Suffolk bird news December 2024

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A White-rumped Sandpiper was at RSPB Minsmere from 6th-11th & 20th-29th and nearby a drake Ring-necked Duck was at Thorpeness Meare from 15th.

 

There were a couple of Little Auks including one on the scrape at RSPB Minsmere 11th and one south past Thorpeness 1st. A Glaucous Gull flew south past Pakefield and Southwold 9th.

 

A Black-throated Diver was on the River Orwell at Shotley then off The Strand, Freston and Woolverstone. Up to five Slavonian Grebes were in Holbrook Bay and two Black-necked Grebes were off Shotley 20th. Two Tundra Bean Geese flew north and then south over RSPB Minsmere scrape 29th and were at Thorpeness from 31st.

 

A Shorelark was at Kessingland from 3rd. A Hooded Crow was again at RSPB Snape Wetlands but only reported occasionally throughout the month.