Suffolk Birds 2009 Part 2

Systematic List ie only other Monthly countsfromthe key sites: n table counts Jan Feb Mar Apr Sep Oct Nov Dec c me from Burgh Blyth Estuary 74 640 117 117 4 ( istle, 250, Minsmere 561 700 452 36 29 106 429 768 f bruary 13 th and North Warren* _ 12 229 506 1830 2230 934 427 L cember 23rd; Aide/Ore Estuary 5345 3090 2716 189 620 1998 4491 B yton Marshes, Deben Estuary 26 582 428 614 795 469 242 • • 4 1 >2, April 5th and Orwell Estuary HW 807 594 519 ÌM'ÌÌ; 557 519 217 1234 1336 137.0 1066 : " Decoy, Orwell Estuary LW F ixton 127 86 90 38 48 73 0, Septem- Alton Water Stour Estuary 947 968 638 2 893 730 1019 b r 17th.

200 140 108 167 There was no Redgrave Lake* ...

124 130 42 f l f t t v 110 e dence of breed- Mickle Mere* 150 96 40 84 18 ßißii ii g, although a Livermere Lake* ~ 600 250 106 330 tr al of up to 24 GlfTord's Hall* 136 310 245 17 - '-v. ;;; 2 b i'ds oversum- Thorington Street Res.* 193 * monthly maxima HW = High water LW~ Low Water n red at five -istal and four inland sites.

Offshore autumn passage followed the trend of recent years and was generally light. The st returning birds were recorded on August 23rd, with five males flying south off fordness, and numbers peaked on October 31st. Regular seawatching produced the lowing notable counts:singland: 176 south, Oct 31st. irpeness: 115 south, Sep 15th; 265 south, Oct 31st. ndguard: 396 south, Oct 31st. ' VDWALL Anas streperà 1 mmon resident and winter visitor. Amber list. Categories A and C. f. 2 tthly countsfromthe key sites: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov gle Marshes 4 16 76 26 10 42 smere* 434 110 289 121 112 144 287 85 113 168 56 th Warren* 188 24 143 136 39 '5' > 29 WQfe Estuary — 22 138 48 67 18 22 38 «II Estuary HW 695 60 12 86 108 414 «ell Estuary LW 223 256 722 385 mley Marshes* 126 43 90 350 226 ffiv ion Water 9 16 15 131 29 2 226 : ¡J dgraveLake* 143 Ì | | i 160 125 Mickle Mere* 57 109 70 ¡ekford Lakes* 47 53 83 30 26 75 95 76 62 1 liorington Street Res.* 34 22 114 102 62 2 161 96 "monthly maxima HW = High Water LW =Low L Water For the third year in four the County record total was broken, with the low-water WeBS count of 722 on the Orwell Estuary, January 18th, comfortably surpassing the previous high "t 545 recorded at Minsmere in December 2007. Atypically the highest count of the year at Mmsmere, which was a WeBS count, was made in August (434 on 21st).

Apart from those in the table, other counts of note came from Leathes Ham, Lowestoft with 57, September 11th; Flixton Decoy, 50, October 28th; Livermere Lake, 56, January 19th; Barton Mere, 60, February 14th and Lakenheath Fen, 57, January 18th.

Nationally the breeding population continues to increase, with the highest numbers in 49