Suffolk Bird Report 2019
Rare Birds in Suffolk 2019 Craig Fulcher and David Walsh
Accepted BBRC records 2019 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca: Minsmere RSPB, adult male, August 20th–22nd (R Harvey et al.). Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva: Breydon Water, adult, July 18th–22nd (P R Allard et al.). Hollesley Marshes RSPB, adult, July 19th (D Fairhurst). Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus: Minsmere RSPB, adult, June 1st (J Gearty, D Lyness, J A Rowlands et al.), presumed same Hollesley Marshes RSPB, June 1st (P R Kennerley) and Orford/Orfordness, June 1st–3rd (M C Marsh et al.). Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis: Minsmere RSPB, adult, July 10th–11th (I Barthorpe, D Baskett, P Phillips et al.). ‘Northern Long-tailed Tit’ Aegithalos caudatus caudatus: Bawdsey, six, October 31st (R L Attenborrow, A M Gregory et al.). Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei: Felixstowe Ferry, November 9th (P J Holmes et al.). Dunwich, November 9th (M Smith). Lowestoft, November 9th–10th (R Wilton et al. per Suffolk Recorder). Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus: Lowestoft, male in song, April 22nd (R Wilton et al. per Suffolk Recorder). Dunwich, male in song, May 27th to June 19th (M Such et al. per Suffolk Recorder). Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus: Orford Quay, October 13th (M L Cornish et al.). Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides: Minsmere RSPB, male in song, April 2nd to July 10th (H Page et al.). Minsmere RSPB, male in song, April 23rd to June 29th (R Coombes, R Harvey et al.). Carlton Marshes, male in song, May 11th to June 29th (R Wilton et al. per Suffolk Recorder). Trimley Marshes, male in song, May 16th (J Zantboer et al.). ‘Western Subalpine Warbler’ Sylvia cantillans iberiae/inornata: Orfordness, first-summer male, May 7th (D Crawshaw, M C Marsh). Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus: Hollesley Marshes RSPB, first-winter S. m. maurus, December 1st to January 5th 2020 (C Shaw et al. per Suffolk Recorder). Siberian/Stejneger’s Stonechat Saxicola maurus/stejnegeri: Southwold, adult male, May 14th (B J Small et al.). Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis: Corporation Marshes, Dunwich, first-winter, October 25th to November 19th (P Green, P R Kennerley, T Williams et al.). Havergate Island RSPB, first-winter, November 12th to 14th (D Fairhurst, P R Kennerley et al.). Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris: Southwold, adult, April 26th (B J Small). Cretzschmar’s Bunting Emberiza caesia: Minsmere RSPB, adult female, May 31st (E Huxley, J Norgate, H Page et al.). Accepted BBRC record 2010 ‘Northern Treecreeper’ Certhia familiaris familiaris Orfordness, October 10th (D Crawshaw, M C Marsh, G Stannard).
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