Tuesdays Sightings!

Suffolk Bird Sightings!

HOOPOE still at Kessingland

Spotted Redshank at Trimley Marshes

Turtle Dove at Metfield

Great White Egret x 2, Spotted Redshank x 4 at Tinker's Marsh

TEMMINCK'S STINT at Hollesly Marshes

Spoonbill at Minsmere

BLACK KITE at Wangford

Firecrest at Landguard

Firecrest at Bawdsey

Redstart at Minsmere

Hobby x 4 at Redgrave and Lopham Fen

Other News!

SUBALPINE WARBLER still at St. Abbs Head, Borders

CASPIAN STONECHAT still on Fair Isle

COLLARED PRATINCOLE still at Northam Burrows CP, Devon

Two-barred Crossbill at Santon Warren

Dotterel x 4, Honey Buzzard over Choseley Barns

Wryneck at Blakeney Point

Mega News!

**MEGA** CRETZSCHMAR'S BUNTING still on Fair Isle

**MEGA** COLLARED FLYCATCHER still at St. Abb's Head, Borders

**MEGA** PIED-BILLED GREBE still at Loch Thom, Clyde

Mondays Sightings!

Suffolk Bird Sightings!

HOOPOE still at Kessingland

Blue-headed Wagtail, Tree Pipit at Landguard

Black Brant at Levington Creek

Other News!

CASPIAN STONECHAT on Fair Isle

SUBALPINE WARBLER at St. Abb's Head, Borders

Two-barred Crossbill x 2 still at Lynford Arboretum

Mega News!

**MEGA** CRETZSCHMAR'S BUNTING still on Fair Isle

**MEGA** COLLARED FLYCATCHER at St. Abbs Head, Borders

**MEGA** PIED-BILLED GREBE still at Loch Thom, Clyde

Sundays Sightings!

Suffolk Bird Sightings!

Black-throated Diver, Arctic Skua x 3 at Thorpeness

HOOPOE still at Kessingland

Redstart at Minsmere

Great Skua at Landguard

Arctic Tern at Great Livermere

Spotted Redshank still at Blythburgh

Other News!

**MEGA** CRETZSCHMAR'S BUNTING, at Fair Isle, Shetland

**MEGA** PIED-BILLED GREBE still at Loch Thom, Clyde

Saturdays Sightings!

Suffolk Bird Sightings!

Arctic Tern at Weybread GP's

WRYNECK still at Benacre

HOOPOE, Ring Ouzel, Great Skua, Woodlark at Kessingland

poss. HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL, WHISKERED TERN, Whimbrel x 3 at Minsmere

Spoonbill, Spotted Redshank at Tinkers Marsh

Other News!

**MEGA** ALPINE ACCENTOR at Holme BO, Holme - found by Connor Rand

**MEGA** PIED-BILLED GREBE still at Loch Thom, Clyde

**MEGA** BAIKAL TEAL still at Pymoor, Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire

Fridays Sightings!

Skipped to Friday
Suffolk Bird Sightings
Purple Sandpiper at Ness Point
Great Skua at Kessingland
Jack Snipe at Gunton
WRYNECK at Benacre still
Blue-headed Wagtail, Great Skua at Landguard
Spoonbill at Southwold

Other News!
**MEGA** PIED-BILLED GREBE (y'day) at Loch Thom, Clyde
**MEGA** GREAT-SPOTTED CUCKOO (y'day) at The Lizard, Cornwall

Now on Twitter!!!!

I'm now on Twitter @MoysieBirder.

Bird Quiz - Week 11

Last weeks mystery bird was indeed a Snow Bunting, which I saw at Winterton Dunes last winter.

Well done to Matt Bruce, Rob Stokes, Mark Lewis and Ellis Lucas for getting the correct answers. Unlucky for those who got it wrong. Here's this weeks mystery bird...

As usual, just leave your answers in the comments and I will reveal the correct entries next week. 

Good Luck!

You can read up about my great patch find and a visit to Kessingland on the post below this one!

What a start to the week!

On Easter Monday, Dad and I went to Kessingland to see the Ring Ouzels and the Dotterel. Unfortunately, the Dotterel moved on at 5:30am, so we just focused on the Rouzels. After finding the place through the help of locals (we didn't have a clue), we found the Ring Ouzels after a bit of a walk south of the Caravan Park towards the sluice. There were 3 males and 1 female. As usual though, the dog walkers didn't help, and all the birds were flushed and went and landed by the sluice. I had a detour round the area, and I found 3 Sedge Warblers and 3 Whitethroats, both welcome year ticks.

I then joined Dad, and the Ring Ouzels were showing really well, allowing for decent pictures (LOL)...

We also got a flyover Green Sandpiper, Wheatears and Linnets

Didn't see much else or go anywhere throughout the rest of the day so no need to report.

Needham Market Ringing

I went out with the local ringing team to a site in Needham Market near the sewage works this morning. We ringed a range of birds included Lesser and Common Whitethroat and Blackcap (no pictures), Wren, Treecreeper, Robins, Linnets, Willow Warblers, Chiffchaffs, Dunnocks and a Blackbird. Before I arrived, they had also ringed a Garden Warbler, female Bullfinch and a Reed Warbler. I saw the Garden warbler, and also heard a Nightingale, and saw a Swift over the sewage works.

At about 10am, I was looking across the river, when a black thrush flew high from right to left. My initial thoughts were Blackbird, but when I put my binoculars up to it, I was shocked, stunned and bewildered to see that it was a male Ring Ouzel. I shouted out RING OUZEL and it flew in a tall tree by Flordon Road. As I went to have a better look, it flew out of the tree, and onto a bramble mound north of the sewage works. I relocated, and got some great views, even if the pictures don't show that....

A superb patch find!!!

Happy Birding!

Mondays Sightings!

Suffolk Bird Sightings!

BLACK TERN X 5, Bar-tailed Godwit at Livermere Lake

Pink-footed Goose at Boyton Marshes

Little Gull, Spotted Redshank x 5 at Minsmere

Ring Ouzel x 4, Black Redstart at Landguard

Ring Ouzel x 4 at Kessingland

Ring Ouzel x 3 at Dunwich

Ring Ouzel x 3 at Southwold

Ring Ouzel at Carlton Marshes

Black Brant at Levington Creek

Other News!

**MEGA** BAIKAL TEAL still at Pymoor, Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire

Sundays Sightings!

Suffolk Bird Sightings!

DOTTEREL, Ring Ouzel x 5 at Kessingland still

Arctic Skua x 2, Great Skua past Thorpeness

Great Skua past Covehithe

RED-RUMPED SWALLOW over Felixstowe Docks

Other News!

No Megas

Saturdays Sightings!

Suffolk Bird Sightings!

Black Redstart at Lowestoft

DOTTEREL X 4, Ring Ouzel x 4 at Kessingland

Garganey at Boyton

Garganey at Hollesly

Hen Harrier at Hen Reedbeds SWT

Ring Ouzel at Southwold

Other News!

**MEGA** BAIKAL TEAL still at Pymoor, Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire

**MEGA** PIED-BILLED GREBE still at Balranald, North Uist, Western Isles

Fridays Sightings!

Suffolk Bird Sightings!

Ring Ouzel at Southwold

Ring Ouzel x 2 at Westleton

Other News!

**MEGA** BAIKAL TEAL still at Pymoor, Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire

Thursdays Sightings!

Suffolk Bird Sightings!

RED-RUMPED SWALLOW, ICELAND GULL, Raven, Caspian Gull at Minsmere

Hobby, Tree Pipit at Corton

Shag at Mutford

Raven, Black Redstart, Shag at Lowestoft

DUSKY WARBLER still at Oulton Marshes

Redstart, White Wagtail at Landguard

Raven at Shingle Street

Whimbrel x 3 at Hollesly

Whimbrel at Boyton

Ring Ouzel, Crossbill at Gunton

Other News!

**MEGA** BAIKAL TEAL still at Pymoor, Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire

My First Day of Ringing!

I asked a local ringing group if I could come along to watch them ring birds. I was very much welcomed to come, so I met up with them at about 8am at a farm in Earl Stonham. Before I got there, they had caught 2 Bullfinch!!! Gutted.

We had a great day, catching 1 Blackbird, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, and several Yellowhammers, Linnets, Goldfinches, Chaffinches and Greenfinches. We also saw a resident breeding pair of Kingfisher, and 2 Swallows. A Lesser Whitethroat was right by the mist net, but wasn't tempted as it flew off in the other direction! The probable same 2 Bullfinch flew over, but not into our net. Shame....