Purple Heron (Library photograph)
Suffolk bird news September 2024
A juvenile Purple Heron was at Shelley Giffords Flash from 1st-24th and another was at SWT Carlton Marshes 4th. A Red-necked Phalarope was at Giffords Flash 23rd.
An American or Pacific Golden Plover flew north over RSPB Havergate Island 1st and a Dotterel was at SWT Trimley Marshes 6th.
Highlights at Landguard NR were Wryneck 2nd-4th, Wood Warbler 2nd, Dotterel 4th-5th, Icterine Warbler 7th & 9th, Ortolan Bunting 9th, Red-breasted Flycatcher 16th and Barred Warbler 17th & 22nd.
Highlights at RSPB Minsmere were a Red-backed Shrike 5th-7th, Wryneck 7th-8th & 12th, Wood Warbler 12th and a Temminck’s Stint 20th-28th.
Other single Wrynecks were at Gunton Warren 7th, Thorpeness 7th, and Orford Ness 8th and Kirton Creek 22nd.
Single European Honey-buzzards flew over Orford 1st, Tunstall Forest 8th and Falkenham Marshes 12th. A Pallid or Montagu's Harrier flew south at Thorpeness 26th.
Highlights from seawatchers included a Leach’s Petrel past Southwold and Benacre at 1st, two Long-tailed Skuas past Thorpeness and a Sabine’s Gull past Lowestoft 5th. A Cory’s Shearwater flew south at Sizewell, Southwold, and Lowestoft 6th, and two Cory’s Shearwaters past Pakefield 10th. A handful of Long-tailed Skuas past several sites.
A Black-necked Grebe Kessingland shore pool from 19th. A Glossy Ibis was at RSPB Boyton Marshes 16th.
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