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  1. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Trumpeter Swans Trumpeter Swans I found at Boyton yesterday..shame they are unlikely to be wild, still nice to see. There was lots of raptor activity with SE Owl, Barn Owl, Hen Harrier all showed well along with Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Kestrel and Peregrine today.
  2. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Cracking shots Ron. I almost wish I'd gone to see this or the Gorleston bird. Sean
  3. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Hopefully the Ravens are male and female and will pair up. That's a big count of Rock Pipit. Which side of the river was it on? That is also the first report I've heard of Peregrine locally. They have been a bit thin on the ground. Hopefully I'll catch up with the Peregrine in the future...
  4. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Nice pics of the Purple Sandpiper. Hoping one will turn up at E Lane again soon. Sadly the Great Grey Shrike didn't linger. It may well be on Hollesley or Sutton Heath by now. I did manage to catch up with the Ravens at Gedgrave today.
  5. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Great Grey Shrike Hey Paul As you probably saw on FB I did indeed track down the Great Grey Shrike and had good prolonged views. Also had the privilege of watching an Otter hunting for 30 minutes in a drainage ditch. Also bumped into a Hen harrier and saw quite a few Buzzard, including a very...
  6. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Hi Paul There is definitely 1 RL Buzzard, last seen on Monday at Boyton/Butley. I looked again Friday, but no luck. Possibly the Minsmere/Dunwich area might be your best best or Haddiscoe/Breydon Water. Sean
  7. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    The views haven't been great & there was something of a mix-up with the ID of a Common Buzzard with many features similar to RLB except the tarsi weren't feathered & the white at the base of the tail not broad enough. At the same time this odd Common Buzzard was seen last Friday I had another...
  8. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    I saw at least 5 Whitefront mixed in with Greylag today. Easily viewed from the new hide about 200m S of the sluice cottage and bushes. Numbers of teal & wigeon there too. Had a swift over Burrow Hill at Boyton this morning, made me miss a few heartbeats. Then re-found the presumed...
  9. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    It is strange how so many good birds were just 'up the road' at Great Yarmouth cemetery & yet apart from YB Warbler & Ring Ouzel early on, no rarer birds were really found along the Suffolk coast. Had a great day between Thorpeness & Minsmere with at 2 YB Warbler including a bird we found being...
  10. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Be nice if it lingers. When and where was the first for Suffolk? Sean
  11. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Would love one of those off the Suffolk coast -:). My pelagic got cancelled out of Queensland last year..so quite jealous!! Sean
  12. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Patch birds Light easterlies and mist brought in a few migrants to our little part of SE Suffolk. I was a bit late to the party as usual, but in our area in the last few days have been 1 Wryneck, 30+ Whinchat, 6+ Pied Flycatcher, 3+ Spotted Flycatcher, 3+ Redstart, 4+ Tree Pipit. Most...
  13. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    In my experience it depends more on the conditions, rather than time of day, with birds making landfall more likely when fall conditions prevail. However, they are often easier to locate in mornings after a fall the previous afternoon or night here in SE Suffolk, though I have had several...
  14. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    I managed to catch up with a very elusive Wryneck found by Barry Woodhouse at Shingle St. After over 2 hours I managed couple of record shots before the hoards descended. I think others got better shots eventually, but I had a party to attend and couldn't hang around. Other birds seen were...
  15. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Plenty of good birds on offer in Suffolk right now with Greenish, Subalpine Warbler, few Wrynecks and RB Shrike. If you have details on the pelagic Gi I'd be very interested. Cheers Sean
  16. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Hi Gi Yes was easily my best seawatching day, although the sea-spray nearly destroyed my car & optics!! Hope you get to enjoy the next big seabird passage. I've missed all of them in the last 4 years, until this one. Good birding Sean
  17. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Hi BK56 welcome back to Suffolk. Where are you based in Suffolk? These days with news services & the excellent Suffolk Birding with BINS site, people post less & less on here. Last couple of days have been pretty good. Excellent seawatching on Tues with good numbers of terns, skuas & a few...
  18. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Was lucky enough to find a Wood Warbler at Bawdsey Quay this morning. There were plenty of other common migrants in the area, especially Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat and Whitethroat. The pick of the others were a single Whinchat, Redstart and a couple of Tree Pipits found by Mark...
  19. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Well had a few weeks back at home. Been fairly quiet from a rarity point of view, but did manage to have the now sadly infamous 'escaped' Black kite over my garden, which was nearly as good as the family party of Spotted Flycatcher a week or so ago. Twitched the Glossy Ibis down the road at...
  20. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Excellent idea Johnny..I missed the 1999 bird and the others so far this winter have been a tad far. Fingers crossed, will be interesting to see what it brings in!' Sean
  21. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Thoroughly gripped off by all the great posts here from Cortonbirds and findings of others on my patch at Bawdsey. Everything will have gone by the time I return to the UK, but keep on rporting, love hearing about people s best days. Sean
  22. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Yes I'll be out in Kessingland, Benacre area on Thursday hoping for something good :). Hope someone can find something interesting before Monday as I'm flying out of the UK for a month!! Sean
  23. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Had my best day out of the autumn so far with three new birds for the county, in the shape of Long-tailed Skua and Sooty Shearwater at Thorpeness and a fantastic Lesser Grey Shrike at nearby Aldringham (fantastic find by Dave Fairhurst). This was backed by a pretty good second string of...
  24. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    Seems a large fall has occurred all down the Suffolk coast of Wheatear, with the 100+ Cortonbirds saw and another 100+ at Landguard. A quick hour down at East Lane early evening inbetween rain showers showed the area was alive with birds for once: 20+ Yellow Wagtail with 2 Blue-headeds, both...
  25. lostinjapan

    Suffolk Birding

    nice little tally there Jon. Alton is a great spot and good to hear of the the numbers of Nightingale. Are they keeping water levels too high? Sean
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