Pink-footed
Goose
Minsmere: 28 south, October 16th. Aldeburgh: North Warren, seven, September 25th. Friston: Blackheath Corner, one, December 30th.
The North Warren birds in September were either an early returning party or of feral origin. Birds of either feral or escapee status were reported from Great Blakenham, May 31st; Southwold Town Marshes, March 6th, later moving to Tinker's Marshes, Walberswick, where seen on March 8th and again May 14th, and on Westwood Marshes, May 6th and 14th; Loompit Lake, Trimley St. Martin, January 16th and 22nd, and March 1st and Weybread G.P., January 4th and April 30th. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons Fairly common winter visitor and passage migrant. An average year with numbers returning to more usual levels after last year's good counts. The first winter period dominated with regard to numbers and the second period produced the more usual lower numbers. Peak counts for the first winter period were as follows:Beccles: Beccles Marshes, a flock of 100 seen in flight, January 22nd. Kessingland: Kessingland Levels, 63, January 16th. Minsmere: 137, February 28th. Aldeburgh: North Warren, 120, February 13th. Havergate Island: 70, February 2nd.
Virtually all birds had departed by early March. An injured bird which over42