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July 2024 Sightings
July 31st
Minsmere: four Spoonbills from East Hide.
Hazlewood Marsh: three Curlew Sandpipers and nine Spoonbills.
July 30th
Walberswick: two juvenile Caspian Gulls at the harbour.
Minsmere: a Curlew Sandpiper and a Wood Sandpiper on East Scrape.
Hazlewood Marsh: two adult Curlew Sandpipers.
Hollesley Marsh: two Spoonbills and a Wood Sandpiper.
July 29th
Lowestoft: a Black Redstart at Ness Point by the wind turbine.
Carlton Marsh: Little Stint on Peto's Marsh and Spoonbill from Turnpike Hide.
Minsmere: a Little Stint on South Scrape, two Spoonbills and a Sanderling on East Scrape.
Hazlewood Marsh: six adult Curlew Sandpipers and 13 Spoonbills.
July 28th
Hazlewood Marsh: three Curlew Sandpipers and 12 Spoonbills.
Shingle Street: a Short-eared Owl between Shingle Street and East Lane.
July 27th
Minsmere: a Wood Sandpiper on South Scrape.
Hazlewood Marsh: four Curlew Sandpipers and six Spoonbills.
Hollesley Marsh: one Spoonbill and juvenile Garganey.
Trimley Marsh: a Cattle Egret from the reservoir hide.
July 26th
​Breydon Water: an adult Little Gull west of the bridge.
Minsmere: a Wood Sandpiper on East Scrape.
Aldeburgh Marsh: two Wood Sandpipers.
Hazlewood Marsh: two Curlew Sandpipers and 12 Spoonbills.
July 25th
Walberswick: a Wood Sandpiper on Tinkers Marsh.
Minsmere: two Garganey, four juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwits and 19 Little Gulls.
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July 24th
Minsmere: a pale phase Arctic Skua flew south offshore.
Hazlewood Marsh: 19 Spoonbills present.
Cavenham Heath: an adult female RED-BACKED SHRIKE by the Temple Bridge Car Park.
July 23rd
Chediston: probable NIGHT HERON over at 21.55.
July 22nd
Minsmere: four Spoonbills on East Scrape, a male Garganey on South Scrape and an Osprey over the South Levels.
July 21st
Minsmere: five Spoonbills on East Scrape, a juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwits, two juvenile Garganey and seven Little Gulls on South Scrape.
July 20th
St Margaret South Elham: two QUAIL early morning.
July 19th
Minsmere: 11 Spoonbills, two Arctic Terns, three juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwits and 14 Little Gulls.
Hollesley Marsh: a Wood Sandpiper on the scrape.
July 18th
Minsmere: a Curlew Sandpiper from the Public Hide.
Sizewell: five Arctic Skuas, three Arctic Terns and five Little Gulls offshore.
Hollesley Marsh: three Spoonbills present.
East Bergholt: two Glossy Ibis reported heading north.
July 17th
Minsmere: two Spoonbills from East Hide.
Hazlewood Marsh: 11 Spoonbills present.
Hollesley Marsh: a Spoonbill and a Wood Sandpiper on the scrape.
July 16th
Minsmere: the male RED-BACKED SHRIKE still along the North Wall.
Sizewell: an adult Black Tern and a Little Gull at the outfall.
Aldeburgh Marsh: a Wood Sandpiper present.
Hazlewood Marsh: eight Spoonbills.
Hollesley Marsh: a juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwit on the scrape.
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July 15th
Minsmere: the male RED-BACKED SHRIKE again in bushes along the North Wall.
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July 14th
Carlton Marsh: Garganey on Peto's Marsh.
Minsmere: a male RED-BACKED SHRIKE showing along the North Wall plus two juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwits and a 2CY Arctic Tern from South Hide.
July 13th
Carlton Marsh: the RED-FOOTED FALCON still on Share Marsh plus three Garganey on Peto's Marsh.
Minsmere: a male RED-BACKED SHRIKE on Coney Hill plus two juvenile limosa Black-tailed Godwits, two Arctic Terns, two Spoonbills and a Little Ringed Plover.
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July 12th
Carlton Marsh: the RED-FOOTED FALCON still on Share Marsh.
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July 11th
Kessingland: an Osprey circling over the sewage works.
Carlton Marsh: the RED-FOOTED FALCON again hunting over Share Marsh.
Minsmere: a male RED-BACKED SHRIKE at the North Bushes.
Eastbridge: a HONEY-BUZZARD flew south.
Felixstowe: the adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING again around St. Andrews Road and Queen's Road.
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July 10th
Carlton Marsh: the RED-FOOTED FALCON again hunting over Share Marsh.
Aldeburgh Marsh: two Wood Sandpipers present.
Hollesley Marsh: a Wood Sandpiper on the scrape.
Felixstowe: a ROSE-COLOURED STARLING seen along Tomline Road.
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July 9th
Carlton Marsh: the RED-FOOTED FALCON again in front of Tower Hide.
Minsmere: an Arctic Tern on South Scrape, five Spoonbills and a Little Ringed Plover on East Scrape.
Aldeburgh: a juvenile Caspian Gull on the beach.
Felixstowe: the adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING seen on Cowley Road.
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July 8th
Carlton Marsh: the RED-FOOTED FALCON again by the Share Marsh trail.
Minsmere: a ROSEATE TERN on East Scrape, a male RED-BACKED SHRIKE on Coney Hill, two limosa Black-tailed Godwits plus three Arctic Terns, nine Spoonbills and three Little Ringed Plovers.
Aldeburgh Marsh: three Spoonbills.
Hazlewood Marsh: seven Spoonbills.
Hollesley Marsh: nine Spoonbills on the scrape.
Felixstowe: the adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING seen on St. Andrews Road and Queen's Road.
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July 7th
Carlton Marsh: the RED-FOOTED FALCON again by the Share Marsh trail.
Minsmere: a ROSEATE TERN on South Scrape plus a 2CY Arctic Tern.
Felixstowe: the adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING seen on St. Andrews Road and Queen's Road.
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July 6th
Carlton Marsh: three Spoonbills on Peto's Marsh.
Minsmere: a ROSEATE TERN on South Scrape plus a Spoonbill.
Alde Estuary: two Spoonbills at Iken.
Felixstowe: the adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING seen on Cowley Road.
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July 5th
Minsmere: two Cranes seen on the Levels.
Felixstowe: the adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING again in gardens along Cobbold Road.
Pipps Ford: a Wood Sandpiper still present.
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July 4th
Hollesley Marsh: three Spoonbills and two Little Ringed Plovers.
Felixstowe: an adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING reported in gardens along Cobbold Road.
Trimley Marsh: two Spoonbills on the reserve.
Pipps Ford: a Wood Sandpiper present.
July 3rd
Carlton Marsh: the RED-FOOTED FALCON again by the Share Marsh trail.
Hollesley Marsh: a Wood Sandpiper on the scrape.
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July 2nd
Carlton Marsh: the RED-FOOTED FALCON again around the reserve.
Minsmere: a ROSEATE TERN on South Scrape.
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July 1st
Carlton Marsh: the RED-FOOTED FALCON again around the reserve.
Minsmere: a count of 17 Spotted Redshanks and three Little Gulls.