Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus) Westleton Suffolk April 2026

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Suffolk bird news April 2026

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A pale morph Booted Eagle flew south over Lowestoft 16th. The adult male Pallid Harrier first seen in Norfolk flew south at RSPB Minsmere 9th and perhaps the same again was at Easton Broad 23rd. Single Black Kites flew over Glemsford and Hintlesham 29th.

 

A Tawny Pipit was at Landguard NR 29th-30th at least. A singing male Iberian Chiffchaff was at Westleton Heath from 18th. A Savi’s Warbler was at Levington Creek 23rd. An Alpine Swift flew over Felixstowe Ferry 9th. A Red-rumped Swallow was at RSPB Minsmere 12th and another was over the Nunnery Lakes, Thetford 22nd.

A Serin was at Landguard NR 4th & 6th and 24th-25th.The Hume's Leaf Warbler was last seen at Lowestoft 24th. Up to four Zitting Cisticolas remained at Walberswick and up to nine Shore Larks stayed at Kessingland until 23rd. A Wryneck was at Benacre Sluice 11th and another at Walberswick 25th

 

A Kentish Plover was on Havergate Island 11th and a Pectoral Sandpiper was at RSPB Minsmere 23rd. A Lesser Yellowlegs was at Aldeburgh Town Marshes 26th-30th. Two Dotterel were on Lakenheath airfield 29th.

 

A pair of Lesser Scaup were at Gifford’s Flash 2nd and drake Green-winged Teal was at Dingle Marshes 5th. Two Black-necked Grebe were at Alton Water Reservoir 2nd and a Black-throated diver off RSPB Minsmere & Dunwich Cliffs 1st-6th

 

Of the two White-tailed Eagles seen over several locations including Lowestoft, Kessingland, Walberswick and RSPB Minsmere may have been a wild continental bird 9th as it is possible the one over SWT Carlton Marshes may have been too 19th.

 

A Large Tortoiseshell was at Snape 22nd.