th (4 S), 17th (11 S), 18th (2 S), 19th (1 N, 18 S), 20th (1 N, 3 S), 21st (2 S), 22nd (17 S), 23rd (14 S), 24th (8 S), 25th (11 S), 26th (17 S), 27th (9 S), 28th (49 S), 29th (20 S), 30th (1 S), 31st (2 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 19th (1 S).

The Vulcan (above) was once again the star of the first day of the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival on the 23rd July. This strikingly decorated F16 (below) of the Royal Netherlands Air Force put on a very impressive display for the crowd. © Andrew Easton

REDSHANK Tringa totanus ****
Kessingland - 5th (1 S), 6th (2 S), 15th (2 S), 17th (1 S), 21st (1 S), 22nd (2 S), 24th (1 S), 25th (1 N).
Ness Point - 18th (8 S), 26th (2 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 23rd (2), 30th (1).
Gorleston - 31st (17 S).



GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia ****
Kessingland - 29th (1 S).



WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola ****
Two flew over Castle Farm Marshes, Burgh Castle on the evening of the 31st.



COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos ****
Gorleston Harbour - 3rd (3).
Lound waterworks - 13th (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 18th (2), 31st (1).
Leathes Ham - 18th (3), 19th (2), 28th (1), 29th (1), 30th (2), 31st (1).
Ness Point - 28th (1).



TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres ****
Ness Point - 13th (2 S), 14th (1S), 17th (1 S), 22nd (5 on the rocks), 26th (1 S), 30th (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 15th (1), 18th (1), 19th (1), 23rd (6), 25th (5), 27th (8), 28th (9), 29th (6), 30th (12), 31st (14).
Kessingland - 15th (2 S), 18th (3 S), 23rd (1 S), 24th (2 S), 25th (2 N), 26th (2 S).



ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus ****
A pale phase individual was sitting on the sea close in off Kessingland on the 12th.
A dark phase individual was watched chasing terns as it flew north past Ness Point on the 12th.
Two flew south past Gorleston on the evening of the 12th.
A pale phase immature was sitting on the sea close in off Ness Point on the 18th.
A different pale phase immature was also seen on the 18th off Kessingland.
Three flew north past Ness Point on the afternoon of the 19th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 19th.
One was chasing terns well offshore at Ness Point on the 26th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 30th.
One flew south past Ness Point on the 31st.



MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus ****
Two adults and a second summer, all still with full black hoods, were in fields near Corton new sewage works on the 5th.
Kessingland - 3rd (2 S), 6th (1 S), 7th (1 S), 11th (1 N), 13th (2 S), 18th (4 S), 20th (2 S), 21st (2 S), 22nd (3 S), 23rd (2 S), 24th (1 S), 25th (6 S), 26th (1 S, 1 on sea), 27th (10 S), 28th (3 S), 29th (3 S), 30th (1 S), 31st (24 N).
Ness Point - 10th (1 adult N), 11th (1 adult N), 13th (1 adult ringed), 14th (1 adult ringed).
Beccles - 10th (3 roosted at dusk amongst a ground nesting colony of Lesser Black-backed Gulls).
Gorleston - 11th (1 N upriver, 2 S), 13th (adult & 1st summer), 15th (1 adult), 16th (1), 21st (5 offshore), 30th (2 S).
Links Road Car Park - 19th (1 ringed adult), 26th (1 ringed adult, 1 juv), 30th (ringed adult), 31st (1 juv).
Lowestoft South Beach - 23rd (3), 24th (1).

The ringed bird at Ness Point was green 3XA9, a Belgian ringed bird that has been regularly visiting Lowestoft since 2004. It tends to range between Links Road car park and the harbour.



LITTLE GULL Larus minutus ****
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 10th (4 S), 14th (1 N, 3 on sea), 16th (1 S), 18th (3 S), 22nd (2 on sea), 23rd (1 N, 47 S), 24th (13 S, 6 on sea), 25th (1 S), 27th (1 N, 1 S), 28th (4 S), 29th (1 N, 6 S).
Ness Point - 11th (3 S), 12th (14 S), 18th (3 on the sea), 21st (1 S), 22nd (4 S), 25th (1 S), 26th (2 S).
Gorleston - 14th (1 1st summer).
Lowestoft North Beach - 19th (1).
Gunton Beach - 30th (2 N).
Links Road Car Park - 30th (1).



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



YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis ****
The regular individual that has been returning since 1997 was on the groynes along Gunton Beach on the 5th (five days earlier than noted last summer).
It is at least 17 years old now as it was a full adult, at least four years old, when first noted 13 years ago!
It was seen flying north over the Denes Oval on the 12th, and was along the North Beach on the 14th, 18th, 19th, 29th and 31st. Still looking pretty tatty.

An oversummering individual was bathing in the river at Gorleston on the 6th, and one was lingering offshore there on the 21st.

As tatty as ever when it first arrives, Lowestoft's regular Yellow-legged Gull is back for another season - July 2009 © Andrew Easton

KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Gorleston - 3rd (1 E), 6th (1 S), 9th (3 S), 14th (2 S), 19th (1 N, 3 S).

Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 2nd (2 N, 3 S), 4th (1 N, 2 S), 5th (1 S), 6th (1 N, 7 S), 7th (4 N, 6 S), 8th (5 N, 2 S), 9th (4 N, 4 S), 10th (4 N, 3 S), 11th (2 S), 12th (1 S), 13th (1 N, 3 S), 14th (2 S), 15th (1 N, 4 S), 16th (4 N, 5 S), 17th (1 N, 3 S), 18th (3 N, 31 S), 19th (2 N, 6 S), 20th (1 N, 6 S), 21st (2 N, 13 S), 22nd (2 N, 2 S), 24th (2 S), 25th (1 N, 4 S), 26th (1 N, 3 S), 27th (3 N, 2 S), 28th (1 N, 3 S), 29th (1 N, 5 S), 30th (1 N, 6 S), 31st (7 S).



SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis ****
Ness Point - 4th (3 S), 5th (4 N), 11th (4 N, 10 S), 12th (7 S including a juvenile), 26th (7 N, 5 S).
Gorleston - 6th (3 N), 7th (5 N), 9th (2 N), 12th (1 S), 15th (2 S), 16th (2 N, 5 S), 19th (5 N), 23rd (3 N, 1 S), 26th (3 N, 1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (1), 18th (10 on groynes), 29th (3 on groynes).
Kessingland - 1st (2 N, 6 S), 2nd (6 N, 3 S), 3rd (5 N, 30 S), 4th (3 N, 36 S), 5th (1 N, 26 S), 6th (4 N, 12 S), 7th (9 N, 53 S), 8th (16 N, 47 S), 9th (6 N, 61 S), 10th (21 N, 54 S), 11th (2 N, 43 S), 12th (13 N, 79 S), 13th (1 N, 29 S), 14th (2 N, 18 S), 15th (2 N, 6 S), 16th (7 N, 10 S), 17th (4 N, 24 S), 18th (5 N, 38 S), 19th (26 N, 27 S), 20th (9 N, 11 S), 21st (8 N, 22 S), 22nd (1 N, 42 S), 23rd (4 N, 17 S), 24th (2 N, 24 S), 25th (10 N, 26 S), 26th (13 S), 27th (8 N, 21 S), 28th (7 N, 9 S), 29th (2 N, 6 S), 30th (3 N, 7 S), 31st (3 S).



COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo ****
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (1), 16th (3 on groynes), 18th (135 on groynes plus large numbers feeding offshore), 21st (85 on groynes), 29th (142 on groynes), 31st (140 on groynes).
Gorleston - 7th (3 N), 9th (10 feeding at harbour mouth), 14th (2 S), 15th (11 flew in high from ENE), 19th (12 ads. + 6 juvs), 26th (12 feeding), 30th (15 feeding).
Ness Point - 11th (9 S including a juvenile), 12th (18 S including two juveniles), 26th (9 N, 39 S).
Kessingland sewage works - 14th (2), 27th (29 S).



'COMMIC' TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Kessingland - 1st (2 N, 3 S), 2nd (1 S), 3rd (6 N, 7 S), 4th (2 N, 3 S), 5th (1 N), 6th (2 S), 7th (2 N, 4 S), 8th (3 N, 3 S), 9th (4 N, 11 S), 10th (6 N, 9 S), 11th (7 N, 4 S), 12th (2 N, 8 S), 13th (8 N, 8 S), 14th (2 N, 7 S), 15th (1 S), 16th (16 S), 17th (9 N, 30 S), 18th (9 N, 100 S), 19th (21 N, 32 S), 20th (22 N, 26 S), 21st (18 N, 10 S), 22nd (10 S), 23rd (12 S), 24th (5 N, 16 S), 25th (3 N, 98 S), 26th (16 N, 2 S), 27th (17 N, 81 S, 20 feeding), 28th (37 N, 22 S, 20 feeding), 29th (6 N, 65 S), 30th (274 N, 86 S), 31st (10 N, 15 S).



LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons ****
Gorleston - 3rd (2 feeding in the bay), 9th (4 feeding at harbour mouth).
Kessingland - 1st (1 N,1 S), 2nd (18 N, 13 S), 3rd (8 N, 5 S), 4th (3 N, 7 S), 5th (7 N, 11 S), 6th (4 N, 20 S), 7th (8 N, 2 S), 8th (8 N, 2 S), 9th (3 N, 3 S, 60+ on the beach), 10th (1 N, 1 S), 11th (9 N, 3 S), 12th (3 N, 4 S), 13th (18 N, 1 S), 14th (28 N, 126 S), 15th (73 N, 132 N), 16th (22 N, 8 S), 17th (14 N, 75 S),18th (62 N, 194 S), 19th (6 N, 10 S), 20th (38 N, 23 S), 21st (3 N, 4 S), 22nd (16 N, 142 S, 43 feeding), 24th (2 N, 2 S), 25th (15 N, 4 S), 27th (31 N, 19 S), 28th (65 N, 109 S, 40 feeding), 29th (26 N, 105 S, 74 feeding), 30th (329 N, 253 S), 31st (4 N, 19 S, 23 feeding).
Lowestoft North Beach - 19th (3 N).
Ness Point - 26th (12 S).



BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger ****
Three flew south past Kessingland on the 19th, with two later returning north to feed offshore with other terns.



AUK sp. Alcidae
Kessingland - 8th (1 N).



TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur
One was singing at Mutford on the 2nd.
One was still singing near the golf driving range along Marsh Lane, Carlton Colville on the 6th.
One was seen at Beccles Marshes on the 14th.
One was at Haddiscoe Bridge, Norfolk on the 15th.
Three, including a still singing male, were near the golf driving range along Marsh Lane, Carlton Colville on the 16th.



BARN OWL Tyto alba ****
Three were hunting over the marshes along Breydon South Wall on the 19th.



LITTLE OWL Athene noctua ****
Two were seen together at Camps Heath on the 20th.



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



[ COCKATIEL Nymphicus hollandicus
A white Cockatiel was sharing a chimney stack in Raglan Street, Lowestoft with an adult and juvenile Herring Gull on the 6th. Surprisingly the gulls seemed quite indifferent to its presence. ]

Dunnock - Leathes Ham - July 2009 © Andrew Easton

This just out of the nest young Dunnock at Leathes Ham provided definitive proof of breeding for this species in tetrad G in the 10km square TM59 for the BTO Atlas. Anyone can help with this project, visit the BTO Atlas website to see how easily you can enter your sightings online, or on paper forms if you wish, to help build up new maps of the breeding and wintering distribution of birds in the United Kingdom.

SWIFT Apus apus
A flock off 100+ drifted south over Lound waterworks on the 16th.
57 drifted south over Kessingland sewage works early morning on the 27th.



KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis ****
One was at Leathes Ham on the 18th.
Breydon South Wall - 25th (1).



GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis ****
Two were at Whites Lane, Kessingland on the 16th.



SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Kessingland sewage works - 7th (4).



SWALLOW Hirundo rustica ****
Ness Point - 4th (2 S).
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (4), 14th (6), 22nd (2), 27th (3).
Marsh Lane, Carlton Colville - 16th (c.40).
Beccles Marshes - 24th (20+).



HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (5), 7th (6), 14th (12), 22nd (4), 27th (15).



NIGHTINGALE Luscinia megarhynchos
One was seen briefly at Mutford on the 3rd. So far the only one reported locally this year.



CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (1), 7th (2), 14th (1), 27th (4).
Mutford - 5th (1).



SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (2), 7th (3), 14th (4), 22nd (3).



REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus ****
Lound waterworks - 4th (pair feeding young).
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (6), 7th (6+), 14th (7+), 22nd (5).

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), 7th (2), 14th (1).
Gunton Warren - 17th (1).



COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (7), 7th (8), 14th (9), 27th (5+).
Gunton Warren - 19th (1 singing).



GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (1), 14th (1).



BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (7), 7th (3), 14th (5), 22nd (2), 27th (3).

White Admiral - Mutford Big Wood - June 2009 © Stuart Reeves

CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita ****
Kessingland sewage works - 2nd (5), 14th (6), 21st (10).
Gunton Warren - 19th (1 singing).



SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
Just to the south of our area a pair are around Benacre Hall.
One adult at least was still at Rookery Park golf course on the 6th.
Four were still at Rookery Park golf course on the 16th.

Spotted Flycatcher - Mutford - 2009 © Colin Carter A few pairs are hanging on locally, but hard to find nowadays.

NUTHATCH Sitta europaea ****
One was at Mutford Big Wood on the 27th. Maybe the same one seen there last December and January.
A very rare sight in Lizard Land nowadays unfortunately.



SISKIN Carduelis spinus
One male was seen at Waveney Forest on the 12th.



COMMON CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra ****
One flew over Oulton Broad on the 10th.
Two flew over Ashby on the 11th.
Ten flew west over Caldecott Road, Oulton Broad on the 20th.
Five were feeding in an Oak at Lound waterworks on the 22nd.



BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Mutford - 3rd to 5th
Lound waterworks - 5th (1).



YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella****
Gunton Warren - 19th (1 singing).

Links for local bird news Birdline East Anglia - Suffolk July 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. Norfolk Hawkers were also seen at Rushmere on the 3rd, and around Mutford on the 4th. Brown and Southern Hawkers were also flying on the 4th and 5th.

White Admiral butterflies were on the wing at Mutford Wood on the 4th and at Lound waterworks on the 5th, and four were seen in Waveney Forest on the 12th. Small Skipper, Brown Argus and Ringlet butterflies were also present in good numbers at Lound waterworks.

Essex Skippers were seen along Breydon South Wall on the 11th. Lots of Small Skippers were around Lowestoft North Denes on the 13th, along with Meadow Browns and Six-spot Burnet moths.

An obliging Hummingbird Hawk-moth was soaking up the sun on the boardwalk near the pond at Corton new sewage works on the 5th, and Small Red-eyed Damselflies were seen at the pond itself.

Several moths, probably Silver Y's were arriving in off the sea at Lowestoft on the morning of the 5th, one of which was grabbed by a Swift just before it reached the coast.

An Elephant Hawk-moth was at the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School playing field on the 10th.

A very tame Water Shrew was showing well at Lound waterworks on the 7th.

A Hummingbird Hawk-moth was in a garden at St. Olaves on the 15th.

A Clouded Yellow butterfly was seen along the South Wall at Breydon on the 22nd, and another was seen alongside the river Waveney at North Cove on the 23rd.

100+ Painted Ladies, 50+ Commas and 20+ Peacock butterflies were noted at Beccles Marshes on the 24th, along with a Scarce Chaser.

Brown Argus - Lound water works - July 2009 © Ricky Fairhead

GREY SEAL
Ness Point - 5th (1), 19th (1).
Kessingland - 7th (1), 8th (1), 9th (1), 10th (2), 12th (1), 14th (1), 17th (1), 18th (1), 19th (1), 20th (1), 22nd (2), 23rd (1), 26th (1), 27th (1).
Gorleston - 31st (2).


COMMON SEAL
Ness Point - 5th (1), 26th (1).


HARBOUR PORPOISE
Ness Point - 5th (3+), 17th (1), 19th (4+), 26th (1), 28th (2).
Gorleston - 7th (1), 16th (1).
Kessingland - 6th (1 N), 7th (1 S), 15th (2 S), 16th (2 N), 21st (2 N), 24th (1 N), 28th (1 S), 29th (1 S).
Gunton Beach - 30th (2).

Hummingbird Hawk-moth - Corton new sewage works - July 2009 © Rob Wilton