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Robert
Wincup receiving the Lounge Lizard Cup for 2009 for finding the
Radde's Warbler in Arnold's Walk.
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RED-THROATED
DIVER Gavia stellata
****
Kessingland - 1st (3 N, 68 S), 2nd (4 N, 1 S), 3rd (3 N,
328 S), 4th (15 N, 3 S), 5th (30 N, 8 S), 6th (1 N, 2 S), 7th (1 N), 8th
(19 N, 3 S), 9th (1 N, 32 S), 10th (22 N, 84 S), 11th (23 N, 8 S, 4 on
sea), 12th (1 N,12 S), 13th (4 N, 5 S), 14th (521 N, 54 S, 11 on sea),
15th (38 N, 46 S, 6 on sea), 16th (29 N, 10 S, 7 on sea), 17th (5 N, 7
S), 18th (348 N, 10 S), 19th (39 N, 2 S, 4 on sea),20th (9 N, 2 S, 2 on
sea), 21st (66 N, 13 S), 22nd (40 N, 16 S, 6 on sea), 23rd (14 N, 5 S,
2 on sea), 24th (39 N, 14 S, 1 on sea), 25th (7 N, 7 S, 2 on sea), 26th
(49 N, 35 S), 27th (2 N, 2 S), 28th (7 S), 29th (14 S), 30th (3 N, 12
S), 31st (3 N, 2 S).
Ness Point
- 5th (3 N, 2 S), 12th (numerous individuals in flight and on the sea),
13th (80 N, 20 S), 31st (5 N, 3 S).
Gorleston
- 6th (3 N, 1 S), 8th (1 N), 12th (6 N, 2 S), 13th (2 N, 1 on sea), 14th
(67 N, 13 S), 17th (1 N, 1 S), 18th (8 N), 20th (1 N), 22nd (7 N, 3 S),
23rd (1 N, 2 S), 24th (2 S), 31st (1 N).
Benacre
- 15th (40+ on the sea close inshore).
BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica ****
Kessingland - 4th (1 S), 10th (1 N), 17th (1 N), 18th (1
N), 21st (1 N), 22nd (1 S).
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER
Gavia immer
****
Kessingland
- 8th (1 N),
14th (1 N), 18th (2 N).
DIVER sp. Gaviidae
Kessingland
- 8th (2 N).
LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis
****
Lound
waterworks - 8th (1), 22nd (1).
Lake Lothing - 20th (5).
Oulton Broad - 22nd (1), 23rd (9).
GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
****
Kessingland
- 15th (1 N,
5 S), 17th (1 N), 18th (1 on sea), 19th (1 on sea), 21st (1 S), 24th (3
S, 1 on sea), 27th (3 S), 29th (1 S).
Oulton
Broad - 21st (3), 23rd (2).
Pakefield - 24th
(1 N).
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Wildlife Trust
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The
Suffolk Wildlife Trust reached their £50,000 online donation
target through the Big Give Matched Fund challenge on Wednesday. |
FULMAR Fulmarus
glacialis
Single birds flew north past
Kessingland on the 3rd, 13th, 29th and 30th.
GANNET Morus
bassanus ****
Kessingland - 2nd
(2 S), 3rd (1 N), 5th (6 N), 6th (1 S), 7th (1 N), 14th (1 N), 16th (2
N), 17th (4 N), 18th (2 N), 20th (2 N), 24th (5 N), 25th (1 N), 26th (23
N, 1 S), 27th (3 N), 29th (2 N).
Ness Point
- 13th (3 N,
1 S).
CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
****
Kessingland - 1st (4 S), 4th (2 N, 2 S), 5th (1 N, 1 S),
6th (2 S), 7th (1 N), 8th (1 N, 3 S), 10th (1 N, 3 S), 11th (4 N, 2 S,
2 on sea), 13th (56 N, 24 S, 1 on sea), 14th (2 N, 7 S), 16th (3 N, 2
S, 1 on sea), 17th (4 N, 5 S, 1 on sea), 18th (16 N, 3 S), 19th (1 S),
20th (1 S), 21st (3 N, 1 S), 22nd (3 N, 5 S), 23rd (2 N, 1 S), 24th (7
N, 2 S, 1 on sea), 25th (1 N, 4 S), 26th (3 N, 3 S), 27th (1 N, 2 S),
28th (2 N), 29th (1 S).
Ness Point
- 13th (80 N),
31st (5 N).
Gorleston
- 14th (90 S).
Lound
waterworks - 22nd (2).
396 flew over
Gorleston heading out to sea to feed on the morning of the 7th, with 365
on the 19th.
SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis
One first winter flew north, then back south, off Lowestoft North beach
on the 5th.
One first winter was along Lake
Lothing on the 12th.
LITTLE EGRET Egretta
garzetta
One was at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 1st.
One was at the marshes at Barnby on the 6th.
Two flew east at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
One was along Breydon South Wall marshes on the 14th.
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 19th.
GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
****
One arrived in off the sea at Gorleston golf course on the 20th.
One was along Lake Lothing on the 23rd, no doubt the one normally resident
at Leathes Ham, which was largely frozen over at the time.
One was at Oulton Broad on the 23rd.
One was at Peto's Marsh, Carlton Marshes on the 25th.
Two were at Leathes Ham on the 28th.
MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor
****
Four were on Lake Lothing on the 23rd, with two still on the 25th.
One was offshore from Lowestoft North Beach on the 25th.
The resident pair, and their single offspring of the year remained at
Leathes Ham throughout the freeze up. The wildfowl there managed to keep
a small area clear of ice by their constant swimming.
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Mute
Swan - Lowestoft North Beach - December 2009 © Kelvin Hill
Six short of the traditional festive seven a swimming. |
BEWICK'S
SWAN Cygnus (columbianus) bewickii
Six flew west over Ash Farm, Mutford on the 1st.
Two flew north, and twelve arrived in off the sea, at Kessingland on the
1st.
Two flew west, then later back east, over Breydon South Wall marshes on
the morning of the 3rd.
Six, including two adults, drifted south on the sea past Links Road car
park at 13:15 on the 8th.
Five flew north over Lake Lothing on the morning of the 19th.
Groups of two, three, and nine flew over Carlton Marshes on the 19th.
Three arrived in off the sea at Gorleston at 12:15 on the 20th and continued
inland.
Five flew westward over Oulton/Peto's Marshes at 16:00 on the 21st, no
doubt the same as five swans seen flying westward in off the sea over
Lowestoft High Street at 15:45.
BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus
One flew in from the west and joined Mute Swans on the marshes at Barnby
on the 6th before later flying across to pools on the Norfolk side of
the River Waveney. A second individual then flew in from the west and
joined it there.
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Anser brachyrhynchus
****
c6000 were in fields north of Hobland Road at Browston on the morning
of the 1st.
30 were in a field beside Flixton Road at Somerleyton on the 1st.
2-3000 flew over Oulton Marshes on the 10th before settling on the marshes
at Burgh St. Peter.
c.200 flew over Oulton Marshes on the 12th before settling on the marshes
at Burgh St. Peter.
c.350 were at Blundeston Marshes on the 25th.
GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser
120 were at Lound waterworks on the 8th.
11 were at Leathes Ham on the 12th.
Four were at Lound waterworks on the 8th.
Kessingland
- 19th (2 N,
1 S).
CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis
****
129 were at
the marshes at Barnby on the 6th.
11 were at Burgh Castle Flats on the 23rd.
One was along Lake Lothing on the 23rd.
Four were at Oulton Broad on the 23rd.
DARK-BELLIED
BRENT GOOSE Branta (bernicla) bernicla ****
Kessingland - 1st (3 N, 45 S), 2nd (93 S), 4th (12 S), 7th
(2 S), 8th (3 S), 11th (1 S), 12th (1 N, 4 S), 13th (2 S), 16th (1 S),
18th (7 N, 22 S), 19th (5 S), 25th (1 N), 30th (4 S).
Ness Point
- 13th (9 S),
19th (1 N).
Gunton - 21st (7 S).
A first winter bird flew in and joined Black-headed Gulls on Gorleston
Pier on the 24th.
EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiacus
****
Three were at Lound water works on the 8th.
15 were at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 20th.
Oulton
Broad - 24th (17).
Leathes
Ham - 28th (2).
SHELDUCK
Tadorna tadorna ****
Kessingland - 1st
(35 S), 2nd (15 S), 10th (4 N), 15th (1 S), 22nd (1 S), 24th (3 S), 25th
(2 N).
Burgh Castle Flats - 12th (11), 23rd (2).
Ness
Point -
19th (4 N).
Oulton Broad - 21st (5 settled on the Broad briefly before
flying westward).
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BTO
Bird Atlas - winter number 3
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At
just past the halfway mark, and now into the third winter period,
the BTO is once again asking for your bird records to help fill
gaps in the maps of the BTO
Bird Atlas. In
tetrads that have already been covered there will still be some
species present but not yet recorded during visits, usually scarcer
or nocturnal species. You can help by adding your roving records
for any of these "missing" species when you find them. |
AMERICAN
WOOD DUCK Aix sponsa
****
The drake was back in Nicholas Everitt Park on
the 21st to 29th, ranging between the yacht club and the boathouse.
WIGEON Anas penelope ****
Kessingland
- 1st (6 N, 8 S), 2nd
(96 S), 3rd (3 N), 4th (2 on sea), 7th (95 S), 12th (3 N, 7 S), 15th (9
N, 3 S), 16th (3 N), 18th (57 S), 19th (7 S), 22nd (2 S), 24th (62 S),
25th (2 N), 26th (1 N).
Gorleston
- 6th (1 S), 12th (2 N), 19th (8 N, 6 S).
Ness Point
- 12th (4 N), 13th (21 N), 10th (11 N, 9 S).
Burgh
Castle Flats - 12th (30), 23rd (250).
Fisher
Row, Oulton Marshes - 12th
(60 N).
Leathes Ham
- 20th (5), 25th
(15).
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Gadgeon
(or Widgwall) - Leathes Ham - December 2009 © Andrew Easton
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GADWALL
Anas strepera ****
Kessingland - 2nd
(9 S).
Burgh Castle
Flats - 12th (6).
Fisher
Row, Oulton Marshes - 15th
(9).
Gorleston
- 18th (2 S).
Lound
waterworks - 22nd (7), 29th (15).
Oulton
Broad - 23rd (6).
Leathes
Ham - 25th (15).
Fritton Lake - 29th (16).
Amongst the Gadwall at
Leathes Ham on the 25th was the hybrid drake pictured above. The pink
breast, blue on the bill sides and white patch on the rear flank indicated
that its other parent was a Wigeon.
TEAL
Anas crecca
****
Kessingland - 1st (3 N), 2nd (142 S), 3rd (11 S), 12th
(1 S), 18th (11 S), 19th (24 S), 21st (24 N, 11 S), 22nd (2 S), 23rd (1
on sea).
Leathes Ham - 6th (1), 12th (2), 13th (1), 25th (4).
Burgh Castle Flats - 12th (4), 23rd (300).
Belton Marshes - 13th (4).
Fisher
Row, Oulton Marshes - 15th
(6), 18th (61 on the river).
Gorleston - 18th (4 S), 19th (12 S), 20th (4 S), 22nd (14 S).
Ness
Point - 19th
(24 S).
Kessingland
Levels - 20th (8).
Barsham Drain - 21st (80+).
Wicker Well, Somerleyton - 29th (30+).
MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos
Two were on the sea near Gorleston Pier on the 14th.
Four flew south past Gorleston Pier on the 18th.
Kessingland
- 17th (2 N),
18th (5 S).
Gorleston
- 19th (1 on the sea).
Lound
waterworks - 22nd (30).
PINTAIL Anas acuta
****
Kessingland - 2nd (8 S).
Leathes Ham - 29th (one drake).
SHOVELER Anas clypeata
****
Kessingland
- 1st (8 S), 2nd (24
S), 19th (2 S).
Gorleston
- 20th ( 1 N,
1 in off the sea).
Lound water works
- 22nd (2).
Leathes
Ham - 25th (40).
POCHARD
Aythya
ferina ****
Ness Point
- 19th (64 N,
31 S).
Gorleston - 19th
(7 N), 20th (8 N).
Leathes
Ham - 20th (1
drake), 25th (2 drakes), 31st (1 female).
Oulton
Broad - 23rd (1 drake).
Lound
water works - 29th (1).
TUFTED
DUCK Aythya fuligula ****
A female was at Leathes Ham on the 1st.
Seven were at Lound water works on the 8th.
Four were at Leathes Ham on the 13th and 19th.
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S), 12th (2 S), 18th (3 S), 20th (2
N, 1 S), 25th (2 N).
Gorleston - 19th (2 N).
Oulton Broad - 21st (2), 23rd (2).
Lound
water works - 22nd (5), 27th (10), 29th (35).
SCAUP Aythya marila ****
A female was at Lound waterworks on the 22nd.
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Sparrowhawk
- December 2009 © Peter Ransome
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COMMON EIDER
Somateria mollissima ****
Kessingland - 1st (8 N, 4 S), 2nd (16 S), 11th (5 N), 12th
(41 N), 13th (13 N, 4 on sea).
Ness Point
- 12th (11 N), 13th (36 N), 19th (1 N).
Gorleston - 12th (5 N), 13th (11 N), 20th (2 N).
COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra ****
Kessingland - 2nd (5 N, 26 S), 3rd (14 N), 4th (8 S), 7th
(3 N), 9th (3 N), 11th (7 N, 2 S), 12th (15 N), 13th (5 N, 3 S), 14th
(2 N, 5 S), 15th (1 N, 5 S), 16th (3 N), 17th (3 N), 18th (2 S), 19th
(1 S), 20th (2 N), 24th (1 S), 28th (20 on the sea), 29th (15 N).
Gorleston - 5th (4), 18th (2 S), 19th (1 on the sea), 20th
(2 S), 31st (4 N).
Ness Point
- 13th (5 S),
19th (6 S).
Pakefield
- 24th (38 on the sea).
VELVET SCOTER Melanitta fusca ****
Three flew south past Kessingland on the 24th.
GOLDENEYE
Bucephala clangula
****
15 flew south past Kessingland on the 2nd.
One flew south past Kessingland on the 14th.
One flew south past Ness Point on the 19th.
A pair were at Lound water works on the 29th.
Three were on Fritton Lake on the 29th.
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator
Kessingland - 1st (1 S), 2nd (5 S), 4th (2 S), 6th (1 S),
9th (1 S).
Gorleston - 13th (2 N).
GOOSANDER Mergus merganser ****
A pair flew in to the estuary at Burgh Castle at dusk on the 23rd and
appeared to settle near the north bank.
A pair were on the River Waveney at Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 24th.
MARSH HARRIER
Circus aeruginosus
****
Two were at Blundeston Marshes on the 1st.
Two flew over Ash Farm, Mutford on the 1st.
Two were at Castle Marshes, North Cove on the 6th.
One was at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 10th.
One was at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
Two were along Breydon South Wall marshes on the 14th.
Five were seen at Burgh Castle on the 18th.
Two were at Carlton Marshes on the 19th.
One flew south over Mutford on the 19th.
One flew south over Oulton Broad on the 20th.
Two were at Castle Marshes, North Cove on the 20th.
One was at Barsham Drain on the 21st.
Two were seen at Burgh Castle on the 23rd.
Two were at Whitecast Marsh, Carlton Marshes on the 24th.
HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus
****
A ringtail was at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 10th.
A ringtail was seen at Burgh Castle on the 18th.
A ringtail was seen over the marshes on the Norfolk side of River Waveney
opposite Carlton Marshes on the 19th.
Two ringtails were seen at Belton on the 20th.
A ringtail flew west at Burgh Castle on the 23rd.
COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo
****
One flew over Puddingmoor, Beccles on the 22nd.
KESTREL Falco tinnunculus
****
One was at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
One was at Gunton on the 14th.
One was at Kessingland Beach on the 15th.
One was at Leathes Ham on the 19th.
PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus ****
One flew south westward over Tonning Street at dusk on the 19th.
An adult female was seen over Lound waterworks on the 22nd.
A male was on Langley Marshes, The Island opposite Burgh Castle on the
23rd.
WATER RAIL
Rallus aquaticus ****
One was at Oulton Marshes on the 1st, 5th and 28th.
One was still at the spring north of Warren House Wood at Gunton Warren
on the 5th, 8th, 21st and 23rd.
One was heard at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
Two were at Warren House Wood at Gunton Warren on the 21st, one at the
spring to the north and one at the pool at the south end in the wood.
One was heard at Burgh Castle on the 23rd.
One was seen along Kirkley Brook on the 24th.
One was heard at Leathes Ham on the 25th.
MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus ****
One was feeding on the verge in front of Birds Eye along Whapload Road
on the 31st, along way from any ponds or ditches.
Seven were at Kirkley Fen Park on the 31st.
15 were along Kirkley Brook on the 31st.
COOT Fulica atra ****
Two were on Lake Lothing on the 31st.
OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus ****
One flew south past Kessingland on the 2nd.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 9th.
One flew south past Kessingland on the 15th.
Lake Lothing - 19th (1), 23rd (1).
Waveney Dock - 19th (1).
AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta ****
One was at Burgh Castle Flats on the 12th.
75 were at Burgh Castle Flats on the 27th.
RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula
****
Breydon South Flats - 14th (3).
Lake Lothing - 19th (3), 23rd (3).
Kessingland Beach - 24th (4).
GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria ****
200+ flew over Ash Farm, Mutford on the 1st.
2+ were heard flying over Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
60 flew east at Burgh Castle on the 12th.
40 flew east along Breydon South Wall marshes on the 14th.
c.600 were in fields along Coopers Lane, Kessingland on the 20th.
14 flew south westward over Oulton Broad on the 20th.
65 flew westward over Oulton Broad on the 23rd.
c.300 were in fields along Coopers Lane, Kessingland on the 26th.
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GREY PLOVER
Pluvialis squatarola
Two flew south past Kessingland on the 2nd.
Breydon South Flats - 14th (4).
Kessingland Beach - 28th (2).
LAPWING Vanellus vanellus ****
A flock 2500+ were seen in flight over Breydon South Wall from Gorleston
pier on the 5th.
30 were at Burgh Castle Flats on the 12th.
Two were at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
50 flew south over Breydon South Wall marshes on the 14th.
147 were in fields near Henstead Church on the 16th.
Two flew westward over Gunton Warren on the 17th.
Six flew over Normanston Park and Lake Lothing on the 19th.
150 were in fields along Coopers Lane, Kessingland on the 20th.
c.110 flew over Oulton Broad on the 20th.
25 flew south westward over Gorleston on the 20th.
14 flew south past Kessingland on the 20th.
200 passed west over Mutford in a two hour period on the 20th.
One was in Nicholas
Everitt Park on
the 21st.
One flew south past Kessingland on the 22nd.
One was at Normanston Park on the 23rd.
One was along the shoreline at Lake Lothing on the 23rd.
One was a small patch of grass near Gorleston Pier on the 24th.
60 were in clifftop field near Pontin's at Pakefield on the 24th.
KNOT Calidris canutus
Kessingland - 2nd (2 S), 3rd (21 S).
SANDERLING Calidris alba
****
Gorleston - 6th (5), 17th (2), 19th (3), 23rd (2), 31st
(1).
Kessingland Beach - 28th (8).
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Little
Stint - Oulton Marshes - December 2009 © Richard Weale
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LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta ****
One was at Oulton Marshes on the 20th.
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Certainly
not a species you expect to see in the Lowestoft area, but for those
of you present at one of our meetings last year you may recall we
had a collection and donated it to a group of Cuban birders who
were hoping to mount an expedition to prove the continuing existence
of the Cuban Kite (Chondroierax wilsonii). |
PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima ****
Ness Point - 6th (6), 19th (6), 21st (6), 25th (2), 26th
(3), 27th (4).
Lowestoft North Beach - 25th (1).
Hamilton Dock - 26th (1).
DUNLIN Calidris alpina
****
Burgh Castle Flats - 12th (3), 27th (55).
Breydon South Flats - 14th (80).
Ness Point - 19th (1 N).
Gorleston - 19th (1 N).
Lake Lothing - 23rd (1).
Kessingland Beach - 28th (1).
JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus ****
One was in a stubble field at Mutford on the 30th.
One was along Barsham Drain on the 31st.
SNIPE Gallinago gallinago ****
One was at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes - 18th (3), 20th (20+), 22nd
(10), 25th (17), 28th (2).
Crown Meadow - 19th (5 flew over during the Lowestoft v
Thamesmead match).
Leathes Ham - 13th (1), 19th (1), 20th (1).
Pakefield Beach - 18th (2).
Gisleham - 18th (1), 20th (1).
Mutford - 19th (5), 20th (12), 24th (1).
Ness Point - 19th (1).
Carlton Marshes - 19th (8).
Gunton - 19th (14), 20th (3+).
Lowestoft North Denes - 20th (1), 21st (10+).
Bosquet Close, Parkhill - 20th (4 flew west, one briefly
settling in garden)
Pontin's, Pakefield - 20th (54).
Kessingland Beach - 20th (11 S), 22nd (1 S).
Gorleston - 20th (7 in off the sea).
Warren Lane (Gorleston) - 20th (6).
Kessingland (Coopers Lane) - 20th (14).
Oulton Broad - 20th (66 flew over, most of them heading
south), 23rd (2 flew over).
Barsham Drain - 21st (11), 22nd (3).
Gunton Warren - 21st (3+).
Nicholas
Everitt Park -
21st (1).
Lound
waterworks - 22nd (3).
Burgh Castle - 23rd (1).
Kirkley Brook - 31st (1).
WOODCOCK Scolopax
rusticola ****
One was at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
One was flushed at Dip Farm football pitches, Gunton on the 18th.
One was flushed near Foxburrow Wood, Gunton on the 19th.
One flew over Clover Way, Gunton on the 19th.
Two were flushed from the river bank at Carlton Marshes on the 19th.
One was flushed at Castle Marshes, Barnby on the 20th.
One was flushed near North Cove nature reserve on the 20th.
One flew westward over Oulton Broad on the 20th.
One was flushed at Warren Lane, Gorleston on the 20th.
Four were flushed around Mutford on the 20th.
Two flew over Gunton Warren on the 20th.
Two were flushed at Kessingland on the 20th.
One was flushed at Barsham Drain on the 21st and 22nd.
At least four were flushed between the Denes Oval and Warren House Wood
on the 21st.
One flew over Lowry Way,Gunton on the 21st.
One flew along Yarmouth Road by Belle Vue Park on the 21st.
One was flushed at Fisher Row on the 22nd.
Two were flushed in Flycatcher Alley by the Denes Oval on the 23rd.
One was flushed by workmen along the railway line beside Caldecott Road,
Oulton Broad on the 23rd.
Two were flushed at Warren House Wood on the 24th.
Two were flushed at Fallowfields, Parkhill on the 24th.
Four were flushed at Mutford Big Wood on the 24th.
One was flushed at Fallowfields, Parkhill on the 25th.
Three
were flushed along Corton disused railtrack on the 27th.
One was flushed in Foxburrow Wood on the 27th.
Three
were flushed along Corton disused railtrack on the 29th.
One was flushed at Lound water works on the 29th.
Two were flushed at Ashby on the 29th.
Three were flushed at Mutford Big Wood on the 30th.
One was flushed at Kirkley Fen Park on the 31st.
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa ****
Burgh Castle - 12th (40), 23rd (1), 27th (136).
Breydon South Flats - 14th (2).
One arrived in off the sea and continued heading inland at Lowestoft North
Denes on the 20th.
CURLEW
Numenius arquata
41
were in a field at Bradwell on the 1st.
One flew north past Kessingland on the 1st.
91 were at Burgh Castle Flats on the 12th.
One flew westward over Oulton Broad on the 20th.
Three were at Burgh Castle Flats on the 23rd.
SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus
At least four were along Breydon South Flats on the 9th.
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Barn
Owl - Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes - November 2009 © Richard
Weale
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REDSHANK Tringa
totanus ****
Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes - 1st (1), 11th (4), 12th (4),
15th (8), 18th (3), 20th (5), 28th (1).
Lake Lothing - 1st (2+), 19th (11).
Burgh Castle - 12th (70).
Breydon South Flats - 14th (130).
Kessingland - 19th (1 N).
Gorleston - 20th (3 N), 23rd (1 N).
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus
****
Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes - 1st (1), 5th (6), 6th (6),
11th (1), 25th (2).
One flew westward over Oulton Broad on the 20th.
TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres
****
Gorleston - 6th (14), 12th (7), 13th (11), 19th (10), 23rd
(1), 31st (8).
Kessingland - 6th (1 N), 28th (1).
Ness Point - 25th (12), 26th (17).
Pakefield Beach - 25th (23).
GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua
One arrived from the south at Kessingland on the 26th. It forced a Herring
Gull onto the water, which then got away. The skua subsequently flew south
and then settled on the sea.
MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melanocephalus ****
Gunton Warren - 1st (1), 10th (1), 15th (1), 28th (2nd
winter south).
Gorleston - 5th (1), 6th (7 S), 17th (7 following a dredger
north), 19th (2), 20th (1 white ringed), 23rd (1 white ringed), 31st (8
at harbour mouth).
Links Road car park - 8th (1), 26th (2, green ringed adult
and unringed 1st winter).
Ness Point - 13th (1 adult [green ringed], 1 1st winter),
19th (green ringed adult), 31st (1 adult).
Hopton - 14th (1).
Kessingland - 16th (1 S), 18th (1 S).
Pakefield Beach - 25th (9, six adults, three second winters).
LITTLE GULL Hydrocoloeus minutus
****
An adult and first winter flew south past Gunton Warren on the 28th.
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus marinus ****
A colour ringed first winter bird roosting in Lowestoft Harbour on the
evening of the 13th had been ringed as a chick in June on an island off
the north easternmost tip of Norway, a straight line distance of 2481
kilometres away. A second Norwegian colour ringed first winter present
the same evening (and on the 19th) had been ringed in south-east Norway,
a more modest 784 kilometres away.
A second winter Norwegian colour ringed individual seen at Oulton Broad
on the 24th proved to be a returning bird from last winter.
KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla
****
Kessingland - 1st (4 N, 1 S), 3rd (1 S), 4th (10 N, 2 S),
5th (29 N, 5 on sea), 8th (2 N, 3 S), 10th (4 N, 2 S), 11th (3 N), 12th
(1 S), 13th (2 N), 14th (1 N), 31st (3 N).
Ness Point - 5th (1 N, 1 S), 13th (4 N), 31st (3 N, 1 S).
Gorleston - 6th (16 S).
GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
Ness Point
- 12th (1 N), 13th (2 N).
Gorleston - 13th (1 N).
AUK sp. Alcidae
****
Kessingland - 1st (1 N), 4th (1 N), 7th (1 N), 10th (8 N),
11th (4 N), 13th (1 N), 14th (8 N), 17th (1 N), 18th (3 N), 23rd (1 on
sea).
Ness Point
- 12th (1 N), 13th (8 N), 31st (1 N).
BARN OWL Tyto alba ****
Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes - 1st (2), 10th (3), 18th (1), 22nd
(1), 25th (2).
Two were at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
One was at Beacon Park, Gorleston on the 19th.
One was at Carlton Marshes on the 19th.
One was at Langley Marshes, The Island, opposite Burgh Castle on the
23rd.
LITTLE OWL Athene noctua ****
One was at Burgh Castle on the 23rd.
SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
****
One was at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
One flew north high along the coast at Ness Point on the morning of
the 25th.
KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis ****
One was at Leathes Ham on the 1st.
One was at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 20th, 25th and 28th.
One was at Lound water works on the 27th and 29th.
One was at Burgh Castle on the 27th.
One was at Fritton
lake on the 29th.
One was along Kirkley Brook on the 31st.
GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
One was at Oulton Marshes on the 12th.
One was along Breydon South Wall marshes on the 14th.
One was at Gunton Warren on the 14th, 15th and 19th.
One was at Sparrows
Nest Park on the 24th.
One was at Wicker Well, Somerleyton on the 29th.
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Two were at Fisher Row on the 22nd.
One was at Leathes Ham on the 25th.
One was at Wicker Well, Somerleyton on the 29th.
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Mediterranean
Gull - Links Road, Lowestoft - November 2009 © Peter Ransome
One of our regular birds, a Belgian ringed individual that has been returning to winter each year since 2004. |
SKY LARK Alauda
arvensis
22 were in fields adjacent to Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
Two migrants flew over Gorleston on the 18th.
Two flew south westward over Gorleston on the 20th.
40 were in a sugar beet field at Mutford on the 19th.
170 were in a different sugar beet field at Mutford on the 20th.
120+ were at Barsham Drain on the 31st.
SHORE LARK Eremophila alpestris ****
One was at the north end of Kessingland Beach on the 19th, 24th and 29th.
MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Ten were at Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
Six were at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
Six were along Breydon South Wall marshes on the 14th.
Five were at Mutford on the 19th.
Ten were at Kessingland sewage works on the 20th.
Seven flew south at Gorleston on the 20th.
15 were at the Kessingland Levels on the 20th.
One was at Nicholas
Everitt Park on
the 21st.
ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
****
One flew inland from Gorleston Pier on the 9th.
One was at Hamilton Dock on the 26th.
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Green
Woodpecker - Worlingham - December 2009 © Stephen Wood
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WATER PIPIT Anthus spinoletta
One was at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 1st and 5th.
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea ****
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (2), 8th (1), 20th (1).
Lowestoft High Street - 7th (one flew north at dusk), 22nd
(1).
Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes - 8th (2), 20th (1), 22nd (1).
Hamilton Dock - 19th (1).
Gunton Hall - 28th (1 flew over).
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrellii
30+ were at Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
Eight were along Breydon South Wall marshes on the 14th.
20 were at Mutford on the 19th.
52 were at Kessingland sewage works on the 24th.
WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus
23 flew west over Beccles Church at 08:00 on the 2nd.
STONECHAT Saxicola torquata ****
Two were at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 1st and 5th.
One was at Castle Marshes, North Cove on the 6th.
One was at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
Three were at Carton Marshes on the 7th.
Two were at Barsham Drain on the 21st.
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Stonechat
- Oulton Marshes - December 2009 © Andrew Easton
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BLACKBIRD Turdus
merula
c.30 were at Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
c.50 were at Mutford on the 20th.
FIELDFARE
Turdus pilaris ****
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
Five were at Rookery Park golf course on the 7th.
Seven were at Carton Marshes on the 7th.
Six were at Belton Marshes on the 13th.
Seven were at Carton Marshes on the 19th.
200 were at Mutford on the 20th.
40 were near Barsham Old Hall on the 22nd.
One was at Burgh Castle on the 23rd.
Ten
were at North Cove on the 25th.
25 flew north over Corton disused railtrack on the 27th.
150+ were at Mutford on the 28th.
SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelus
Two were at Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus
One was in song at Wheatcroft Farm, Bradwell on the 1st.
REDWING Turdus iliacus
Three were at Lound water works on the 8th.
A constant stream of flocks of Redwings were flying south and west over
Beccles Common between 7:30 am and 10:30am on the 16th.
20 were near
Barsham Old Hall on the 22nd.
One was at Sparrows Nest Park on the 24th.
One was at Fallowfields,
Parkhill on the 24th.
Two
were at North Cove on the 25th.
30+ were at
Mutford on the 28th.
18 were at Lound water works on the 29th.
CETTI'S
WARBLER Cettia cetti ****
At least four were at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 1st.
At least two were at Castle Marshes, North Cove on the 6th.
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 8th.
At least six were at Oulton Marshes on the 12th, plus one at Whitecast
Marsh opposite.
One was heard at Hall Road, Oulton Broad on the 13th.
Two were at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 28th.
DARTFORD WARBLER Sylvia undata ****
At least one was still present at Gunton Warren on the 1st, 8th, 9th,
10th, 14th, 15th and 21st.
Two males were watched having a territorial disagreement at Gunton Warren
on the 26th, with at least one still calling there on the 27th and 28th.
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
****
A female was in a garden at Lowry Way, Gunton on the 2nd.
A male was in a garden at Priors Close, Gunton on the 25th.
A male was feeding on apples in a garden at Clarkson Road, Oulton on the
28th.
CHIFFCHAFF
Phylloscopus collybita
****
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (2), 8th (2), 20th (1).
Leathes Ham - 7th (1), 12th (2), 13th (1), 19th (1), 20th
(1), 23rd (1), 24th (1).
Corton Wood - 8th (1), 20th (1), 28th (3).
Lound water works - 23rd (2), 29th (3).
Gunton Warren - 28th (1).
GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
****
Corton Wood - 8th (2+), 20th (4+), 28th (2+).
Gunton (Hubbard's Loke) - 9th (1).
Belle Vue Park - 27th (2).
Foxburrow Wood - 27th (2+).
Warren House Wood - 28th (1).
FIRECREST Regulus ignicapillus
****
Corton Wood - 8th (2+), 20th (5+), 21st (2), 28th (5).
Warren House Wood - 8th (1), 21st (2), 23rd (3), 24th (3),
28th (4).
Gunton Warren - 9th (1), 14th (2+), 15th (2), 28th (2).
Gunton Church - 14th (1), 19th (1), 20th (1), 28th (2).
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (1).
Sparrows Nest Park - 24th (1).
Kirkley Brook - 24th (1).
Trinity Methodist Church (Yarmouth Road) - 25th (1).
Corton disused railtrack - 27th (1).
Foxburrow Wood - 27th (4+).
A
circular walk specifically searching for Firecrests and Goldcrests from
Gunton Church via Corton Wood and Warren House Wood on the 28th produced
at least 13
Firecrests,
but only three Goldcrests
BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus ****
At least one was heard at Burgh Castle on the 12th.
Two were at Oulton Marshes on the 20th.
At least four were heard at Burgh Castle on the 23rd and 27th.
MARSH TIT Poecile palustris
One was at a garden feeder in Mutford on the 20th.
COAL TIT Periparus ater ****
Two were in Belle Vue Park on the 27th.
TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris ****
One was at Fisher Row on the 11th, 12th, 15th and 18th.
One was at Oulton Marshes on the 22nd.
One was at Foxburrow Wood on the 27th.
Two were at Gunton Wood on the 28th and 29th.
JAY
Garrulus glandarius
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (1).
Corton new sewage works - 27th (2).
JACKDAW Corvus monedula
147 were roosting on tower of Beccles Church on the 8th.
STARLING Sturnus vulgaris
A flock of eight arrived in off the sea at Ness Point at 09:40 on the
13th.
CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (6).
GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Kessingland sewage works - 1st (20+).
GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
****
Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes - 15th (20), 25th (20).
SISKIN Carduelis spinus
****
Gunton Warren - 10th (10 N).
Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes - 15th (9), 20th (4).
Wicker Well, Somerleyton - 29th (2 flew over).
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An
old postcard view looking northwestward from Mutford Lock at Oulton
Broad.
An almost unrecognizable view, as the rolling countryside along the north shore has long since been covered by housing estates and boatyards. |
LINNET
Carduelis cannabina
A wintering flock of 50 were in a sugar beet field at Ash Farm, Mutford
on the 1st.
60 were in fields at Bradwell on the 1st.
17 were at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 5th.
Six were at
Lound water works on the 8th.
Two flew north at Gorleston Pier on the 8th.
Two were along
Breydon South Wall marshes on the 14th.
30
were at Mutford on the 20th.
42 were at Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 25th.
30 were at North Cove on the 25th.
LESSER REDPOLL
Carduelis cabaret
****
c.20 were at Lound water works on the 8th.
Three were at
Fisher Row, Oulton Marshes on the 20th and 28th.
One was at North Cove on the 25th.
BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
****
Two were at Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
Three were at Kessingland sewage works on the 8th.
One was at Kessingland sewage works on the 20th.
Two were along Warren Lane, Gorleston on the 20th.
Eight were seen around Mutford on the 20th.
Four were at North Cove on the 25th.
Five were along Corton disused railtrack on the 27th.
Two were at Gunton Wood on the 28th.
SNOW BUNTING
Plectrophenax nivalis
****
Kessingland - 2nd (65), 4th (70), 5th (50), 6th (70), 7th
(4), 8th (50), 9th (70), 10th (70), 11th (50), 12th (70), 14th (60), 15th
(70), 16th (70), 17th (70), 18th (75), 19th (75), 20th (70), 21st (70),
22nd (70), 24th (92), 25th (50), 26th (12), 27th (75), 28th (66), 29th
(75), 30th (60), 31st (70).
Gunton Warren - 26th (one of the black ringed individuals
from Kessingland).
A first winter female ringed at Kessingland on February 22nd this year
was found at Oesterdam, Zeeland, in the Netherlands on December 1st, and
was still present on the 14th at least. The number on the metal ring was
pieced together from photographs enabling it to be identified to an individual
from the total marked with an orange ring during last winter. This is
the second Kessingland ringed bird to be seen in Zeeland.
On the 18th what may be a different Kessingland ringed bird was seen at
Westplaat, Oostvoorne, near Rotterdam.
42 Snow Buntings were ringed with black colour rings at Kessingland on
the 12th. Details of any sightings of these black ringed birds away from
Kessingland can be emailed to colin.carter5@virgin.net
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Snow
Bunting (Sneeuwgors) - Oesterdam, Zeeland, Netherlands - December
2009 © Kris De Rouck
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REED
BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Two were at Kessingland sewage works on the 1st.
One was at Castle
Marshes, North Cove on the 6th.
Four
were at Kessingland sewage works on the 8th.
One was at Burgh Castle on the 12th.
NON-BIRD
NEWS
GREY SEAL
Kessingland - 4th (1), 14th (1), 24th (1), 25th (1).
Gorleston - 14th (1).
Gunton - 21st (1), 28th (1).
Pakefield - 25th (1).
COMMON SEAL
Gorleston - 6th (1), 12th (1), 14th (1), 23rd (1).
Kessingland - 11th (1).
HARBOUR PORPOISE
Gunton - 15th (1 N).
Kessingland - 15th (1), 25th (1 N).
CHINESE WATER DEER
Fisher Row - 1st (1), 25th (1).
Barsham Drain - 22nd (2).
MUNTJAC
Kessingland sewage works - 20th (1).
Beccles Road, Oulton Broad - 21st (1).
Warren House Wood - 21st (1).
OTTER
A family party of four were seen along Oulton Dyke on the 23rd.
A Painted Lady was seen flying in a garden in Jacob Street, Lowestoft
on the 1st.
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