| Editorial – Nick Mason | 5 |
| Review of the year – Adam Gretton & Nick Mason | 8 |
| Baikal Teal: 2001 bird accepted by BOURC (new species for Suffolk ) – Brian Small | 10 |
| Snow Goose: 2008 bird at Ashby accepted as wild (new species for Suffolk ) – Brian Small | 13 |
| Eskimo Curlew: 19th century record considered unsafe – Peter Kennerley | 15 |
| Cranes of lakenheath Fen, 2007–9: breeding biology – Norman Sills | 19 |
| Rookery Survey: survey in north-east Suffolk – Jamie Brice-Lockhart | 26 |
| Nest finding observations, data and records: breeding bird surveys at Sutton, Blaxhall and Tunstall Commons – Richard Tomlinson & Graham Button | 33 |
| Tony Hurrell: obituary – David Pearson | 37 |
| The 2009 Suffolk bird report | 39 |
| Rare birds in Suffolk 2009 – David Walsh | 167 |
| Suffolk ringing report 2009 – Andrew Gregory | 170 |
