Contents Editorial .......................................................................................................................................................1 Black Woodpeckers in Suffolk? ............................................Phil Brown & Gerard Gorman.................2 An eroding Suffolk coastline ................................................Richard Rafe .............................................5 Coda to a tailpiece .................................................................Gary Plank ..............................................10 No-nonsense digiscoping......................................................Bill Baston, Danny Porter and Barry Woodhouse..................................10 Suffolk BINS – Spring – county rarities report ....................Roy Marsh ..............................................15 Colour supplement Field Trip Reports Orfordness ...........................................................................Val Lockwood .........................................17 Rutland Water.....................................................................Bill Stone ................................................18 Brecks...................................................................................Gi Grieco .................................................20 Shingle Street .....................................................................Steve Fryett............................................21 Book Reviews Norfolk Bird Atlas 2007.....................................................David Tomlinson ....................................23 The Biggest Twitch.............................................................David Tomlinson ....................................25 Looking back ...........................................................................Philip Murphy.........................................26 News from the reserves Suffolk shoreline report ....................................................Alan Miller..............................................28 Announcements New SORC Secretary...........................................................................................................................29 Chairman’s Report .............................................................Richard Rafe ...........................................29 Members’ survey latest ....................................................Phil Brown..............................................30 Report Porpoise sightings.................................................Alan Miller..............................................31 Cover photography – Digiscope photographer: Danny Porter Nesting on the old ice chute at Lowestoft harbour, this pair of Kittiwakes was digiscoped in March 2010. Shot details: f10, ISO 800, 1/1600 sec. Equipment: Canon EOS 500D and Swarovski ATS 80. Image sharpened using Adobe Photoshop.
Contact details for articles and observations are: The Coach House, Denham Road, Dalham, Suffolk CB8 8UB. p.brown@doc-doc.com All material for the September 2011 Harrier should be with the editor by w/e 26 August Website: www.sogonline.org.uk Email: info@sogonline.org.uk Suffolk Ornithologists’ Group Registered Charity No. 801446
