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November 2024 Sightings
November 13th
Walberswick: two Black Redstarts on the north side of the green.
Alde Estuary: 25 Greater White-fronted Geese.
Orford: a male Black Redstart at Chantry Meadow.
Landguard: two Purple Sandpipers and a Merlin in off.
Holbrook Bay: a Bewick's Swan and a Black-necked Grebe on the Stour, viewed looking south from the east side of Holbrook Creek.
November 12th
Southwold: offshore, seven Little Gulls north, a Pomarine Skua north, an adult SABINE'S GULL north and a Sooty Shearwater north.
Walberswick: 12 Snow Buntings south of the beach car park.
Minsmere: a Snow Bunting on the beach near the end of the North Wall. A Water Pipit on West Scrape.
November 11th
Benacre: four Snow Buntings at the Broad.
Walberswick: a Black Redstart on the north side of the green.
Dingle Marsh: a Firecrest in a hedge where the double gates views the pony pool.
Minsmere: a Snow Bunting still on the beach. Curlew Sandpiper and Water Pipit on West Scrape.
North Warren: four Pink-footed Geese on North Marsh.
Hollesley Marsh: 17 Greater White-fronted Geese on the scrape.
Landguard: a Snow Bunting flew to the point.
Trimley Marsh: the AMUR STONECHAT still present.
November 10th
Dingle Marsh: a Jack Snipe on the shore pools.
Minsmere: at least three Water Pipits from North hide, Jack Snipe and two Water Pipits on West Scrape and a Black-necked Grebe on Island Mere.
Landguard: one Snow Bunting near the seawatch hide and two Purple Sandpipers at the point.
Trimley Marsh: the AMUR STONECHAT still present on the reserve plus a juvenile ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD reported over the reserve towards Shotley. Three Cattle Egrets flew past the Stonechat spot.
Shotley: six Cattle Egrets on Shotley Marshes.
Swilland: a Hawfinch.
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Kessingland: six Snow Buntings on north beach between The Hollies and Crazy Mary's Hole.
Minsmere: a Grey Phalarope again present, a Slavonian Grebe on the sea and a Snow Bunting north of the sluice.
Boyton Marsh: a Merlin.
Landguard: three Purple Sandpipers at the point.
Trimley Marsh: the AMUR STONECHAT still present on the reserve plus a Black Redstart.
November 8th
Lowestoft: a Black Redstart at Ness Point.
Minsmere: a Grey Phalarope in the surf 100m north of the Sluice and a Snow Bunting on the beach to the south.
Trimley Marsh: the AMUR STONECHAT still present on the reserve plus four Pink-footed Geese over.
Shotley: a Black-throated Diver and a Slavonian Grebe on the Stour.
November 7th
Bungay: a HOOPOE flew over Rose Hall Gardens.
Eastern Bavents: a Yellow-browed Warbler at western end of footpath to Reydon.
Trimley Marsh: the AMUR STONECHAT still present on the reserve.
Ipswich: two Ravens over Stoke Park Drive towards Bobbits Lane Meadow.
November 6th
Corton: the female SERIN still at the old sewage works. Two Velvet Scoters on the sea off Radar Lodge.
Kessingland: five Snow Buntings on the beach opposite the Yellow House.
Benacre: a female SERIN in the hedgerow at the top of the track by the entrance to Beach Farm.
Dingle Marsh: a Yellow-browed Warbler in the wood just south of Dingle Little Hill.
Slaughden: a Purple Sandpiper.
Boyton Marsh: three Hawfinches briefly then flew north-east.
Trimley Marsh: the AMUR STONECHAT still present on the reserve plus eight Cattle Egrets and three Black Redstarts.
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November 5th
Corton: a female SERIN on the western edge of the old sewage works.
Southwold: a female/first-winter Black Redstart by the harbour mouth plus a Snow Bunting.
Slaughden: a Purple Sandpiper.
Orford: two Black Redstarts at Chantry Meadows.
Gedgrave Marsh: 13 Cattle Egrets present.
Trimley Marsh: the AMUR STONECHAT still present on the reserve. Both Little Stint and Water Pipit on the Summer Flood plus six Hawfinches over.
November 4th
Lowestoft: a juvenile Arctic Skua north off Ness Point. and a Pomarine Skua north then landed on the sea.
Southwold: a Pomarine Skua north and three Goosanders (2f, 1m) south.
Dingle Marsh: a Spoonbill on the shore pools.
Westleton Heath: a Ring Ouzel in the deer field.
Minsmere: a Pomarine Skua north, two Jack Snipe and two Water Pipits on West Scrape and a Caspian Gull on East Scrape. Two Firecrests along the rhododendron tunnel.
Hollesley Marsh: 15 Greater White-fronted Geese and a ringtail Hen Harrier.
Landguard: a Yellow-browed Warbler trapped and ringed at LBO plus a Siberian Chiffchaff.
Trimley Marsh: an AMUR STONECHAT still present on the reserve.
Shotley: three Cattle Egrets 300 yards north from Shotley Marina.
November 3rd
Kessingland: five Snow Buntings by the shore pools.
Southwold: a Sooty Shearwater north, a Velvet Scoter south and a Pomarine Skua south.
Blythburgh: seven Whooper Swans NNE from footpath at rear of the White Hart Pub.
Dunwich: a Short-eared Owl south offshore.
Minsmere: four Velvet Scoters south, a Black-throated Diver offshore and an Arctic Tern north.
Thorpeness: a Velvet Scoter south and a Pomarine Skua south. A single Hawfinch north over the OCP and four Snow Buntings north along the beach.
Boyton: five Hawfinches over.
Hollesley Marsh: a Short-eared Owl, an adult Yellow-legged Gull and a first-winter Caspian Gull.
Bawdsey: two Black Redstarts at East Lane.
Bawdsey Quay: two Firecrests at the picnic site.
Trimley Marsh: an EASTERN STONECHAT species present.
Stowmarket: a single Hawfinch over Redwing Drive.
Lackford: a young Spoonbill on the Slough.
November 2nd
Carlton Marsh: two Hawfinches north over.
Benacre: two Purple Sandpipers on the pillbox by the beach.
Southwold: three Sooty Shearwaters offshore in the morning and five in the afternoon. A Short-eared Owl south offshore and a Leach's Petrel.
Minsmere: two Short-eared Owls and two Sooty Shearwaters north. A Black-throated Diver north and a drake Goosander on the Scrape.
Sizewell: a Sooty Shearwater north and a drake SURF SCOTER close south offshore.
Orfordness: a Black-throated Diver north, a Merlin along the beach and a Short-eared Owl over the Airfield.
Hollesley Marsh: three Shore Larks on the shingle ridge.
Landguard: two Pomarine Skuas, one Arctic Skua, a Short-eared Owl and two Purple Sandpipers.
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November 1st
Minsmere: a first-winter Ring Ouzel on the field behind the visitor centre.
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