Rare birds in Suffolk (BBRc): Craig Fulcher and David Walsh

Craig Fulcher and David Walsh

Accepted BBRC records 2021

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

iken, 2cy+ male, May 3rd-4th (S Westerberg et al.)

Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus

iken cliff, 2cy+, May 5th–6th (J farooqi et al.)

Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola

Southwold, 2cy+, June 12th (B J Small); presumed same, carlton Marshes SWt, June 12th (c Buttle, A c easton et al.)

Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica

Minsmere RSPB, 3cy+, July 26th (J H Grant et al.); presumed same, carlton Marshes SWt, July 26th (A c easton et al. per Suffolk Recorder)

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia

iken, 3cy+, May 14th (c Shaw et al. per Suffolk Recorder); also seen Norfolk Southwold, 2cy+, August 24th (N carter, A V Moon, A Riseborough, B J Small)

Black Stork Ciconia nigra

Snape Maltings, 2cy+, August 12th (H, k & P Pearson); presumed same, Lowestoft, August 14th (G Hawes), kessingland, August 14th (D Borderick, c Buttle per Suffolk Recorder), iken, August 14th (P J Holmes per Suffolk Recorder), Havergate island RSPB, August 14th (D fairhurst, P R kennerley, B J Small per Suffolk Recorder) and fagbury cliff, August 14th (A J Barrett); also seen essex

European Roller Coracias garrulus

Lackford and icklingham, 2cy+, June 23rd to July 1st (P c Lack et al. per Suffolk Recorder)

Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei

Benacre, 1cy+, November 25th–29th (c Buttle et al.) Aldeburgh, 1cy+, December 26th–27th (c Mee et al.)

Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus

foxhall Heath, kesgrave, 2cy+ male in song, April 17th to June 22nd (M L cornish et al.)

Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Southwold, 2cy+ male in song, June 9th (J A Rowlands, B J Small)

Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides

Whitecast Marsh, carlton Marshes SWt, 2cy+ male in song, May 12th (A c easton per Suffolk Recorder) Share Marsh, carlton Marshes SWt, 2cy+ male in song, June 13th (A c easton per Suffolk Recorder); also seen Norfolk Lakenheath RSPB, 2cy+ male in song, May 23rd–27th (D thompson et al. per Suffolk Recorder) Minsmere RSPB, 2cy+ male in song, June 17th to July 27th (M Buckingham, R M Harvey et al.)

Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka

Sizewell, 1cy female, November 14th (J Badley, J A Rowlands et al.)

Records found not proven 2021 BBRC:

Black Stork Ciconia nigra Holbrook August 15th iberian chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Minsmere RSPB April 18th

SORC:

cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis Bawdsey September 27th Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Rushmere St Andrew January 27th Black kite Milvus migrans Minsmere May 19th