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Wheatear - Lowestoft - August 2009 © Andrew Easton. Seawatching season is fast approaching. As always a big thanks to all those who contribute to these pages.

A JACK SNIPE was at Fritton Marshes on the 30th, and four BRAMBLING were at Fisher Row the same day. A YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER was at Kessingland sewage works on the 25th, and at least two different GLOSSY IBIS were seen at Breydon Water on the 25th to 27th. Single SOOTY and BALEARIC SHEARWATERS were seen at Kessingland on the 24th. The ORTOLAN remained at Corton up to the 23rd, a GLOSSY IBIS flew out to sea over Kessingland on the 21st , and a YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER was at Hopton the same day. UPDATED: 18:45 October 4th.

RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 5th (1 S), 6th (1 S), 8th (1 N), 9th (2 N), 10 (1 S), 11th (1 N), 12th (1 S), 13th (1 N), 14th (2 N), 15th (1 N, 2 S), 16th (4 N, 2 S), 17th (4 N, 3 S, 1 on sea), 18th (8 N, 2 S), 19th (1 N), 20th (2 N, 1 S), 21st (1 N, 1 S), 22nd (2 N, 1 on sea), 23rd (3 N), 24th (1 N, 3 S, 1 on sea), 25th (3 N, 4 S), 26th (2 N, 12 S), 27th (5 N, 2 S, 1 on sea), 28th (11 N, 3 S, 1 on sea), 29th (4 N, 5 S, 4 on sea), 30th (4 N, 22 S, 9 on sea).
Ness Point - 6th (1 N, 4 S), 7th (6 N, 2S), 9th (2 N), 10th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 13th (1 N), 14th (4 N, 4 S), 15th (5), 16th (6 N), 17th (2 N), 27th (1 N).
Corton - 10th (1 S), 13th (1 N, 3 S), 14th (3), 27th (1 S, 2 on the sea).
Gorleston - 13th (2 N, 2 S), 15th (2 N).
Gunton Warren - 28th (1 on the sea).
Lowestoft South Beach - 30th (1 on the sea).



BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica
Kessingland - 13th (1 N, 1 S), 23rd (1 N).
Lowestoft North Beach - 13th (1 N).



GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer
Kessingland - 7th (1 N then north past Ness Point shortly afterwards).
Corton - 13th (1 N).



GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
One flew south past Corton on the 4th.
Breydon South Wall - 26th (1).
Kessingland - 26th (1 N).



FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
Ness Point - 3rd (1 N), 4th (1 S), 6th (1 S), 14th (2 N), 15th (2 N).
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 9th (1 N), 12th (1 N), 14th (2 N), 16th (2 N).
Corton - 14th (1).
Gorleston - 15th (4 N).



SOOTY SHEARWATER Puffinus griseus
Two flew north together past Ness Point on the afternoon of the 5th.
Two flew north together past Ness Point on the morning of the 6th.
Eight flew north past Ness Point on the morning of the 14th.
Four flew north past Kessingland on the 14th.
One flew north past Gorleston Pier on the morning of the 15th.
Three flew north past Kessingland on the morning of the 15th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the morning of the 15th.
Three flew north together past Ness Point at 09:13 on the 16th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 16th.
Three flew north past Ness Point on the morning of the 17th.
Three flew north past Kessingland on the morning of the 18th.
One flew north close in past Kessingland on the 20th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 23rd.
One flew north past Kessingland at 17:07 on the 24th.



MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus
One flew north past Ness Point on the morning of the 13th.
22 flew north past Ness Point on the 14th.
21 flew north past Corton on the 14th.
12 flew north past Kessingland on the 14th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the morning of the 15th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 16th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 26th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the morning of the 30th.

Manx Shearwater - Ness Point - September 2009 © Andrew Easton Yes that little black cross in the lower right corner is indeed a Manx Shearwater, and this is approximately the view you would get through a 10x pair of binoculars. The tanker in the distance, the Torm Helene, is moored a fraction under four miles offshore.

BALEARIC SHEARWATER Puffinus mauretanicus
One flew north past Corton on the 14th.
One flew north past Kessingland at 16:55 on the 24th.



SHEARWATER sp.
A large shearwater flew north distantly past Ness Point on the morning of the 6th. The structure and flight action were indicative of it being a Great Shearwater P. gravis but a closer view to see some plumage features would have been nice.

A Manx or Balearic was seen briefly as it flew north distantly offshore from Lowestoft North beach on the evening of the 13th.



GANNET Morus bassanus
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 2nd (1 N, 7 S), 4th (2 N), 5th (18 N, 5 S), 6th (21 N, 1 S), 7th (4 N), 8th (10 N, 3 S), 9th (8 N), 10th (2 N, 25 S), 11th (3 N, 21 S), 12th (9 N, 18 S), 13th (19 N, 7 S), 14th (52 N, 30 S), 15th (63 N, 2 S), 16th (118 N, 15 S), 17th (66 N, 16 S), 18th (77 N, 4 S), 19th (24 N), 20th (40 N, 4 S), 21st (16 N), 22nd (10 N), 23rd (17 N), 24th (24 N), 25th (20 N, 1 S), 26th (13 N, 7 S), 27th (12 N), 28th (24 N, 4 S), 29th (54 N, 63 S), 30th (44 N, 11 S).
Corton - 3rd (2), 4th (1 S), 5th (5 N, 2 S), 10th (50+ S), 13th (300+ S), 14th (1000+ including 100 counted south in just 5 mins during heaviest passage early morning), 19th (3 N).
Ness Point - 5th (25 N, 94 S), 6th (32 N, 82 S), 9th (3 N), 11th (1 N), 12th (2 N, 12 S), 15th (56), 26th (7 N, 1 S), 28th (1 S).
Gorleston - 6th (5 N, 2 S), 13th (10 N, 40 S), 15th (73 mostly north).
Gunton Warren - 17th (1 N), 26th (1 N), 29th (1 juv N mobbed by a gull, it then settled on the sea and its attacker lost interest).

Very large numbers were passing north and south along the coast on the 13th and 14th.

One was circling over the A12 near Africa Alive (Suffolk Wildlife Park) at Kessingland at 13:50 on the 20th.



CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 1 S), 2nd (1 in off), 5th (2 N, 1 S), 7th (3 S), 8th (4 N, 1 S), 9th (2 N, 1 S), 10th (1 N, 1 S), 11th (3 N, 2 S), 12th (1 N), 13th (1 N), 14th (4 N), 15th (5 N), 16th (10 N), 17th (3 N), 19th (1 N), 20th (1 N), 21st (1 N, 6 S), 22nd (2 N, 1 S), 23rd (1 N, 1 on sea), 23rd (2 N, 3 S), 25th (4 S), 26th (2 N, 1 S), 27th (1 N, 1 S), 28th (3 S), 29th (1 N, 2 S), 30th (1 N).
Gorleston - 5th (1 N), 6th (2).
Ness Point - 6th (5 S), 11th (1), 13th (1 N), 14th (7 N), 15th (10), 16th (2 N, 1 S).
Corton - 5th (3 N, 1 SE), 12th (12 W).
Gunton (Dip Farm) - 7th (2 N).
Gunton Warren - 10th (10 N).
Leathes Ham - 11th (13 including the regular Dutch colour ringed bird).



SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
A juvenile flew south past Ness Point on the 10th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the 13th.



GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
Leathes Ham - 12th (2).
Corton - 13th (1 N).
Ness Point - 14th (one arrived in off the sea), 17th (one was heading eastward out to sea).
Kessingland - 19th (1 S).


GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus
One flew south-eastward out to sea over Kessingland at 15:00 on the 21st.
One unringed bird was on the Norfolk bank of the estuary at Burgh Castle on the 25th, and what is presumed to be the same bird flew over Breydon Bridge at 17:02 and then gained height and headed ESE out to sea.
One flew along the North Wall marshes at Breydon at 08:00 on the 26th and settled on the Norfolk bank at Burgh Castle again. It was shortly afterwards flushed by a boat and initially flew towards Belton Marshes, crossing into Lizard Land airspace as it did so, but then headed off high north eastwards towards the Caister area.
Also on the 26th one was watched by a resident of Bradwell trying to find a way into his garden pond ! The netting proved itself to be ibis proof and the bird flew off towards Breydon.
One ringed individual was on the Norfolk bank of the estuary at Burgh Castle on the 27th before flying eastwards across the estuary then back north and disappearing below the embankment onto Breydon Water again, but could not then be relocated.

Mute Swans - Lowestoft North Beach - September 2009 © Kelvin Hill

MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor
Five were flying low over Leathes Ham and Lake Lothing early morning on the 25th before heading off north westward. The resident pair at Leathes Ham immediately adopted their aggressive posture when the group appeared from the east.
Ten flew north past Lowestoft North Beach early morning on the 26th.



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus
Eight flew north past Corton on the 13th.
On the 27th, just across the border in Norfolk, 150+ were at Berney Marshes RSPB, and the bird with the injured wing seen in August was still present on the bank opposite the Castle.



GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
Lound waterworks - 19th (72).
Kessingland sewage works - 29th (19 over).
Pakefield - 24th (9 in off the sea).



BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis
20 flew over Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
Five flew over Kessingland sewage works on the 8th.
26 were at Lound waterworks on the 19th.
10+ flew over Kessingland sewage works on the 29th.



DARK-BELLIED BRENT GOOSE Branta (bernicla) bernicla
Kessingland - 15th (2 N), 16th (1 N), 21st (4 N, 1 S), 22nd (1 N), 25th (1 N), 26th (1 S), 28th (2 N), 29th (1 S), 30th (31 N, 115 S).
Five flew north past Ness Point on the 17th.
One flew north past Ness Point on the 25th.
One flew south past Corton on the 26th.



EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
Lound waterworks - 4th (21), 19th (23).
Breydon South Wall - 26th (21 S).



SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna
Kessingland - 9th (1 S), 10th (2 S), 14th (10 N), 28th (1 S).
Corton - 13th (8 N).
Ness Point - 16th (7 N, 1 S), 17th (3 S).



WIGEON Anas penelope
Ness Point - 5th (2 N), 9th (8 N), 13th (36 N), 14th (19 N), 15th (24 S), 15th (17), 16th (6N).
Corton - 6th (7 S), 14th (50+), 27th (12 on the sea).
Kessingland - 6th (12 on sea), 8th (12 S), 10th (20 S), 12th (23 N, 11 S), 14th (22 N, 20 S), 15th (23 S), 16th (17 N), 17th (6 N), 18th (3 S), 22nd (2 S), 28th (5 S), 30th (7 S).
Leathes Ham - 11th (3), 16th (10 on the Ham, plus 35 circled overhead before heading off northwards), 30th (1).



GADWALL Anas strepera
Oulton Broad - 6th (5 over).
Kessingland - 8th (2 S), 28th (3 N).
Leathes Ham - 11th (57).
Ness Point - 19th (1 N).



TEAL Anas crecca
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 2nd (3 S), 3rd (33 S), 4th (17 on sea), 5th (3 S), 6th (22 S), 7th (13 S), 8th (113 S), 9th (4 N, 52 S), 10th (14 S), 11th (4 S), 12th (2 N, 13 S), 13th (2 N, 2 S), 14th (55 S, 20 op/ S), 15th (29 S), 16th (1 N, 1 S), 17th (27 N), 18th (18 N), 20th (9 N, 21 S), 21st (5 N), 25th (4 S), 27th (9 on sea), 29th (5 N), 30th (4 N, 33 S).
Leathes Ham - 2nd (2), 7th (2), 10th (5), 11th (5), 12th (6), 19th (8), 21st (11), 24th (9), 25th (11), 26th (6), 27th (14), 30th (14).
Ness Point - 5th (2 N, 12 S), 14th (1 N, 33 S), 15th (22), 16th (3 N), 17th (4 N).
Gorleston - 6th (24 S), 9th (15 S, 30 on the sea).
Lowestoft North Beach - 13th (one on the sea).
Corton - 14th (200+).
Gunton Warren - 30th (1 N).



MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos
One flew north past Ness Point on the 6th.



PINTAIL Anas acuta
Leathes Ham - 5th (2).
Kessingland - 8th (5 S), 12th (3 S), 13th (2 S).
Ness Point - 13th (5 N), 14th (14 N).



GARGANEY Anas querquedula
One was at Leathes Ham on the 11th to 21st.

Garganey - Leathes Ham - September 2009 © Andrew Easton

SHOVELER Anas clypeata
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 7th (2 S).
Leathes Ham - 11th (58).



TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula
One arrived in off the sea on the 4th and headed inland over Lowestoft harbour.
One flew south past Kessingland on the 29th.



SCAUP Aythya marila
Two drakes flew north past Ness Point on the 5th.



COMMON EIDER Somateria mollissima
Two flew south past Ness Point on the 14th.
Eight flew north past Kessingland on the 22nd.



COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra
Ness Point - 5th (1 N), 6th (20 N), 10th (2 N), 13th (4 N), 14th (53 N), 15th (24), 16th (3 N).
Kessingland - 6th (7 N), 9th (1 N, 6 S), 10th (8 on sea), 11th (5 on sea), 13th (9 N, 2 on sea), 14th (7 N, 26 S, 10 on sea), 15th (7 N, 4 S),16th (3 N, 14 S), 17th (6 N), 18th (24 N), 20th (4 N), 21st (6 N), 26th (3 N, 1 S), 27th (3 N, 9 S), 28th (2 N), 29th (3 S), 30th (40 N, 9 S).
Corton - 11th (8 N), 13th (8 N), 14th (30+), 18th (18 N).
Gorleston - 13th (8 N).



RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Two flew north past Ness Point then later Corton on the 14th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 21st.



HONEY BUZZARD Pernis apivorus
One pale morph bird thought to be an adult male was watched being mobbed by crows as it drifted westward over Gapton Marshes and along Breydon South Wall at 15:30 on the 5th.
One flew over Corton from the west on the 19th and appeared to fly out to sea.
One went to roost in the woodland south of Corton old sewage works on the evening of the 20th.



MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus
Beccles Marshes - 4th (2).
Breydon South Wall - 5th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 10th (one over).
Carlton Marshes - 13th (2).



COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
One was seen at Ashby on the 5th.
Five were watched circling together over Mutford on the 6th.
One was seen at Henstead Church on the 6th.
Six were seen just south of our area over Beach Farm, Benacre on the 12th.
One was circling over Lansdowne Road, Pakefield on the afternoon of the 19th.
One was at Beccles Marshes on the 19th.
One was over the Kessingland Levels on the 26th.
Four were circling south together over Whites Lane, Kessingland on the 29th.



OSPREY Pandion haliaetus
One was reportedly at Beccles Marsh Trail lakes at 09:00 on the 5th.



KESTREL Falco tinnunculus
A Norwegian ringed young female was trapped at Kessingland on the 15th. A bit thin as expected after such a long flight, but it was bright and alert and flew off strongly when released. Several were noted arriving in off the sea last autumn as well.
Three were at Lound waterworks on the 18th.



MERLIN Falco columbarius
One arrived in off the sea at Gorleston Pier at 09:50 on the 15th.
One flew south at Gunton Warren on the 18th, pausing on the beach for a short while.



HOBBY Falco subbuteo
One was at Lound waterworks on the 1st.
One arrived in off the sea at Kessingland on the first.
One was in fields near Radar Lodge, Corton on the 4th.
One was seen at Ashby on the 5th.
One flew south at Bakers' Score, Corton on the 5th.
One flew over Clarkson Road, Oulton on the 6th.
One flew south past Kessingland on the 6th.
One was at Lound waterworks on the 7th.
Two flew north past Kessingland on the 9th.
One was at Beccles Marshes on the 12th.
One flew north at Gunton Warren on the 15th.
Three were at Lound waterworks on the 18th.
One was at Beccles Marshes on the 19th.
One was in fields near Radar Lodge, Corton on the 20th.
One was at Fisher Row, Oulton on the 20th.
One flew over Clarkson Road, Oulton on the 21st.
One flew north over Corton disused railtrack on the 21st.
One flew south at Hulver on the 20th.
One flew over Kessingland sewage works on the 22nd.
One adult was at Burgh Flats and along Breydon South Wall on the 28th.



PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus
One flew north at Burgh Castle on the 27th.



FALCON sp.
A large slim unfamiliar Hobby like falcon, but with longer wings and tail than a Hobby, was patrolling up and down high offshore and south of Ness Point at 07:50 on the 9th before shortly afterwards heading off to the south. Eleonora's Falcon would appear to be the best fit, but unfortunately it's not a species I have seen before.

Hobby - Corton - September 2009 © Andrew Easton

GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix
Four were in fields alongside Stirrups Lane, Corton on the 19th. Apparently there is an additional covey of 7 to 8 birds frequenting fields to the south of here as well.



WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus
At least two were calling in the reeds by the Waveney at Burgh Castle on the 19th.
Two were noisily chasing each other along the edge of the reeds by the Waveney at Burgh Castle on the 27th.
Two were at Fritton Marshes on the 30th.



OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 4th (1 N, 7 S), 5th (1 N, 2 S), 6th (1 N, 2 S), 7th (3 N), 8th (17 S).
Ness Point - 4th (7 S), 5th (7 N, 6 S), 6th (2 S), 10th (1 S), 15th (2), 25th (2 N).
Pakefield - 4th (7 S).
Gorleston - 5th (1 N), 9th (1 N).
Corton - 5th (3 N, 4 S).



AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta
Two flew south together past Ness Point on the 7th.



GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria
Ness Point - 3rd (1 S), 4th (2 N).
Kessingland - 10th (1 N), 26th (1 circling over the Levels).
Broadland Sands (Corton) - 15th (two on the golf course).
Kirkley - 15th (one on the playing field at St. Marys Roman Catholic Primary School).
Corton - 16th (3 in a ploughed field).
Kessingland sewage works - 22nd (1 flew over).

Avocets - Ness Point - September 2009 © Andrew Easton

GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola
Kessingland - 1st (2 S), 6th (1 S), 8th (1 S).
Ness Point - 3rd (1 S), 6th (1 S).
Corton - 14th (1).
Breydon South Flats - 27th (2).



RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
Lowestoft North Beach - 1st (2).
Kessingland - 3rd (11 S), 9th (1 N), 20th (3 S).
Breydon South Flats - 27th (6).



KNOT Calidris canutus
Kessingland - 2nd (3 S), 4th (1 S), 9th (8 N).
Hopton - 13th (5 N).
Ness Point - 14th (2 N, 1 S).
Corton - 19th (12 S).



SANDERLING Calidris alba
Kessingland - 19th (3 S), 27th (7 S).



CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea
Breydon South Flats - 1st (8), 19th (2).

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

PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima
One was along the beach at Corton below the old sewage works on the 19th.
One was at Ness Point on the 27th.



DUNLIN Calidris alpina
Kessingland - 8th (3 S), 25th (3 N).
Corton - 12th (1).
Ness Point - 13th (1 N), 14th (5 N), 16th (1 N).



JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus
One was at Fritton Marshes on the 30th.



COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
Leathes Ham - 2nd (1), 4th (1), 9th (1), 18th (2), 21st (1), 25th (3), 26th (3), 27th (5), 30th (1).
Kessingland - 1st (1 S).
Lowestoft North Beach - 13th (two flocks, of 9 and 15 arrived in off the sea and continued heading inland).
Castle Marshes, Barnby - 15th (three over).
Oulton Marshes - 26th (2).
Lowestoft North Denes - 28th (1 flushed from grass).



BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica
Breydon South Wall - 5th (1), 26th (2).
Burgh Castle Flats - 19th (2), 27th (7).



WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus
Ness Point - 1st (2 S), 6th (4 S), 7th (2 S).
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 6th (3 S), 7th (1 S).
St. Olaves - 16th (1 in flight over).



CURLEW Numenius arquata
Ness Point - 1st (1 N), 6th (1 S), 13th (1 N).
Kessingland - 9th (2 S).



REDSHANK Tringa totanus
Kessingland - 3rd (1 S), 25th (1 S), 29th (1 S).



GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia
One was at Fisher Row, Oulton on the 6th, with two there on the 20th, 26th and 30th.
Burgh Castle Flats - 27th (1).



GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
One was at Leathes Ham on the 4th.
One was at Fisher Row, Oulton on the 6th.



COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos
Two flew south at Corton on the 3rd.
One flew south past Kessingland on the 3rd.
Singles were at Leathes Ham on the 4th, 5th, 7th and 16th.



TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
Gorleston Pier - 3rd (1 S, 6 on the pier).
Corton - 5th (4 in off).
Ness Point - 7th (10 including regular Dutch ringed bird), 17th (3 N), 27th (12).
Kessingland - 11th (1 N), 14th (3 N), 16th (15 N).
Hamilton Dock - 11th (20 including regular Dutch ringed bird).
Lowestoft North Beach - 26th (11).
South Pier - 30th (9).



POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus
Corton - 7th (2 S).
Ness Point - 7th (1 N), 27th (1 S).
Kessingland - 16th (1 N), 17th (1 N), 30th (1 lingering offshore).



ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
One flew north past Kessingland on the 4th.
Pakefield - 4th (2 S).
Ness Point - 5th (5 N, 24 S), 6th (6 N, 1 S), 7th (1 N), 11th (2 N), 13th (1 S), 14th (2 N, 1 S), 15th (1 N, 6 S), 17th (1 N).
Kessingland - 4th (1 N), 5th (2 N), 5th (5 N, 2 S), 9th (1 N), 10th (2 N), 14th (1 N), 15th (2 N), 18th (1 N), 28th (1 S), 29th (1 N).
Corton - 10th (1 N).



LONG-TAILED SKUA Stercorarius longicaudus
Six flew south past Ness Point on the afternoon of the 5th.
Two flew north past Ness Point on the morning of the 6th.
One flew north with an Arctic Skua past Kessingland on the 14th.
One flew south with an Arctic Skua past Ness Point on the 14th, possibly the same two lingering in the area.
One flew north with an Arctic Skua past Ness Point on the 17th.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 18th.



GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 6th (1 N), 14th (1 N), 21st (1 N).
Ness Point - 5th (1 S, another was lingering around a fishing boat a long way offshore), 6th (2 N, 1 S), 7th (1 N, 1 S), 11th (1 S), 17th (1).
Corton - 20th (1 N).



SKUA sp. Stercorarius sp.
Kessingland - 6th (1 N), 14th (1 N).
Corton - 14th (4).



MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus
Ness Point - 4th (1st winter + adult S), 5th (3 juv/1st winter, 1 2nd winter, 2 adults), 11th (green ringed adult), 17th (2 N), 27th (green ringed adult).
Denes Oval - 4th (1 unringed adult).
Links Road car park - 4th (regular green ringed adult), 13th (6+ offshore).
Gorleston - 6th (3), 11th (3, one with white ring), 12th (one with white ring).
Kessingland - 5th (1 S), 6th (1 N, 2 S), 8th (1 N, 1 S), 12th (1 N, 1 S), 14th (1 N, 1 S), 18th (1 N), 19th (1 N, 1 S), 20th (1 N), 21st (1 N, 1 on sea), 22nd (2 S), 23rd (1 N), 24th (1 S), 25th (1 on sea), 26th (1 N, 1 S), 30th (1 on sea).
Corton - 11th (1), 12th (1), 13th (2), 19th (6+).
Leathes Ham - 12th (green ringed adult).
Gunton Warren - 17th (1 N), 23rd (4).
Pakefield - 18th (5).



LITTLE GULL Hydrocoloeus minutus
One flew north past Kessingland on the 11th.
Five flew north past Ness Point on the 14th.
Two flew north past Ness Point on the 16th.
Kessingland - 11th (1 N), 12th (5 N), 16th (2 N), 19th (2 N).



SABINE'S GULL Larus sabini
One adult flew north past Corton on the 13th.
An adult lingered off Gorleston Harbour mouth for three minutes at 09:30 on the 15th, it then headed off northwards.
A juvenile flew north off Ness Point at 08:00 on the 16th.

Yellow-legged Gull - Denes Oval - September 2009 © Andrew Easton Our regular Yellow-legged Gull was enjoying a shower and a drink from the cricket pitch sprinklers at the Oval on the 14th.

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis
An adult was around Gorleston Harbour mouth area on the 3rd, 5th and 20th.
The regular adult was still around the Lowestoft North Beach area up to the 23rd.



KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 3rd (3 S), 13th (4 N), 14th (203 N), 15th (5 N), 16th (4 N), 17th (1 N), 18th (10 N), 19th (1 N).
Ness Point - 5th (4 S), 10th (1 N), 13th (21 N), 14th (99 N), 15th (2), 16th (9 N), 17th (9 N).
Corton - 14th (60+).



SANDWICH TERN Sterna sandvichensis
Kessingland - 1st (3 S), 2nd (1 S), 3rd (1 S), 4th (1 S), 5th (1 N, 5 S), 7th (2 S), 9th (2 N, 1 S), 13th (1 N, 3 S), 17th (2 N), 18th (2 N, 2 S), 19th (7 N), 21st (2 S), 24th (2 S), 26th (20 S), 27th (2 S), 28th (2 S), 29th (3 S), 30th (2 S).
Ness Point - 3rd (2 N), 4th (20 S), 5th (5 N, 9 S), 6th (4 N, 5 S), 9th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 13th (10 N), 14th (1 S), 16th (2 N), 19th (3 S), 27th (2 S).
Corton - 5th (2 S), 13th (4 N), 14th (1), 27th (2 S).
Lowestoft North Denes - 22nd (3 N).



COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo
Kessingland - 1st (1 N, 1 S), 3rd (9 N, 270 S), 4th (1 N, 105 S), 5th (13 N, 11 S), 6th (18 N), 7th (7 N), 8th (12 N), 9th (3 N), 10th (1 N, 15 S), 11th (9 N, 10 S), 12th (8 N), 14th (1 N), 16th (2 N), 18th (2 S), 19th (7 S), 20th (2 N, 12 S), 22nd (1 N), 23rd (6 N), 24th (4 S), 28th (2 S), 30th (3 S).
Gorleston - 2nd (15 S), 6th (4 N, 7 S).
Corton - 3rd (80 S), 4th (80 S), 5th (2 S), 27th (1 S).
Ness Point - 5th (150+ S), 6th (9 N), 9th (1 N), 11th (1 N), 13th (8 N), 14th (1 N), 16th (1 N).



ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea
One juvenile flew north past Ness Point on the evening of the 16th.



'COMMIC' TERN Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
Corton - 5th (40 S), 13th (3 S).
Ness Point - 14th (2 N).



GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
Ness Point - 5th (1 N, 1 S), 12th (one on the sea), 13th (2 N, one on the sea).



PUFFIN Fratercula arctica
Kessingland - 14th (3 N), 18th (1 on sea).
Ness Point - 14th (1 N), 15th (1 N).
Corton - 14th (2 probables North).



AUK sp. Alcidae
Ness Point - 6th (2 N), 14th (6 N), 15th (1 N), 16th (13 N), 17th (1 S), 26th (2 N).
Kessingland - 6th (1 N), 7th (1 N), 10th (2 N, 1 S), 11th (1 N), 12th (1 N), 13th (2 N), 14th (11 N), 16th (6 N, 1 on sea), 17th (6 N), 18th (9 N), 23rd (1 N), 24th (1 N, 2 on sea), 25th (2 N), 26th (3 N), 27th (1 N), 29th (3 N), 30th (3 N).
Corton - 14th (15 N).



BARN OWL Tyto alba
One was at Hulver on the 7th.
Two were at Burgh Castle on the 27th.



LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
One was seen at Mutford on the 6th.
One was seen at Kessingland on the 6th.
One was at Corton new sewage works on the 21st.



TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
One was sitting in the middle of the road at Black Street/Rushmere around 23:00 on the 19th, and refused to move to let the observers car through!
It finally flew off when he got out of the car to see if it was ok.



SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
One arrived in off the sea at Kessingland on the 8th.
One was at Burgh Castle on the 27th.



SWIFT Apus apus
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (1), 22nd (1 S).
Ness Point - 1st (1 S), 4th (1), 8th (2 in off).
Kessingland - 3rd (4 S), 4th (1 S).
Gunton - 4th (3+).
Lowestoft North Denes - 5th (1), 6th (3 +), 7th (1).
Crown Meadow, Lowestoft - 5th (1).
Gunton (Dip Farm) - 7th (2).
Oulton - 8th (3 S).
Gunton Wood - 17th (1 over).



KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Leathes Ham - 1st (1), 9th (1), 11th (1), 13th (1), 19th (1), 21st (1).
Kessingland sewage works - 15th (two trapped and ringed), 26th (1).
One was eyeing up the Rudd in a garden pond in Whites Lane, Kessingland on the 17th.
Lound waterworks - 18th (1), 27th (1).
Beccles Marsh Trail lakes - 19th (1).
Fisher Row, Oulton - 20th (1), 26th (1), 30th (1).
Burgh Castle - 27th (1).



WRYNECK Jynx torquilla
One was flushed along the cliffs at Hopton on the 11th, it flew over the top of the cliff edge and was lost to view.



GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
One was along the coast road at Gunton on the 11th.



SKY LARK Alauda arvensis
Lowestoft North Denes - 14th (1), 18th (1), 21st (1), 30th (1).
Corton old sewage works - 19th (1), 27th (1).
Corton MoD fields - 19th (8).
Kessingland sewage works - 28th (2 S).
Gunton Warren - 30th (9 NW, 6 S).



SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (c.25), 8th (100+ S), 20th (4), 28th (7+).
Ness Point - 5th (7 S).
Gunton Wood - 17th (2+), 21st (4+).
Corton -18th (5), 19th (10 N, 6 W).
Burgh Castle - 27th (30+).

Large numbers of Swallows, with a few House Martins, Sand Martins and Swifts mixed in were feeding over the Lowestoft North Denes on the 5th, 6th and 7th.
There was a noticeable southbound passage of hirundines throughout our area on the 7th and 8th.
A further southbound passage of over 100 mixed hirundines in half an hour was noted over Oulton on the afternoon of the 21st.



HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (300+ S), 8th (c.200 S), 15th (5), 22nd (c.100 S), 29th (1).
Gunton - 15th (50+).
Oulton Broad - 6th (c.20), 21st (20+).
Lowestoft North Denes - 21st (30+ S).
Corton - 22nd (20+ S).
Burgh Castle - 27th (15+).



RICHARD'S PIPIT Anthus richardi
One flew north along the clifftop fields at Corton on the 19th.



TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis
One flew over Gunton disused railtrack on the 18th.
One flew over Lowestoft North Denes on the 19th.
One was at Warren lane, Hopton on the 19th.



MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
10 were at Lowestoft North Denes on the 7th, the first build up in numbers indicating that their migration is now under way.
Four were at Lowestoft North Denes on the 15th.
Three flew over Gunton Warren on the 17th.
23 flew over Corton on the morning of the 18th.
50+ Lowestoft North Denes on the 19th
50+ MoD fields Corton on the 19th.
100+ Lowestoft North Denes on the 20th.
200+ flew north at Corton early morning on the 20th.
30+ were at Kessingland sewage works on the 28th.

There was a small but steady northbound passage of Meadow Pipits throughout our area on the 19th to 21st.

Meadow Pipit - Lowestoft North Denes - September 2009 © Danny Porter http://www.dannysdigiscoping.com/

ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
One was at Ness Point on the 11th and 13th, with two there on the 17th, and one on the 26th and 27th.
One flew north past Lowestoft North Beach on the 26th.
One was at Burgh Castle on the 27th.



YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
Three were at the Denes Oval on the 2nd.
One was at the Denes Oval on the 3rd and 4th.
One flew south over Lowestoft North Denes on the 6th.
One flew south at Pakefield on the 23rd.
One flew north over Breydon South Wall on the 26th.



GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
One flew over Lowestoft North Denes on the 19th and 20th.
One was at Corton new sewage works on the 18th and 19th.
Two were at Corton new sewage works on the 20th to 22nd.
One flew north along the cliffs at Corton on the 20th.
Three flew south together over Lowestoft North Denes on the 21st.
One flew over Gunton disused railtrack on the 21st.
Two were at Kessingland sewage works on the 22nd and 25th.
One flew north over Lowestoft North Denes on the 24th.
Two were feeding on the old seawall along Lowestoft North Beach on the 25th.
Three were at Kessingland sewage works on the 26th.
At least one was at Kessingland sewage works on the 28th.
One flew south over Lowestoft North Denes on the 30th.



WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba alba
One was at the Denes Oval on the 3rd.



PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrellii
32 were at the Denes Oval on the 2nd.
10 were at the Denes Oval on the 7th.
12 were at the Denes Oval on the 11th.



DUNNOCK Prunella modularis
24 were trapped at Kessingland sewage works on the 29th, 16 new and eight retrapped individuals.



ROBIN Erithacus rubecula
Five in hedgerows north of Corton Church on the 15th were quite likely recently arrived migrants.
Six were trapped and ringed at Corton on the 19th.

Redstart - Corton - September 2009 © James Brown

COMMON REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus	10th	11th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	27th
Gorleston (Lowestoft Road)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hopton (Warren Lane)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Hopton disused railtrack	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
Hopton (Potters Hedge)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Broadland Sands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Corton disused railtrack	1	1	-	-	3	4	4	1	1	-	-
Corton new sewage works	-	-	-	-	1	1
Gunton disused railtrack	3	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	1	-
Gunton (Dip Farm)	-	-	1	2	1	-	1	2	-	-	-
Gunton Warren	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Sparrows Nest	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lowestoft North Denes	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Arnolds Walk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Ness Point	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
North Quay Retail Park	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Leathes Ham	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kensington Gardens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Kessingland Beach	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Kessingland sewage works	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Totals	4	3	2	2	11	6	15	9	2	1	1

WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra	1st	2nd	4th	6th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	26th	30th
Breydon South Wall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Radar Lodge	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Broadland Sands (Corton)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corton old sewage works	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corton new sewage works	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	1	1	-	-	1	2	2	-	1	-	-
Gunton (Dip Farm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gunton Warren	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Lowestoft North Denes	4	1	2	-	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	1
North Quay Retail Park	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kessingland sewage works	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kessingland Beach	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mutford	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	8	2	2	1	1	5	13	4	1	2	2	1	1	4	5	1	1	1	1

STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
One juvenile male was at Lowestoft North Denes on the 1st to 18th.
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 4th.
One was at Gunton Warren on the 10th, 19th (female) and 22nd (female).
One female was at Radar Lodge, Corton on the 20th.
A pair were at Gunton warren on the 24th.
Two were at Lowestoft North Denes on the 24th.
One was at Lowestoft North Denes on the 30th.

WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe	1st	2nd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	26th	27th	28th	29th
Hopton disused railtrack	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hopton (Potters Field)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Radar Lodge	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	3	-		5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Broadland Sands (Corton)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-
Corton old sewage works	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3		1	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corton new sewage works	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	4	5	6	6	4	5	3	5	-	-	2	1	-	-
Gunton Warren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gunton (Dip Farm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lowestoft North Denes	5	3	3	5	2	3	1	5	6	-	1	3	12	-	-	6	6	4	2	5	-	3	2	-	2	1
Ness Point	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Barnards Meadow	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Lowestoft Cemetery	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fisher Row	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Kessingland Beach	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	6	4	5	6	2	3	1	11	10	6	2	11	39	10	14	27	26	20	5	10	1	3	6	2	2	1

One at Lowestoft North Denes on the 10th and one at Kessingland on the 12th were Greenland race type birds. Remains of predated individuals were noted at Corton new sewage works on the 21st and 26th.



SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelus
Three greyish migrants were flushed from Hopton disused railtrack on the 15th.
One greyish migrant was trapped and ringed at Kessingland sewage works on the 15th.
Three greyish migrants were trapped and ringed at Corton disused railtrack on the 19th.



REDWING Turdus iliacus
The first local Redwing of the autumn was seen at Corton on the 20th.

An old postcard view of the The Warren House cottages that gave their name to the wood at Gunton Warren

CETTI'S WARBLER Cettia cetti
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (1), 8th (2), 15th (1), 22nd (1).



SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
One was at Ness Point on the 7th.
Kessingland sewage works - 8th (3).
One was in weeds on Lowestoft North Denes on the 18th, with two there on the 19th.



REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (1), 8th (7), 22nd (4), 29th (1).



LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (2), 4th (1), 8th (4), 18th (2), 19th (5), 20th (4), 26th (3), 28th (3).
Beccles Marsh Trail lakes - 4th (1), 12th (1).
Corton to Hopton disused railtrack - 5th (5).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 5th (1), 9th (1).
Flycatcher Alley (Denes Oval) - 8th (1), 19th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 10th (1), 19th (2), 21st (1).
Gunton Warren - 18th (1), 20th (1), 24th (1).

Lesser Whitethroat - Kessingland - September 2009 © Derek Beamish

COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (5), 4th (3), 8th (6), 19th (2), 28th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 1st (4), 2nd (2), 4th (5), 5th (4), 7th (4), 9th (4), 10th (3), 11th (2) 12th (1), 14th (1), 18th (1), 24th (1).
Leathes Ham - 1st (1).
Gunton Warren - 4th (3), 10th (1).
Corton to Hopton disused railtrack - 5th (5), 18th (1).
Arnolds Walk - 5th (1), 25th (1).
Gunton (Dip Farm) - 7th (1).
Radar Lodge - 12th (4).
Gunton disused railtrack - 15th (1).
Corton new sewage works - 19th (1), 21st (1).



GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (2), 4th (1), 8th (3), 22nd (1).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 2nd (1), 5th (2).
Corton disused railtrack - 16th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 15th (1), 19th (1).
Corton Wood - 18th (1).
Corton new sewage works - 20th (1).



BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (10 ringed), 4th (2), 8th (14 ringed plus one retrapped), 19th (2), 20th (3), 22nd (8), 26th (3), 28th (1+), 29th (9).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 1st (2), 2nd (1), 4th (3), 5th (6), 12th (1), 26th (1).
Gunton Warren - 4th (2).
Beccles Marsh Trail lakes - 5th (1), 11th (1), 12th (1), 21st (1).
Flycatcher Alley (Denes Oval) - 8th (1), 24th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 15th (1), 18th (2), 19th (1), 20th (1).
Corton Wood - 15th (1).
Gunton Wood - 21st (1).



YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER Phylloscopus inornatus
One was seen and heard at Lound waterworks on the 18th.
One was at Warren Lane, Hopton on the 21st.
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 25th.



CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (3), 4th (3), 8th (9), 15th (5), 19th (3), 22nd (9), 26th (7+), 28th (7+), 29th (4).
Corton new sewage works - 1st (2), 18th (3), 20th (3).
Corton old sewage works - 2nd (1), 7th (2).
Gunton Warren - 1st (1), 4th (2), 18th (1).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 2nd (3), 4th (4), 5th (6+), 7th (1), 24th (10+), 30th (3+).
Beccles Marsh Trail lakes - 5th (1), 12th (3), 18th (1), 19th (2), 21st (1).
Gunton (Dip Farm) - 7th (4), 17th (2+), 19th (5).
Denes Oval - 8th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 10th (4), 12th (1), 18th (4), 19th (3), 20th (2), 21st (2+), 27th (1).
Leathes Ham - 12th (1), 19th (2), 27th (2).
Gunton Warren - 13th (2), 21st (10+), 26th (4).
Corton Church - 19th (1).
Warren Lane, Hopton - 21st (3).
Fisher Row, Oulton - 26th (1).
Burgh Castle - 27th (1).
Kensington Gardens - 30th (1).



WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Corton old sewage works - 1st (1).
Gunton Warren - 1st (1).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 2nd (2), 4th (1), 5th (3).
Beccles Marsh Trail lakes - 4th (1), 18th (1).
Gunton disused railtrack - 10th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 12th (1), 19th (1).
Hopton disused railtrack - 15th (1), 16th (1).
Hubbards Loke (Gunton) - 17th (1).
Gunton (Dip Farm) - 18th (1).
Corton new sewage works - 18th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 18th (2), 19th (1), 28th (1).



GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
Kessingland sewage works - 15th (1).
Corton Church - 16th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 16th (2), 19th (2), 21st (1+).
Hopton disused railtrack - 18th (2).
Sparrows Nest Park - 19th (2).



FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus
A female was trapped and ringed at Corton on the 19th.
At least one, probably two were along Corton disused railtrack on the 21st.
A male was at Warren House Wood on the 22nd.

Spotted Flycatcher - Corton - September 2009 © Derek Beamish

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata	1st	2nd	4th	5th	6th	7th	10th	11th	12th	15th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Hopton (Potters Resort)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corton - Hopton railtrack	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corton old sewage works	1	1	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corton new sewage works	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-
Corton disused railtrack	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Gunton disused railtrack	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Gunton (Dip Farm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Gunton Cliff/North Denes	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ness Point	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lowestoft Cemetery	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Beccles Marsh Trail Lakes	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	1
St. Olaves	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kessingland sewage works	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	1	1	2	7	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	1	1	1

PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca	1st	2nd	8th	10th	12th	13th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th
Gorleston (Beacon Park)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Corton Church area	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Corton disused railtrack	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	-	1	-
Corton old sewage works	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Corton Wood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Gunton Wood	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Gunton disused railtrack	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gunton (Dip Farm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Hubbards Loke (Gunton)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gunton Cliff/North Denes	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sparrows Nest Park	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Kirkley Cemetery	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Kessingland sewage works	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals	1	2	1	2	3	1	2	4	2	2	2

Pied Flycatcher - Corton - September 2009 © James Brown

BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Several were calling in the reeds beside the Waveney at Burgh Castle on the 19th.
15+ were making exploratory flights at Burgh Castle on the 27th and several more were noted at St. Olaves.



COAL TIT Periparus ater
One was along Corton disused railtrack on the 11th.



TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
One was at Beccles Marsh Trail lakes on the 5th and 11th.
One was at Arnolds Walk, Lowestoft on the 5th.
One was at Gunton Wood on the 13th.



HOODED x CARRION CROW Corvus cornix x Corvus corone
One was at Corton on the 4th.
One was at the Kessingland Levels on the 26th.



HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus
Yet another newly fledged juvenile was feeding at a bird table in Stevens Street, Lowestoft on the 1st. The local sparrows seem to have had a very good breeding season this year, as there has been a steady stream of newly fledged juveniles appearing here regularly throughout the summer.



TREE SPARROW Passer montanus
Three were seen in flight together over Sparrows Nest and the Denes Oval on the morning of the 1st.

Ortolan - Corton - September 2009 © Andrew Easton

BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
Four were at Fisher Row, Oulton on the 30th.



SISKIN Carduelis spinus
One flew over Kessingland sewage works on the 26th.



LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (2).
Lowestoft North Denes/Gunton Cliff - 4th (6).
Gunton Warren - 26th (18).
Burgh Castle - 26th (10).



REDPOLL sp. Carduelis cabaret/flammea
One was heard flying north over Lowestoft North Denes on the 28th.



CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra
One flew north at Gunton Warren on the 15th.



BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
3+ were at Gunton Wood on the 13th.
Two were at Blocka Lane, Herringfleet on the 13th.



SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis
One arrived in off the sea at Hopton on the 13th.
Gunton Beach (Tramps Alley) - 17th to 18th (1), 19th (5), 20th (1), 21st (2).
Pakefield Beach - one below Kensington Gardens 17th to 30th (1).
Corton Beach (below old sewage works) - 19th (1).
Gunton Beach (Links Road) - 21st (3).
Kessingland Beach - 23rd (2), 29th (10).
Gorleston Beach - 29th (1).



LAPLAND BUNTING Calcarius lapponicus
One was calling in flight over Burgh Castle on the 27th.



ORTOLAN Emberiza hortulana
One was found by the track to the clifftop near Corton old sewage works at around 07:00 on the 20th. It remained in the area until around 11:30 when apparently a photographer flushed it. It was relocated late evening on the coastal path slightly further to the south, nearer to Corton village, where it appeared to be preparing to roost in the stubble. Thanks to Paul Hawkins, who was holidaying locally, for putting the news around the pagers so that so many people could enjoy it.

Still present on the 21st to 23rd, ranging between the sewage works (where it sometimes drinks from a puddle) and along the clifftop to the village. It was reported again on the afternoon of the 26th, apparently being seen on the cliff face below the end of the track.



REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
One flew north at Corton new sewage works on the 18th.
One was at Lowestoft North Denes on the 19th.
One flew north along the clifftop at Corton on the 19th.
One flew north at Corton disused railtrack on the 19th.
One flew north along the cliffs at Corton on the 20th.
One was at Breydon South Wall on the 26th.
Three were at Burgh Castle on the 27th.
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 28th.

Snow Buntings - Corton - September 2009 © Tim Brown Can you spot all five ?

NON-BIRD NEWS

GREY SEAL
Kessingland - 3rd (1), 4th (1), 8th (1), 9th (1), 14th (1), 16th (1), 17th (2), 21st (1), 23rd (2), 24th (1), 26th (1), 28th (1), 29th (1).
Ness Point - 5th (1), 12th (1), 14th (1).
Gorleston - 5th (1).
Lowestoft North Beach - 11th (1), 13th (1), 29th (1).
Corton - 20th.


COMMON SEAL
Gorleston - 9th (1).
Ness Point - 12th (1).


HARBOUR PORPOISE
Kessingland - 2nd (1 S), 11th (2 N), 16th (1), 25th (1 N), 28th (1 S), 30th (1 S).
Ness Point - 11th (2), 14th (1), 19th (1), 27th (2).
Lowestoft North Beach - 13th (2).
Gorleston - 13th (1).


Lots of Antlion pits were noted near Tramps Alley on the 1st.

Large numbers of Large White butterfly caterpillars and pupae were noted along the seawall along Lowestoft North Beach on the 1st, with a large proportion of them surrounded by cocoons of parasitic wasps that had emerged from their caterpillar victims.

Two Painted Lady butterflies were determinedly heading south at Ness Point very early on the morning of the 2nd.

A Wasp Spider was found near the Net Posts on Lowestoft North Denes on the 3rd.

A Clouded Yellow butterfly was seen at Gorleston Cliffs on the 6th and 19th; one was at Barsham Drain on the 20th; another was at Leathes ham on the 21st, and one was along Breydon South Wall on the 25th.

A Red-eared Terrapin was sunning itself at Leathes Ham on the 14th.

A very young Harvest Mouse, barely the size of a large bumblebee decided to curl up defensively in the middle of a path at Kessingland on the 26th. It was persuaded to climb into a baseball cap to be moved to the brambles at the side of the path to prevent it being trodden on. A nearby Lesser Stag Beetle was nearly as large as the mouse!

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