Trip report-Havergate ........................................................... David Walsh

Photo: D&M Carter White Stork

was on the Old Airfield on Orfordness on the 11th and 12th. The limosa race Blacktailed Godwit continued to be seen at Minsmere and another one was found at Hollesley during the month - this one supported a Norwegian white colour ring. A brief Pectoral Sandpiper at Havergate on the 31st. A very elusive Temminck’s Stint appeared at Hollesley on the 20th, 21st and 22nd, it was usually very distant in heat haze and difficult to locate even though some of the vegetation had been recently mowed. A long staying Caspian Tern at Breydon Water on the 17th, 18th, 21st, 22nd and 24th this bird may have been tide dependent as it was commuting further up into Norfolk for long periods during the day, it seemed to prefer mornings and evenings. A cracking White-winged Black Tern was found by Dave Fairhurst on Havergate on the 12th . An early Wryneck at Lound Water Works on the 11th and a Bluethroat was trapped and ringed early morning at Lakenheath RSPB on the 22nd, then released near the visitor centre and last reported at 10.40hrs. This cracking species seems to have become a lot scarcer these days, I remember in the late nineties when they were really very regular at LBO.

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The Purple Swamphen at Minsmere, present between July 31st to August 5th 2016 has been accepted onto the British List by the BOURC; a first for Suffolk and Britain.