Carl Buttle

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

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2 Shorelarks this morning seaward side of the pool below air raid shelter on the cliff, Pakefield and Purple Sandpiper Benacre sluice

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Today’s Snow Bunting’s at Pakefield taken by my brother Barry

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Hume’s Warbler still north of Pontins Pakefield but very elusive, at least 10 Shorelarks flew south past me pool below the coastguard lookout and at least 14 Snow Bunting about, Goldcrest same hedge as the Hume’s. Shorelark pic by my brother

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Purple Sandpiper Benacre Sluice, on the Broad 2 Whooper Swans and a moribund female Common Scoter which looked like it had bird flu and eventually died. Close Razorbill flew south

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5 of the 7 Shorelarks below the Coastguard Lookout on the seaward side of the pool also 14 Snow Bunting which l managed to miss flying south in the fog and a Woodcock flushed in the dunes

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Pallas’s Warbler showed well this morning in Lowestoft , London Road North behind the crop shop, also a very pale Chiffchaff present

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3 Waxwings still Jenny Lind Park, Norwich, apart from eating the berries interesting to watch them fly catching wasps

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Peregrine on beach, 2 Whooper Swans, Sanderling Benacre Broad, 2 Little Gulls, 4 drake Eider flew north, good movement of Brent’s and sev Common Scoter, pretty sure l had a Puffin fly north

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2 Whooper Swans, 3 Ruff, Sanderling, juv Brent Goose Benacre Broad, 5 Little Gulls, 4 Eider flew north

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The young Mute Swan wasn’t happy with the presence of the Whooper Swans on Benacre Broad

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2 Whooper Swans, 3 Ruff Benacre Broad, Firecrest and a tired Fieldfare Beach Farm, Dartford Warbler south of the sluice

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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