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Suffolk birder who enjoys local patch birding at Benacre, Covehithe and Carlton Marshes

Beccles, Suffolk
Joined October 2011
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Med Gull Benacre, 3 Ruff on the Broad
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No sign of the Desert Wheatear at Kessingland this morning but a very mobile Lapland Bunting
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Excellent days birding Desert Wheatear Kessingland Beach, Hume’s Warbler Southwold Churchyard, Ring Ouzel, Firecrest, Little Stint Benacre
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Little Stint, Spotted Redshank, Knot Benacre Broad, Dartford Warbler cliff top north of Broad, 2 Firecrest copse east of Beach Farm. Absolutely thousands of Ladybirds about
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Just flushed a Quail from north side of Benacre Broad and flew south
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The male Desert Wheatear at Cley today, a very obliging bird
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Nutcracker performed well this morning at Mundesley, my first in Britain since Westleton 41 years ago, and just like that one totally unafraid of the birders
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Scaup Benacre Broad, 2 Spotted Redshank Covehithe Broad, Firecrest copse east of Beach Farm, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin
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2 juvenile White-fronted Geese pool below Pakefield Coast Guard lookout
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The Isabelline Shrike showed well this morning at The Hollies, Pakefield, supporting cast of SEOwl on the beach and a Snow Bunting further south, 2 Great Egrets in/off, also a very elusive Lapland Bunting
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Firecrest in the copse east of Beach Farm
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2 Scaup, 4 Sanderling Benacre Broad, RBMerganser and Purple Sandpiper south, a good movement of Shelduck south
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Firecrest in the copse east of Beach Farm, Benacre, a Northern Wheatear north of the sluice and a flock of about 25 Whitefronts flew south
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The juv Isabelline Shrike at Pakefield, photo taken by Chris Derby
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Just enjoyed the Isabelline Shrike at the Hollies Caravan Park, Pakefield a nice find by Gavin Durrant, was my 4th in Suffolk
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Benacre sea watch all north juv Sabine’s Gull, 11 Sooty, Manx Shearwater, 3 RBMerganser, 2 Goosander, 17 Eider, 4 Little Gulls
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2 Jack Snipe, Clouded Yellow pool below Heathland’s, Kessingland
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Jack Snipe, Rock Pipit pool below Heathland’s, Kessingland, Clouded Yellow north of Benacre Sluice
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Meet our tame Pheasant, he comes into the garden every day to be fed and sits on our patio table looking in the window to let you know he’s there
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Purple Sandpiper north of Southwold Pier and 4 Sanderling Easton Broad
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