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August 2025 Sightings
August 31st
Oulton Broad: a HOOPOE in a private garden (for 6th day).
Kessingland: the BARRED WARBLER again present north of Benacre Sluice.
Covehithe Broad: a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE on the Broad, that flew out to sea and then back again.
Walberswick: six FAN-TAILED WARBLERS still present in the same area.
Minsmere: two Spoonbills flew over.
Sizewell: an Osprey flew north.
Aldeburgh Marsh: four Curlew Sandpipers, eight Whinchats and an Osprey.
Iken: an Osprey fishing on the river by Iken Cliffs.
Snape: an Osprey flew east down river over Snape Maltings.
Gedgrave Marsh: a Whinchat and an Osprey south.
Shingle Street: seven Whinchats.
Pipps Ford: a Whinchat again on the fence line footpath to the railway line.
​August 30th
Breydon Water: a Little Stint and two Curlew Sandpipers.
Kessingland: the BARRED WARBLER again present north of Benacre Sluice.
Walberswick: 2+ FAN-TAILED WARBLERS still present in the same area. A PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER flew north.
Minsmere: a Common Redstart at Mount Pleasant.
Aldeburgh Marsh: four Curlew Sandpipers, a Wood Sandpiper, three Whinchats and an Osprey.
​​Shingle Street: three Whinchats and a RED-BACKED SHRIKE around the tennis courts.
Landguard: 2+ Pied Flycatchers, a Whinchat, a Common Redstart and a Tree Sparrow at LBO.
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August 29th
Flixton: a Crane over the village.
Lowestoft: a juvenile Long-tailed Skua north off Ness Point.
Kessingland: a Long-tailed Skua reported south offshore.
Walberswick: 3+ FAN-TAILED WARBLERS still present in the same area.
Sizewell: an Arctic Tern and two Little Gulls by the outfall.
Alde estuary: two Whinchats.
Hazlewood Marsh: an Osprey fishing.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK again present along the dyke.
Landguard: three Arctic Skuas south and two Black Redstarts.
Pipps Ford: a Whinchat on the fence line footpath to the railway line.
August 28th
Lowestoft: a Dutch colour-ringed juvenile Caspian Gull at Ness Point.
Kessingland: the BARRED WARBLER still present north of Benacre Sluice.
Benacre: a Little Stint, two Wood Sandpipers and three Spoonbills on the Broad.
Easton Bavents: a juvenile RED-BACKED SHRIKE at the sheep paddocks.
Reydon Marsh: three Whinchats viewed from Quay Lane.
Walberswick: 1+ FAN-TAILED WARBLERS still present.
Westleton Heath: a Whinchat.
Aldeburgh Marsh: nine Curlew Sandpipers, three Whinchats and a Pied Flycatcher.
Iken: two Ospreys along the river.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK on the lake by Boyton Hall Farm.
Hollesley Marsh: two Whinchats.
​​Shingle Street: three Whinchats around the tennis courts and four Tree Sparrows towards Bawdsey that then flew high south.
August 27th
Breydon Water: two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers.
Lowestoft: a juvenile Long-tailed Skua north off Ness Point.
Kessingland: the BARRED WARBLER still present north of Benacre Sluice.
Wangford: a possible juvenile PURPLE HERON flew towards Easton Broad.
Walberswick: at least two FAN-TAILED WARBLERS still present and an adult Caspian Gull at the harbour.
Aldeburgh Marsh: nine Curlew Sandpipers, seven Whinchats and an Osprey fishing over the river. A LESSER GOLDEN PLOVER species flew across the River Alde, just west of Slaughden.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK on the lake by Boyton Hall Farm.
Felixstowe Ferry: a juvenile Caspian Gull.
Trimley Marsh: a WOOD WARBLER by the viewpoint.
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August 26th
Kessingland: the BARRED WARBLER again present.
Walberswick: at least three FAN-TAILED WARBLERS still present.
Aldeburgh Marsh: a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, a Glossy Ibis and a Cattle Egret.
Hazlewood Marsh: an Osprey fishing.
Orfordness: at least five Whinchats noted and an Osprey flew over.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK on the lake by Boyton Hall Farm.
Landguard: a Whinchat.
Helmingham: a Pied Flycatcher at the Hall.
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August 25th
Kessingland: the BARRED WARBLER again present.
Walberswick: still two FAN-TAILED WARBLERS present and a Ruddy Shelduck on pools south of the beach huts. Later two Ruddy Shelducks flew south towards Dingle Marsh.
Aldeburgh: an Arctic Skua south.
Aldeburgh Marsh: four Ruddy Shelducks flew across to Orfordness, one Ruddy Shelduck on the pool near the allotment plus an Osprey up river towards Hazlewood Marsh.
Hazlewood Marsh: a Curlew Sandpiper plus a Pied Flycatcher.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
Hollesley Marsh: a Whinchat by the pill box along the river wall.
​​Shingle Street: a GREENISH WARBLER by the allotments.
Landguard: a Pied Flycatcher at LBO.
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August 24th
Kessingland: an BARRED WARBLER north of the sluice and two Whinchats in the dunes opposite Heathlands.
Hen Reedbeds: nine Spoonbills.
Walberswick: the family party of six FAN-TAILED WARBLERS (two adult and four juveniles) and a Ruddy Shelduck on pools south of the beach huts.
Aldringham: an Osprey over towards Thorpeness.
Aldeburgh Marsh: a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, two Wood Sandpipers, four Ruddy Shelducks and a juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwit.
Hazlewood Marsh: an Osprey, two Curlew Sandpipers, ten Spoonbills and two Cattle Egrets.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
​​Shingle Street: four Ruddy Shelducks flew south.
Witnesham: an adult Caspian Gull following a plough.​
​August 23rd
Carlton Marsh: three Cattle Egrets with cows off the main track.
Walberswick: a family party of five FAN-TAILED WARBLERS (an adult and four juveniles).
Minsmere: a Tree Pipit at Mount Pleasant.
Aldeburgh Marsh: two Garganey and Ruddy Shelducks.
Hazlewood Marsh: two Cattle Egrets and nine Spoonbills plus two Ospreys from the hide.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke plus two DOTTERELS flew over.
Shingle Street: a Pied Flycatcher in the rear garden of the Martello Tower.
Landguard: a Pied Flycatcher at LBO and a Purple Sandpiper on the Point.
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August 22nd
Walberswick: a family party of five FAN-TAILED WARBLERS (two adults and three juveniles) noted - it represents the first breeding record of the species in the UK. A Ruddy Shelduck on the shorepools.
Minsmere: a Whinchat at the end of the North Wall.
Sizewell: 16 Little Gulls and a juvenile Arctic Tern.
Aldeburgh Marsh: three Ruddy Shelducks still present.
Hazlewood Marsh: eight Spoonbills, two Cattle Egrets, an Osprey plus a Glossy Ibis.
Orford: the BLACK STORK seen in flight from Orford Quay.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
Landguard: a Pied Flycatcher at LBO and a Purple Sandpiper on the Point.
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August 21st
Lowestoft: a Manx Shearwater north and a Long-tailed Skua south off Ness Point.
Southwold: the earlier Long-tailed Skua from Ness Point seen heading south.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present.
Minsmere: a Manx Shearwater offshore.
North Warren: a Pied Flycatcher.
Aldeburgh Marsh: two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers and two Garganey on the main lagoon plus four Ruddy Shelducks on the allotment pools.
Hazlewood Marsh: the adult WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER again.
Shingle Street: two Pied Flycatchers.
Landguard: two Pied Flycatchers at LBO.
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August 20th
Lowestoft: a dark juvenile Long-tailed Skua north off Ness Point.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present, a Ruddy Shelduck on the shorepools plus six Spoonbills. and a Whinchat on the beach south of the Buckthorn clump.
Slaughden: an Arctic Skua north.
Aldeburgh Marsh: a Curlew Sandpiper, two Wood Sandpipers, two Garganey and four Ruddy Shelducks.
Hazlewood Marsh: the adult WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER again.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
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August 19th
Gorleston: three Arctic Skuas south.
Lowestoft: a Pomarine Skua and an Arctic Skua south off Ness Point.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present and a Ruddy Shelduck on the shorepools.
Aldeburgh: a Pied Flycatcher by the tennis courts.
Aldeburgh Marsh: a Curlew Sandpiper, a Wood Sandpiper, a Garganey and four Ruddy Shelducks.
Hazlewood Marsh: the adult WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER again.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
Shingle Street: two Whinchats by the tennis courts.
Landguard: a Whinchat on the common in front of LBO and a Pied Flycatcher in the compound.
Flowton: two Ravens over.
Shelley: three Wood Sandpipers at Giffords Flash.
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August 18th
Lowestoft: the GREENISH WARBLER still present in Tamarisks at Ness Point. Two Great Skuas and one Arctic Skua south.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present and a juvenile Caspian Gull at the harbour.
Aldeburgh Marsh: an adult Curlew Sandpiper, two Wood Sandpipers, a Garganey, three Cattle Egrets, a juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwit and four Ruddy Shelducks.
Hazlewood Marsh: an adult WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, a Glossy Ibis flew north-east plus a juvenile Arctic Tern flew up river. An Osprey from the hide.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
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August 17th
Lowestoft: the GREENISH WARBLER still present in Tamarisks at Ness Point.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present.
Aldeburgh Marsh: two Wood Sandpipers, a Garganey, a juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwit and four Ruddy Shelducks.
Hazlewood Marsh: an adult WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
Shingle Street: a Whinchat by the tennis courts.
Bawdsey Marsh: a Corn Bunting.
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August 16th
Lowestoft: a GREENISH WARBLER in sewage works yard, near Birds Eye factory, at Ness Point.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present.
Aldeburgh Marsh: six Wood Sandpipers on the main pools and four Ruddy Shelducks on the north pools.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
Hollesley: a White Stork over.
Shingle Street: a Whinchat by the tennis courts.
Landguard: two Pied Flycatchers at LBO.
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August 15th
Southwold: two Pied Flycatchers by the sewage works Birch/Oak clump.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present.
Minsmere: a Little Stint on East Scrape.
Aldeburgh: a Firecrest near the tennis courts.
Aldeburgh Marsh: two Garganey, four Ruddy Shelducks, two Whinchats, a juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwit and an Osprey upriver. Two Pied Flycatchers and a Spotted Flycatcher in the wooded conservation area.
Hazlewood Marsh: three Cattle Egrets and eight Spoonbills.
Orford: a Pied Flycatcher on the north edge of the village.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke, east of Boyton Hall Farm.
Shingle Street: a Whinchat by the tennis courts.
Landguard: a Pied Flycatcher and a Whinchat at LBO.
​August 14th
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present.
Minsmere: an Common Redstart at Vault Hill.
Aldeburgh Marsh: two Garganey, four Ruddy Shelducks, a Spoonbill, a juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwit and three Little Gulls.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke, east of Boyton Hall Farm.
Landguard: two Pied Flycatcher and two Common Redstarts at LBO.
Livermere Lake: an adult Caspian Gull, three Yellow-legged Gulls and a Cattle Egret.
August 13th
Corton: two Pied Flycatchers, one along the old rail line and one in the south-west corner of the new sewage works.
Lowestoft: a Pied Flycatcher in trees along Crop Shop Alley.
Benacre: an adult Black Tern at the Broad.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present and a Ruddy Shelduck on pools south of the black huts.
Aldeburgh Marsh: a Garganey, four Ruddy Shelducks, a limosa Black-tailed Godwit and ten Little Gulls.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke and a PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER flew north and later relocated on the River Alde/Butley Creek confluence.
Shingle Street: a Pied Flycatcher.
Landguard: a Pied Flycatcher trapped and ringed at LBO.
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August 12th
Lowestoft: a juvenile Caspian Gull on the Birdseye roof at Ness Point.
Southwold: a Sooty Shearwater flew north.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present.
Aldeburgh Marsh: three Cattle Egrets on the flash before flying south, four Spoonbills upriver and a Little Gull.
Hazlewood Marsh: a Curlew Sandpiper.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke and four Ruddy Shelducks flew north over the reserve.
Shingle Street: a Whinchat.
Thetford: the PURPLE HERON again at Nunnery Lakes.
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August 11th
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present.
Dunwich: a Whinchat in reed and gorse 800m north of the beach car park.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
Claydon: a White Stork in a field near the village.
Stowmarket: a Pied Flycatcher at Farriers Road.
Thetford: a PURPLE HERON at Nunnery Lakes.
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August 10th
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present, a Ruddy Shelduck on pools south of the car park and a juvenile Caspian Gull at the harbour.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
Landguard: a Pied Flycatcher at LBO.
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August 9th
Corton: a Pied Flycatcher along the old disused rail track.
Kessingland: a Pied Flycatcher trapped and ringed by the small reedbed opposite the sewage works.
Southwold: a Pied Flycatcher by the sewage works.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present all day and two new juvenile Caspian Gulls at the harbour.
Sudbourne: a ringtail Harrier species high north between Sudbourne and Orford plus Pied Flycatcher.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
Shingle Street: a Pied Flycatcher in Poplars at the start of the allotment.
Bawdsey: a Black Redstart at East Lane plus a Pied Flycatcher along the concrete track.
Landguard: a Pied Flycatcher trapped and ringed at LBO.
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August 8th
Lowestoft: two adult Black Terns feeding off North Beach plus another south.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present all day and a juvenile Caspian Gull at the harbour.
Thorpeness: 12 Little Gulls south offshore.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke.
Hollesley: a Wood Warbler trapped and ringed at a private ringing site.
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August 7th
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present all day
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke, east of Boyton Hall Farm plus a juvenile Spoonbill on the river.
Felixstowe: a NIGHT HERON recorded by nocmig at 2am.
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August 6th
Southwold: a juvenile Caspian Gull at the harbour.
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present all day.
Hazlewood Marsh: a Curlew Sandpiper and eight Spoonbills.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke, east of Boyton Hall Farm.
Bawdsey: an Osprey flew high north-west.
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August 5th
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER still present all day near the Buckthorn clump, 800m south of the harbour.
Hazlewood Marsh: a Curlew Sandpiper and seven Spoonbills.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK still present along the dyke, east of Boyton Hall Farm.
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August 4th
Walberswick: the FAN-TAILED WARBLER again present all day near the Buckthorn clump, 800m south of the harbour.
Aldeburgh Marsh: six Spoonbills.
Hazlewood Marsh: a Curlew Sandpiper present on the rising tide before flying towards Aldeburgh Marsh.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK again showing well.
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August 3rd
Walberswick: a FAN-TAILED WARBLER 800m south of the harbour near a clump of Buckthorn. A juvenile Caspian Gull at the harbour.
Minsmere: an Arctic Skua north.
Sizewell: 12 Little Gulls and two Caspian Gulls.
Aldeburgh Marsh: two Wood Sandpipers and a Curlew Sandpiper.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK again showing well, a Curlew Sandpiper and a HONEY-BUZZARD north.
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August 2nd
Lowestoft: a Great Skua north past Ness Point.
Benacre: four Spoonbills and a Curlew Sandpiper on the Broad.
Minsmere: three Arctic Skuas offshore, Curlew Sandpiper and Wood Sandpiper on South Scrape plus ten Little Gulls on East Scrape.
Aldeburgh Marsh: two Wood Sandpipers.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK again showing well.
Ramsholt: a Wood Sandpiper.
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August 1st
Walberswick: four juvenile unringed Caspian Gulls at the harbour.
Dunwich: an Arctic Skua close inshore.
Aldeburgh Marsh: seven Spoonbills and two Wood Sandpipers.
Hazlewood Marsh: an adult Curlew Sandpiper and eight Spoonbills.
Boyton Marsh: the BLACK STORK again showing well.
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