Red-footed Falcon SWT Carlton Marshes 2025 (Library photograph)

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Suffolk bird news May 2026

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A Gull-billed Tern was at RSPB Minsmere  1st & 13th, RSPB Hollesley Marshes 13th and it or another flew south over Sizewell 16th. A Caspian Tern flew over RSPB Hollesley Marshes 14th and up to three Roseate Terns were at RSPB Minsmere throughout June.

 

A Red-necked Phalarope was at Aldeburgh Town Marshes 4th and a Temminck's Stint was at RSPB Hollesley Marshes 14th. An adult Purple Heron flew south over RSPB Lakenheath Fen RSPB  29th.

 

A Red-footed Falcon was at Walberswick NNR  3rd-16th (with two there on 10th) and another was at Westleton Heath 10th-19th. A European Honey Buzzard flew north over Hazlewood Marshes SWT 2nd.

 

A Rosy Starling was at Framlingham Castle 22nd. A European Bee-eater was at Kessingland 5th & 7th and three European Bee-eaters flew north between Eastbridge and Theberton 16th. A Golden Oriole was at SWT Carlton Marshes 1st. There were three separate sightings of Red-backed Shrikes: a female at Dunwich Heath NT 14th, a male at Westleton Heath 14th-15th and a female at Westwood Marshes, Walberswick 17th.

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