A drake Ring-necked Duck discovered on Peto’s Marsh on the evening of the 20th remained until the end of the month. The Purple Heron at Minsmere lingered from May and was reported on the 1st, presumably the same bird was also reported on the 13th, 14th and 15th. A Cattle Egret was at Aldeburgh Town marshes on the 12th, the Glossy Ibis continued to appear on Aldeburgh Town marshes and one was at Carlton Marshes on the 8th. A Honey Buzzard was seen over Aldeburgh Golf Course on the morning of the 3rd, a female Red-footed Falcon was observed hunting over the roadbeds at Walberswick on the afternoon of the 18th. Two Cranes continued to linger in the area during the month being reported at North Warren on the 1st and 15th. An adult Spotted Sandpiper was discovered at the base of Hopton Cliffs on the evening of the 5th, unfavourable tidal conditions made it impossible to go public with this sighting at the time. An adult Roseate Tern was seen on the scrape at Minsmere on the 3rd and 20th. A Bee-eater which was heard over Goose Hill, Sizewell on the 6th was the forerunner of a spate of sightings mid month, single over North Warren 11th, two south over Westleton Heath 14th, single north over Lowestoft 16th, five south over Goose Hill, Sizewell 16th, two south over Aldeburgh 16th and two north over North Warren 16th. A Grey-headed Wagtail was photographed flying over Southwold Town marshes on the 3rd but did linger. A rather unseasonable male Ring Ouzel was seen around the Minsmere sluice are on the 1st and 2nd. Though we all lament the disappearance of Red-backed Shrikes as a summer visitor, older birders amongst us would have been forgiven for thinking they had time travelled back forty years to the ‘Good old days’ on the 3rd when no less than four were discovered in our area. Males were seen at Lowestoft, Easton Bavents and Dunwich Heath with a female at Minsmere, another female was also at Minsmere on the 8th and 9th. Although encountered quite frequently in the county these days, a count of five Ravens together south over Frostenden on the 15th was notable. The singing first summer male Golden Oriole remained along Clay Lane near Minsmere on the 1st and 2nd and another was heard in Theberton wood on the 4th.