Lowestoft Bird News - August 2009



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Fulmar - Lowestoft © Andrew Easton.
Seawatching season is fast approaching.

As always a big thanks to all those who contribute to these pages.

A RED-BACKED SHRIKE was at Kessingland/Benacre Sluice on the 25th. The final week of August has seen an increase in migrants passing through despite the persistent westerly winds! A WOOD WARBLER, RED KITE and two TREE SPARROWS were seen on the 29th. Three TREE SPARROWS were seen on the 30th and 31st. Two RUDDY SHELDUCK were seen at Lound waterworks on the 29th.

Fortunately we didn't miss anything whilst on the Waveney Bird Club seabird, whale and dolphin mini cruise from Portsmouth to Bilbao and back this week ! An account of this very successful voyage will appear on their website soon.

UPDATED: 21:20 September 1st.

GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
Ness Point - 1st (1 S), 10th (1 N).
Kessingland - 14th (1 S).

FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis ****
Kessingland - 7th (1 S), 12th (1 N), 16th (1 N), 18th (2 N), 25th (1 N), 26th (1 N), 27th (1 N, 3 S), 28th (1 N), 30th (1 N, 1 S), 31st (1 S).
Lowestoft North Denes - 8th (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 15th (1 S).
Gorleston - 23rd (1 N).

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

CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo ****
Ness Point - 1st (17 in off from the south-east).
Gorleston - 3rd (1 SW), 8th (7 in off), 16th (2 N).
Kessingland - 3rd (1 N), 4th (2 S), 5th (8 S), 8th (2 S), 9th (2 S), 10th (2 N), 13th (1 S), 19th (1 S), 20th (1 S), 21st (1 S), 22nd (3 S), 23rd (3 S), 25th (1 S), 26th (1 N), 28th (1 N), 30th (3 N).
Leathes Ham - 8th (13), 16th (15), 22nd (18), 23rd (15), 29th (24).
Corton - 9th (1 N), 31st (1 SE, 1 on groynes).
A Dutch colour ringed individual was still visiting Leathes Ham up to the 31st.

LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta ****
Breydon South Wall - 1st (12).
Leathes Ham - 22nd and 23rd (1).
Fisher Row, Oulton - 31st (1).

GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
Breydon South Wall - 1st (6).
Leathes Ham - 26th (1).

Little Gull - Links Road car park - August 2009 © Derek Beamish

EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus ****
Two were at Leathes Ham on the 2nd.
Breydon South Wall - 1st (4).
Burgh Castle - 23rd (2).
Lound waterworks - 30th (14).

RUDDY SHELDUCK Tadorna ferruginea ****
One flew south past Hopton on the evening of the 12th.
Two were at Lound waterworks on the 29th.

[ PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus ****
One with a drooping left wing was on the Norfolk bank of the Waveney at Burgh Castle on the 31st. ]

SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna ****
Gorleston - 7th (7 juveniles flew south).
Ness Point - 11th (2 S), 13th (7 S).
Kessingland - 8th (1 S), 17th (1 N), 19th (2 S), 20th (3 S), 21st (9 S), 29th (1 N), 31st (3 N, 2 S).

WIGEON Anas penelope
Leathes Ham - 9th (1), 11th (1), 31st (1).

GADWALL Anas strepera ****
Leathes Ham - 6th (9), 11th (15).
Kessingland - 27th (2 S).
Ness Point - 31st (2 S).

TEAL Anas crecca ****
Ness Point - 1st (13 S), 5th (9 S), 10th (7 S), 11th (7 S).
Gorleston - 2nd (2 S), 23rd (13 S).
Kessingland - 1st (4 S), 5th (11 S), 6th (52 S), 7th (19 S), 8th (7 S), 13th (1 S), 15th (1 S), 19th (18 S), 20th (85 S), 21st (5 S), 22nd (21 S), 23rd (2 S), 24th (31 S), 25th (24 S), 31st (4 S).
Leathes Ham - 16th (2), 23rd (1), 26th (4), 31st (2).
Corton - 31st (4 S).

PINTAIL Anas acuta ****
Four flew south past Kessingland on the 20th.
One was at Leathes Ham on the 27th.

SHOVELER Anas clypeata ****
Leathes Ham - 5th (2), 6th (3), 14th (3), 16th (7), 22nd (7).
Kessingland - 20th (3 S), 25th (2 S).

TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
Leathes Ham - 2nd (1), 5th (1), 8th (1), 9th (1), 13th (1), 14th (1).
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 7th (1 N), 9th (1 S).
Ness Point - 31st (1 S).

COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Ness Point - 1st (30 S), 4th (12 S), 9th (12 S, 4 on the sea).
Gorleston - 1st (5 S), 8th (13 on the sea).
Kessingland - 1st (3 S, 6 on sea), 2nd (23 N), 4th (2 S), 5th (3 N, 113 S, 28 on sea), 6th (18 S, 21 on sea), 7th (1 N), 8th (4 on sea), 9th (2 on sea), 10th (4 N, 5 on sea), 13th (2 on sea), 14th (4 N, 12 on sea), 15th (1 S), 24th (7 S), 25th (2 S).

RED KITE Milvus milvus ****
One was seen at Hulver at 16.00 on the 29th, it drifted from Mutford towards Hulver before changing direction towards Ellough.

MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Breydon South Wall - 1st (1).
Barsham Drain - 24th (1).

COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo ****
One very tatty adult at Mutford on the 2nd was being mobbed by an equally tatty Carrion Crow.
One was seen at Pakefield on the 2nd.
One was flying eastward over the River Hundred at Hulver on the 11th.
One very pale individual was seen at Corton on the 29th.

HOBBY Falco subbuteo ****
One flew westward over Bosquet Close, Lowestoft on the 1st.
One was seen at Beccles Marshes on the 2nd.
One flew over Chestnut Avenue, Oulton Broad on the 2nd.
One flew north at Burgh Castle on the 16th.
One flew over Clarkson Road, Oulton Broad on the 19th.
One was at Barsham Drain on the 24th.
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 25th.
One flew southward over the Denes Oval on the 28th.
One was hunting over the fields near Radar Lodge, Corton on the 29th.
One was at Fisher Row on the 30th.
One was at Lound waterworks on the 30th.
Three were at Herringfleet Marshes on the 31st.
One was at Broadland Sands, Corton on the 31st.

Oystercatchers & Knot - Ness Point - August 2009 © Andrew Easton

[ COMMON CRANE Grus grus ****
Two adults were just outside Lizard Land on the 31st at Berney Marshes RSPB, Norfolk; but visible from Burgh Castle. One of them was a leucistic individual with the normally grey body feathers replaced with white ones instead, but with the wing coverts a piebald mixture of white, and the more normal grey feathers. A very striking individual. ]

OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus ****
Gorleston - 1st (2 S), 2nd (1 S), 4th (2 S, 5th (1 S).
Ness Point - 1st (1 N, 22 S), 4th (18 S), 5th (3 S), 8th (6 S), 9th (6 S), 10th (4 S), 11th (1 S), 15th (2 S), 22nd (2), 27th (1), 28th (1), 29th (1), 31st (3 on point, 1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (3 S), 4th (5 S), 5th (3 S).
Kessingland - 1st (16 S), 2nd (2 N, 2 S), 3rd (2 N, 8 S), 4th (6 S), 5th (8 S), 6th (2 S), 7th (16 S),8th (2 N, 10 S), 9th (6 S), 10th (2 S), 12th (5 S), 13th (1 N, 2 S), 14th (6 S), 17th (5 N, 18 S), 18th (8 S), 20th (2 S), 22nd (1 S), 23rd (2 S), 24th (1 S), 25th (4 S), 26th (12 S), 28th (7 S), 29th (5 S), 30th (1 S).
Corton - 9th (4 S), 22nd (1 on groynes).

AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta
Breydon South Wall - 16th (40 flew west).
Burgh Castle - 23rd (26).

GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Burgh Castle Flats - 2nd (1).
Kessingland - 3rd (2 S), 4th (6 S), 5th (1 S), 6th (1 S), 14th (1 S), 18th (1 S), 19th (2 S).

GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Ness Point - 1st (2 S), 9th (1 N), 14th (1 S), 24th (1 S), 31st (2 S).
Kessingland - 1st (5 S), 2nd (2 S), 4th (28 S), 5th (35 S), 6th (2 S), 10th (1 S), 14th (1 S), 18th (6 S), 19th (5 S), 20th (7 S), 22nd (1 S), 23rd (7 S), 24th (8 S), 26th (2 S), 31st (1 S).

Curlew Sandpiper - Breydon South Flats- August 2009 © Andrew Easton

RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula ****
Ness Point - 1st (2 S), 4th (4 S), 10th (2 S), 15th (1 S).
Gorleston Pier - 1st (1), 3rd (1 S), 12th (1), 30th (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 7th (2), 17th (1).
Breydon South Wall - 16th (24).
Kessingland - 9th (2 N), 12th (3 S), 15th (2 S), 17th (1 S), 18th (6 S), 22nd (3 S), 24th (1 S), 25th (5 S), 27th (6 S).

KNOT Calidris canutus
Ness Point - 1st (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (2 S).
Gorleston - 3rd (3 S).
Kessingland - 16th (1 S), 18th (8 S), 20th (1 S), 25th (25 S), 31st (1 S).
Breydon South Flats - 30th (3).

SANDERLING Calidris alba
Ness Point - 1st (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (2).

CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea ****
Breydon South Flats - 29th (6), 30th (5).

Purple Sandpiper - Ness Point - August 2009 © Andrew Easton
The non-purple breeding plumage !

PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
One was at Ness Point on the 2nd to 4th.

DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Ness Point - 1st (4 S), 10th (2 S), 12th (13 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (3), 3rd (2), 4th (4), 5th (5), 6th (3), 8th (1), 9th (2).
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 5th (3 S), 6th (4 S), 12th (3 N), 17th (1 S).
Breydon South Wall - 16th (30).
Leathes Ham - 22nd (1).
Fisher Row -30th (1).

COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago ****
Leathes Ham - 23rd (3), 24th (3), 25th (3), 26th (2), 27th (3), 28th (3), 31st (2).
Fisher Row -31st (1).

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa
Three flew south past Kessingland on the 4th.
Breydon South Flats - 16th (1).
Burgh Castle - 23rd (3).

BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Ness Point - 1st (3 S), 4th (11 S).
Kessingland - 1st (4 S), 2nd (1 S), 4th (3 S), 5th (16 S), 6th (4 S), 7th (1 N), 14th (2 S).

WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
Ness Point - 1st (14 S), 4th (6 S).
Burgh Castle Flats - 2nd (12).
Lowestoft North Beach - 4th (1 S).
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 2nd (1 S), 3rd (2 S), 5th (4 S), 6th (2 S), 8th (1 N, 1 S), 12th (1 S), 13th (1 S), 18th (1 S), 21st (1 S), 23rd (1 S), 25th (1 N, 14 S), 26th (1 S), 28th (2 S).
Corton - 8th (1 S).
Beccles - 6th (1), 11th (1).
Stevens Street, Lowestoft - 14th (2 N).
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (1).

CURLEW Numenius arquata
Breydon South Flats - 1st (6).
Beccles Marshes - 2nd (1).
Kessingland - 1st (5 S), 3rd (13 S), 4th (22 S), 5th (2 S), 6th (1 S), 12th (5 S), 15th (1 S), 17th (2 S), 18th (1 S), 20th (1 S), 27th (1 S).
Burgh Castle - 23rd (15).
Kessingland sewage works - 25th (4).

An old postcard view looking north across Lowestoft North Denes in the 1920's. The Warren House cottages are visible in the left of the picture behind the slope of Links Road.

SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus ****
Burgh Castle - 23rd (1).
Breydon South Flats - 30th (1).
Fisher Row, Oulton - 31st (1).

REDSHANK Tringa totanus ****
Ness Point - 1st (2 S), 29th (1 S), 31st (3 in off).
Leathes Ham - 7th (1), 23rd (1), 24th (1), 25th (1).
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 4th (1 S), 5th (1 S), 9th (1 N), 24th (1 S).
Gorleston - 23rd (11 S).
Burgh Castle - 23rd (30.
Corton - 31st (1 on groynes).

GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
Breydon South Flats - 2nd (1).
Kessingland - 4th (2 S).
Burgh Castle - 23rd (1).

GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus ****
Two flew off south from Leathes Ham on the 9th.
Two were at Breydon South Wall marshes on the 16th.
One was at Leathes Ham on the 16th.
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 20th.
One was at Fisher Row, Oulton on the 30th, with two there on the 31st.

WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola ****
One flew north at Kessingland Sluice on the 25th.

COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos ****
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (3), 5th (1).
Leathes Ham - 2nd (1), 3rd (1), 5th (2), 6th (1), 7th (1), 8th (1), 22nd (1), 23rd (1), 24th (1), 25th (1), 26th (1), 27th (1), 28th (2).
Puddingmoor, Beccles - 5th (1 on the riverbank), 9th (1 on the riverbank).
Gorleston Pier - 6th & 7th (1), 25th (2), 29th (flock of 20 S).
Corton - 8th (1), 9th (1), 22nd (4 on groynes), 29th (1), 30th (1 flew inland across the coast road), 31st (1 on groynes).
Beccles - 11th (1 on the riverbank).
Ness Point - 13th (flock of 32 south).
Lound waterworks - 13th (flock of 6).
Burgh Castle - 16th (3).
Corton new sewage works - 29th (1).
Kessingland - 29th (2 S).
Fisher Row, Oulton - 31st (1).

TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres ****
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (12), 2nd (7), 3rd (14), 4th (12), 5th (22 including a "new" Dutch colour ringed bird), 6th (16), 7th (19), 8th (12), 9th (15), 14th (5), 15th (8 including the returning Dutch colour ringed bird from the previous two winters), 16th (19 including the regular Dutch colour ringed bird), 17th (9), 27th (12 including the regular Dutch colour ringed bird).
Ness Point - 4th (4 S), 9th (1 S).
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 3rd (1 S), 11th (7 S).
Corton - 31st (3).

ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 2nd (3 N), 7th (1 S), 13th (1 flew north then sat on sea), 29th (1 N).
Gorleston - 6th (1 flew north then sat on sea), 21st (1 N).
Ness Point - 11th (2 flew north together).

GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua****
One was lingering offshore from Kessingland on the 30th.

MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus ****
Ness Point - 1st (1 juvenile moulting to first winter plumage), 11th (1 green ringed adult).
Corton - 8th (1 S), 9th (1 ad S, 1 first summer N), 31st (1 S).
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 5th (1 N), 13th (1 S), 14th (1 N), (1 N), 29th (2 S), 30th (1 S).
Gunton Warren - 8th (7 S).
Gorleston Pier - 12th (1), 21st (1 juv. N), 23rd (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 15th (1 adult S), 23rd (1 adult S).

LITTLE GULL Hydrocoloeus minutus
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (1 adult on groynes), 8th (2), 9th (1).
Links Road Car Park - 7th (3).
Kessingland - 2nd (1 N), 4th (1 S), 6th (2 on sea), 7th (1 N).
Gorleston Pier - 23rd (1 juv. S).

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis ****
The regular adult was at Links Road car park on the 1st and on the Denes Oval and along Lowestoft North Beach on the 2nd to 29th.
A juvenile was on the groynes along Lowestoft North Beach on the 2nd.
A long staying adult was still around the Gorleston Harbour mouth area on the 3rd, 4th and 6th.
A different adult was around Gorleston Harbour mouth area on the 26th, 27th and 30th.

Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull - Lowestoft North Beach - August 2009 © Andrew Easton
Rather smarter that the regular tatty adult.

KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla ****
Gorleston - 3rd (14 S), 4th (7 S), 5th (2 S), 8th (3 S), 25th (1 S).
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 2nd (1 N, 2 S), 3rd (1 N, 15 S), 4th (2 S), 5th (11 S), 6th (3 N, 3 S), 7th (4 N, 5 S), 8th (1 N, 3 S), 9th (1 S), 11th (2 N, 2 S), 12th (1 N), 13th (6 N), 15th (2 S), 16th (7 S), 17th (1 N, 6 S), 18th (2 S), 20th (1 S), 21st (1 S), 22nd (1 N, 2 S), 24th (1 S), 25th (1 S), 29th (1 S), 31st (1 S).
Corton - 9th (31 S), 22nd (3 S).

SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis ****
Ness Point - 1st (5 S), 13th (1 N), 31st (3 S).
Gorleston - 2nd (1 N), 6th (2 N), 8th (1 N), 21st (2 N), 23rd (1 S), 25th (3 S), 26th (4 N), 29th (2 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (80 on groynes), 15th (1 S), 24th (1).
Kessingland - 1st (3 N, 5 S), 2nd (4 N, 1 S), 3rd (2 N, 3 S), 5th (2 S), 6th (14 N, 17 S), 7th (2 N, 5 S), 8th (7 N, 5 S), 9th (3 N, 1 S), 10th (6 N, 2 S), 11th (1 N), 12th (1 N, 1 S), 13th (1 N), 14th (1 N), 15th (2 N, 2 S), 16th (1 S), 17th (5 N), 18th (1 N), 19th (1 N), 20th (6 N, 3 S), 21st (4 N), 22nd (2 S), 24th (4 N, 1 S), 27th (1 S), 28th (1 S), 30th (3 S).
Corton - 31st (1 on groynes).

ROSEATE TERN Sterna dougalli
An adult flew in and rested on the groynes along Lowestoft North Beach on the early morning of the 8th. It later flew back out to sea to feed.
Another adult was on the groynes along Lowestoft North Beach on the early morning of the 15th. This one retained longer tail streamers and had less visible black in the primaries. It later flew south.

Roseate Tern - Lowestoft North Beach - August 2009 © James Brown

COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo ****
Gorleston - 1st (6 N), 2nd (12 N), 3rd (6 N, 2 S), 4th (2 N, 15 S), 5th (4 N, 10 S), 6th (70+ N), 7th (90 N, 30 S), 8th (5 N, 10 S, 10 at harbour mouth), 31st (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 2nd (128 on groynes), 3rd (124 on groynes + many more feeding offshore), 5th (60+ on the groynes), 10th (89 0n the groynes), 31st (8 S).
Kessingland - 1st (18 N, 14 S), 2nd (13 N, 148 S, 10 feeding), 3rd (21 N, 28 S), 4th (2 N, 20 S), 5th (12 N, 78 S), 6th (13 N, 94 S), 7th (16 N, 129 S, 11 feeding), 8th (6 N, 27 S), 9th (18 N, 5 S), 10th (8 N, 15 S), 11th (19 N), 12th (7 N, 22 S), 13th (6 N, 36 S), 14th (17 N, 6 S), 15th (5 N, 20 S), 16th (13 N, 8 S), 17th (16 N, 4 S), 18th (11 N, 42 S), 19th (14 N, 13 S), 20th (5 N, 21 S), 21st (8 N, 3 S), 22nd (10 N, 3 S), 23rd (4 N, 3 S), 24th (3 S), 25th (1 N, 1 S),26th (1 S), 27th (3 N, 1 S), 28th (1 N, 9 S), 29th (8 N, 11 S), 30th (5 N, 1 S), 31st (1 N).
Corton - 9th (40 S), 22nd (4 S), 31st ( 5 on groynes).
Lake Lothing - 14th (3 S).

ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea
One was on the groynes along Lowestoft North Beach on the 7th.
One was seen off Gorleston Pier on the 12th.
One juvenile was on the groynes along Lowestoft North Beach on the 17th.

Juvenile Arctic Tern - Lowestoft North Beach - August 2009 © Andrew Easton

LITTLE TERN Sterna albifrons ****
Ness Point - 4th (3 S), 7th (1 N).
Kessingland - 1st (17 N, 82 S), 2nd (12 N, 2 S), 3rd (1 N, 1 S), 4th (19 N, 107 S), 5th (35 N, 24 S), 6th (8 N, 5 S), 7th (7 N, 1 S), 8th (3 N), 9th (5 S), 14th (1 N).
Gorleston - 23rd (1 S), 25th (7 S).

BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger ****
Kessingland - 1st (2 feeding), 2nd (1 S), 6th (2 S), 24th (1 S), 30th (1 N).

'COMMIC' TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Corton - 22nd (20 S).
Gorleston - 25th (70 S), 29th (50 S).
Ness Point - 31st (46 S).

AUK sp. Alcidae ****
Ness Point - 31st (1 N).
Large numbers of auks were seen from a cruise ship well offshore of Pakefield in mid August.

TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur
One was still singing near the golf driving range along Marsh Lane, Carlton Colville on the 17th and 19th, with two there on the 23rd.

CUCKOO Cuculus canorus ****
One juvenile was flying around at Carlton Marshes on the 1st and 3rd.
One flew over Chestnut Avenue, Oulton Broad on the 2nd.
One was along the cliff at Kessingland Beach on the 12th.
One was at Marsh Lane, Carlton Colville on the 23rd.
One was chased around the net posts on the North Denes by a Sparrowhawk on the 30th.
One was also seen at Links Road on the 30th.

BARN OWL Tyto alba
Two were at Carlton Marshes on the 16th.

TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
One was calling near Hulver on the 12th.

SWIFT Apus apus ****
Still present over Lowestoft on the 1st and 2nd, but many seemed to have departed by the 3rd. .
Gorleston (Cliff Hill) - 6th (3).
Lowestoft North Denes - 8th (30+ mostly adults collecting food), 15th (1), 16th (1), 18th (18 S), 29th (1), 31st (10).
Kessingland sewage works - 11th (7), 25th (1).
Leathes Ham - 14th (6), 28th (7).
Corton - 23rd (2), 29th (6).
Hulver - 29th (1).
Gorleston - 29th (5 S).
Oulton Broad - 30th (2).
One was still visiting a nest in a roof along Hall Road, Oulton on the 31st.

KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Leathes Ham - 2nd (1), 8th (1), 12th (1), 13th (1).
Fisher Row - 16th (1), 30th (2), 31st (2).
One was trapped and ringed at Kessingland sewage works on the 20th.
Breydon South Wall - 22nd (1).
Barsham Drain - 24th (1).
Lound waterworks - 30th (2), 31st (3 together).

GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
One was along "Flycatcher Alley" behind the Denes Oval on the 19th.

Woodpigeon nest - Sparrows Nest - August 2009 © Andrew Easton

Although the breeding season period for the BTO Atlas is now over you can still submit "out of season" confirmed breeding species via Roving Records. The Woodpigeon nest pictured above, found in Sparrows Nest on August 16th, was submitted online as an Occupied Nest. This upgraded the breeding status level for that tetrad from probable to confirmed.

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.

[ COCKATIEL Nymphicus hollandicus
One was flying around Lowestoft North Denes on the 17th. ]

SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia ****
Corton - 8th (100+ still hanging around their colony and perched on the fence at Radar Lodge), 22nd (20), 23rd (30+).
Lowestoft North Denes - 9th (5 S).
Kessingland sewage works - 11th (7), 20th (5).

SWALLOW Hirundo rustica ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (14), 11th (5), 20th (15), 25th (25).
Lowestoft North Denes - 13th (5 S), 18th (12 S), 25th (20 S).
Barsham Drain - 24th (20).

HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (10), 11th (50), 20th (30), 25th (10).
Barsham Drain - 24th (80).
Lowestoft North Denes - 25th (1 S).

YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava ****
One flew westward over Leathes Ham on the 24th.
One was at Corton new sewage works on the 24th.
One flew southward over the Denes Oval on the 28th.
Three were at the Denes Oval on the 31st.

WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra ****
Three were at Corton old sewage works on the 24th.
Three were at Lowestoft North Denes on the 24th.
One was at Radar Lodge, Corton on the 29th.
One was at Kirkley Cemetery on the 30th.
One was at Radar Lodge, Corton on the 31st.

STONECHAT Saxicola torquata ****
One was at Lowestoft North Denes on the 24th, with another there on the 31st.

WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe ****
The first ones of the autumn were single birds along the clifftops at Corton, and one at Lowestoft North Denes on the 8th. Only in the last week of the month did numbers begin to pick up though.

WHEATEAR	8th	9th	10th	15th	16th	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st
Hopton (Potter's Field)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-
Radar Lodge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1
*Broadland Sands (Corton)*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Corton old sewage works	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	4	1	1
Gunton Warren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Gunton (Dip Farm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Lowestoft North Denes	1	-	-	1	1	1	4	5	4	4	4	4	1	2
*Barnards Meadow*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
*Fisher Row*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
*Oulton Broad*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Kessingland Beach	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	2	2	2	1	1	2	5	8	4	4	4	17	11	6

FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
The first returning bird of the Autumn was at Beccles Marshes on the 13th.

CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (1), 11th (2), 20th (1), 25th (1).
Beccles (River Waveney) - 13th (1).
Breydon South Wall - 16th (1).
Fisher Row, Oulton - 30th (3).
Herringfleet Marshes - 31st (2).

GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
Carlton Marshes - 3rd (1), 4th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 11th (1 trapped and ringed).

SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (2), 11th (1), 20th (3), 25th (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 22nd (1 was along the seawall).
Lowestoft North Denes - 30th (1).

REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (14), 11th (5), 25th (1).
Burgh Castle - 23rd (1).

LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (1), 11th (1), 20th (1), 25th (4).
Hulver - 13th (1).
Marsh Lane, Carlton Colville - 17th (2).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 23rd (1), 29th (1), 31st (1).
Hopton disused railtrack - 29th (1).

COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (10), 11th (4), 20th (5).
Corton old sewage works - 8th (3).
Corton disused railtrack - 8th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 8th (10), 16th (8+), 25th (1), 26th (5), 29th (5), 30th (4), 31st (10).
Leathes Ham - 15th (1).
Kessingland Sluice - 25th (1).
Hopton disused railtrack - 29th (5), 30th (4).
Radar Lodge, Corton - 31st (1).

GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (1), 20th (2).
Gunton Cliff - 16th (1), 26th (1), 31st (1).

BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (3), 11th (4), 20th (3), 25th (5).
Corton disused railtrack - 8th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 8th (3), 9th (3+),16th (4+), 26th (3), 29th (2), 30th (1), 31st (2).
Beccles Common - 18th (5).
Hopton disused railtrack - 29th (1).

WOOD WARBLER Phylloscopus sibilatrix ****
One was seen along the slope of Gunton Cliff early morning on the 29th.

CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (1), 20th (4), 25th (2).
Leathes Ham - 9th (2+), 23rd (1), 24th (1), 27th (1), 31st (1).
Hulver - 15th (1).
Corton new sewage works - 23rd (1).
Tonning Street, Lowestoft - 24th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 29th (1), 30th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 29th (6).

WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus ****
Kessingland sewage works - 3rd (3), 11th (1), 20th (1), 25th (1).
Ness Point/Birds Eye car park - 8th (3).
Corton new sewage works - 8th (2), 23rd (2).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 8th (3), 16th (2+), 26th (3), 29th (6), 31st (4).
Leathes Ham - 9th (2+).
Hulver - 15th (1).
Kessingland Beach - 25th (1).
Hopton - 29th (1).
Gunton Warren - 30th (2).

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata ****
A juvenile was at Beccles Marsh Trail lakes on the 13th.
One was in a garden at Hulver on the 15th.
One was along Gunton Cliff on the 16th.
A pair and at least one juvenile were seen near Barsham Drain on the 24th.
One was along Gunton Cliff on the 29th.
One was at St. Michaels Church, Oulton on the 30th.
One was at Corton old sewage works on the 31st.

PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca ****
One was trapped and ringed at Kessingland sewage works on the 20th.
One was in a garden in Tonning Street, Lowestoft, on the 24th.
A second individual was trapped and ringed at Kessingland sewage works on the 25th.

TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
One was at The Dell, Beccles on the 4th.
One was along Corton disused railtrack on the 8th.

Red-backed Shrike - Kessingland - August 2009 © Andrew Easton

This bird seemed to have missed part of its training to be a shrike, as it visibly flinched and ducked when a bumble bee flew past it rather than flying after this decent sized meal !

RED-BACKED SHRIKE Lanius collurio ****
A juvenile was frequenting the scrub to the north of the Hundred River at Kessingland/Benacre Sluice on the 25th.

HOODED x CARRION CROW Corvus cornix x Corvus corone ****
Three were at Burgh Castle on the 31st.

TREE SPARROW Passer montanus ****
Two were seen on the 29th, one was along Hopton disused railtrack and the other was at the net posts on Lowestoft North Denes.
On the 30th two flew in and settled on Gunton Cliff to feast on blackberries for a few minute before continuing southwards.
Also on the 30th one was with House Sparrows at Arnolds Walk.
On the 31st three were feeding together around the net posts on the North Denes.

An encouraging sign of continued slow recovery given the lack of autumn passage birds of this species for several years.

LINNET Carduelis cannabina ****
Broadland Sands, Corton - 31st (2).

BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
A pair with recently fledged young were at Leathes Ham on the 9th.

NON-BIRD NEWS

GREY SEAL
Lowestoft North Beach - 3rd (1).
Ness Point - 4th (1).
Gorleston - 5th (1).
Kessingland - 1st (1), 2nd (1), 3rd (1), 10th (1), 12th (2), 13th (1), 20th (1), 22nd (1), 23rd (1), 27th (1), 28th (1).

COMMON SEAL
Lowestoft North Beach - 9th (1).
Ness Point - 16th &17th (1 youngster on the jetty).

HARBOUR PORPOISE
Ness Point - 4th (1), 13th (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 10th (2).
Kessingland - 8th (3 feeding), 12th (1 N), 19th (1 S), 21st (1 S), 31st (1 feeding).

WATER VOLE
Leathes Ham - 14th (2 together).

Adonis' and 7 Spot Ladybirds © Andrew Easton

More Ladybirds were arriving along the coast on the afternoon of the 15th, whether from inland with the wind behind them, or in off the sea against the wind we don't know. Most of them, as previously, were 7 Spots but a further five species were noted on the seawall at Ness Point: 2 Spot, 11 Spot, 14 Spot, Adonis' and Harlequin.

Three Wasp Spiders were seen at Herringfleet Hills on the 31st.