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monthly max. (mainly at Freston c 800 Jan 18th c 500 Feb 8th, c. 300 Mar. 12th, c. 12 April 4th, c. 30 Sept. 27th, c. 500 Oct. 25th, c. 800 Nov. 8th, c. 2,000 Dec. 20th (JTF). 52 Pintail.—At Walberswick, up to twenty Feb. - Mar., one three Nov. - Dec. ( F K C , L F C , JD., GJ, PRW). At Benacre m Jan. 2nd, three Ort. 25th (LFC, GJ). At Minsmere, m and two f Feb. 21st ( G J ) ; a pair seen frequently throughout April, Minsmere, with an additional m. on 24th, until May 13th; a pair again June 13th (RSPB). R. Deben : ten at Waldringfield, Jan. 26th (JTF). R. Orwell: c. two - t h r e e pairs j a n - F e b and again a pair Dec. 6th, three m. and two f. Pinmill, Dec. 20th (JTF). 53 Shoveler.—At Minsmere, number not so senously below normal as with some of the other duck species, apparently. In April numbers described as " fair," and in May max. of sixteen m's on 19th. Düring June, three - four pairs with young seen and' increase in number of adults (RSPB). R. Orwell: occasional visitor, a pair Pinmill, Mar. 14th ; a m F r e s t o n D e c 6 t h ; a n d one at Cathouse Dec. 13th ; nine pairs, Pinmi 1 Dec. 20th (J I i ) . In W . Suffolk, up to thirteen in spring (April 12th), thirty - hlty Oct. - Dec., Livermere (ALD, JD, AEV). 55 Scaup.—At Benacre, f. on Jan. 2nd, m. on Mar. 18th (GJ, PRW) At Easton Broad, f. on Jan. 20th, 28th and Oct. 25th (PRW) At Walberswick, m. on Oct. 18th (FKC). At Minsmere, m. on June 29th, July Ist - 3rd ; two m's. July 4th - 7th and one on Aug 20th—summer records so far south are unusual (Kbi'U). R. Orwell: four, Pinmill, Jan 25th ; six, Freston, Feb. 8th, and 14th ; four on 22nd. (JTF). 56 Tufted D u c k . — W . Suffolk : four - five broods, Bury Beet Factory (JD, AEV). R. Orwell: two on Jan 18th, c. 30 on 25th, four on Feb. 8th, all at Freston (JTF). 57 Pochard.—Breeding records: three broods, Livermere (JD), two broods, Bury Beet Factory (JD, AEV), one brood Barton Mere (JD). R. Orwell : r e g u l a r - m a x . c. thirty Jan. 25th and Feb. 8th, Freston ; one Nov. 8th, three Dec. 20th Pinmill (JTF) Largest winter flocks include up to forty-five, Jan. Znd, to Feb 20th Easton and Covehithe Broads, and, in W . Suffolk, fifty-one Mar. 15th, Redgrave, and thirty Dec. 29th, at Livermere (JD, PRW). 58. Ferruginous D u c k — O n e , Easton, Feb. 9th ( L F C ) . 60 Goldeneye.—Usual winter records from estuaries and coastal waters, with max. of eighteen, Easton Broad, Jan. 19th to Feb 25th (PRW). In W . Suffolk : single birds, Livermere, Feb. 14th and Mar. 21st (ALB, JD). R. Orwell: r e g u l a r - m a x . c twenty, Jan. 18th, Freston ; c. thirty, Feb. 22nd, Cathouse ;