Suffolk
Bird
Group

September 8th

Carlton Marsh: two Short-eared Owls.

Dunwich: a Great Skua south.

Minsmere: the Pectoral Sandpiper on East Scrape.

Felixstowe Ferry: a Whinchat at the boat yard.

Cattawade: the HUDSONIAN GODWIT still present on North Marsh.

 

September 7th

Benacre Broad: a Wood Sandpiper and three Curlew Sandpipers.

Walberswick: ZITTING CISTICOLAS on Corporation Marsh between the beach and Dunwich River.

Minsmere: a Pectoral Sandpiper on West Scrape.

Slaughden: an Arctic Skua south.

Aldeburgh Marsh: the BLACK STORK south over towards Orford Ness. Also a Cattle Egret and a Whinchat.

Bawdsey: an Osprey and a Tree Pipit heading south at East Lane.

Deben Estuary: a BLACK STORK dropped down behind a bank about one mile south-east of Kyson Point.

Landguard: a Tree Sparrow at the Butts pond.

Loompit Lake: a White Wagtail.

Alton Water: the female HOODED MERGANSER again present from Tattingstone Wonder, resting on a buoy.

Cattawade: the HUDSONIAN GODWIT still present on North Marsh.

 

September 6th

Lowestoft: the RED-FOOTED FALCON still present along Rotterdam Road by the house with the norfolk hawker mural. Six Sooty Shearwaters north past Ness Point plus an Arctic Skua. A LONG-TAILED SKUA flew north plus four more later.

Benacre Broad: six Little Stints.

Covehithe: a BALEARIC SHEARWATER south.

Southwold: a BALEARIC SHEARWATER south. A Great Skua north.

Walberswick: a juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper on pools before flying south. Two ZITTING CISTICOLAS by the old mill.

Minsmere: a LONG-TAILED SKUA flew north and later one south. A Little Stint on South Scrape.

Sizewell: a Manx Shearwater south plus four Arctic Terns, a Razorbill and a Little Gull.

Thorpeness: a BALEARIC SHEARWATER flew north offshore and a Sooty Shearwater. A Great Northern Diver north and a Short-eared Owl in off.

Slaughden: two Sooty Shearwaters north. A Manx Shearwater north and a first-winter Caspian Gull along the beach.

Aldeburgh Marsh: three Whinchats and a Little Ringed Plover plus an Osprey hunting off the old brick dock.

Iken: a Curlew Sandpiper.

Shingle Street: two Whinchats.

Bawdsey: two Sooty Shearwaters (one north and one south) and a LONG-TAILED SKUA at East Lane. A BALEARIC SHEARWATER north.

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September 5th

Lowestoft: the RED-FOOTED FALCON still present along Rotterdam Road by the house with the norfolk hawker mural. Four Sooty Shearwaters north past Ness Point.

Kessingland: a Short-eared Owl near the sluice.

Benacre Broad: five Little Stints and three Curlew Sandpipers and a Garganey.

Southwold: two Sooty Shearwaters south and a Great Skua.

Walberswick: ZITTING CISTICOLAS by the old mill.

Sizewell: a Great Skua south.

Aldeburgh Marsh: six Whinchats near the allotment pools, also an Osprey, a Spoonbill and a Little Ringed Plover.

Iken: the BLACK STORK again.

Havergate Island: a GREY PHALAROPE.

Boyton: an Osprey hunting before flying towards Orford.

Chillesford: a juvenile BLACK STORK over then over Burrows Hill/Boyton.

Shingle Street: the BLACK STORK south over. Three Whinchats by the tennis courts.

Cattawade: the HUDSONIAN GODWIT still present on North Marsh.

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September 4th

Gunton: five Ravens north over Gunton Warren.

Lowestoft: the RED-FOOTED FALCON still present along Rotterdam Road by the house with the norfolk hawker mural.

Carlton Marsh: four Cattle Egrets.

Southwold: a BALEARIC SHEARWATER flew south offshore and a Sooty Shearwater.

Walberswick: two ZITTING CISTICOLAS by the old mill.

Dunwich: seven Arctic Skuas south.

Sizewell: three Black Terns by the outflow plus an Arctic Tern and four Little Gulls.

Thorpeness: a Pomarine Skua and a Little Gull.

Aldeburgh Marsh: three Cattle Egrets near, a Caspian Gull and 22 Spoonbills, of which 21 flew south.

Iken: two Ospreys and a Spoonbill.

Snape: the BLACK STORK viewed from the Maltings towards Snape Warren.

Shingle Street: a Whinchat and a Tree Pipit.

Cattawade: the HUDSONIAN GODWIT still present on North Marsh.

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September 3rd

Lowestoft: the RED-FOOTED FALCON still present along Rotterdam Road by the house with the norfolk hawker mural.

Benacre Broad: nine Little Stints and eight Curlew Sandpipers.

Blyth Estuary: two Ospreys viewed distantly from Hen Reedbeds, one of which seen from the A12 bridge.

Walberswick: a ZITTING CISTICOLA, a Whinchat and a Pied Flycatcher seen between Corporation Marsh and Dingle Hill.

Minsmere: a BALEARIC SHEARWATER flew south offshore. Two Little Ringed Plovers on West Scrape.

Sizewell: four Black Terns by the outflow.

​Hazlewood Marsh: an Osprey flew up river, 15+ Spoonbills and a Whinchat.

Iken: a juvenile BLACK STORK again circling over the river.

Shingle Street: a Pied Flycatcher at the allotments.

Upper Hollesley Common: a Whinchat on the path from the concrete blocks and up to six Spotted Flycatchers seen in mixed flock.

Woodbridge: a BLACK STORK at Kyson Point.

Cattawade: the HUDSONIAN GODWIT still present on North Marsh.

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September 2nd

Lowestoft: the RED-FOOTED FALCON still present by the house with the norfolk hawker mural. A Pied Flycatcher on the North Denes. A juvenile CORNCRAKE was photographed walking down Lowestoft High Street.

Benacre Broad: the WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER again.

Sizewell: four Black Terns by the outflow plus a Pied Flycatcher and 3+ Black Redstarts near Sizewell A station.

​Hazlewood Marsh: a probable ring-tailed MONTAGU'S HARRIER viewed from the hide looking towards Iken.

Shingle Street: a Pied Flycatcher at the allotments.

Woodbridge: an Osprey flew over Bredfield Road, heading west.

Cattawade: the HUDSONIAN GODWIT still present on North Marsh.

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September 1st

Corton: two Pied Flycatchers along the disused railtrack.

Lowestoft: a RED-FOOTED FALCON along Rotterdam Road, just south of the Gull Wing Bridge.

Kessingland: a ringtail MONTAGU'S HARRIER south (08:36).

Benacre: a Redstart at Beach Farm.

Blythburgh: an Osprey from the A12 bridge.

​Dunwich: a MONTAGU'S HARRIER south over the beach (11:30).

Minsmere: a MONTAGU'S HARRIER flew south over West Hide and then over the South Levels (12:13). A Hen Harrier over East Scrape. A Short-eared Owl.

Sizewell: three Black Terns by the outflow.

Alde Estuary: a PURPLE HERON seen flying from the River Alde wall towards North Warren.

Aldeburgh Marsh: two Whinchats near the allotment pools.

Orford: a Pied Flycatcher just west of the castle.

Woodbridge: a BLACK STORK flying over Woodbridge heading east along the Deben.

Deben Estuary: a BLACK STORK on the river, viewed from Stonner Point.

Landguard: a Redstart between the Customs House and The Butts..

Alton Water: the female HOODED MERGANSER again present from Tattingstone Wonder.

Leavenheath: a Wryneck trapped and ringed at Arger Fen.