RSPB Dungeness
Paul James and Group
I enjoyed an outstanding day at Dungeness with Paul and the group - our first outing in the UK since the middle of February. 14 of us turned up on a mild, overcast day for what turned out to be a memorable outing with over 70 species seen, covering a wide range of birds.
- Thankfully, the American Black Tern was still present, enabling those in the group who had not seen it earlier in the week to get their first view of this rare visitor to the UK. We needed to make 2 stops at Makepeace Hide - an initial visit to ensure the sighting and a later one when it was not so busy to get the close up views needed to differentiate this bird from the other Black Terns present.
- On the way to Denge Marsh Hide we saw several Yellow Wagtails in the nearby field with the cattle. From the hide we saw a number of interesting birds, including a couple of Ruff with a Snipe just a few feet away from them. A Hobby flew past giving excellent views. Marsh Harrier and Great White Egret added to the glamour.
- At the ARC Hide there was also a fabulous assortment of birds seen including a Garganey, Golden Plover, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper and a Curlew Sandpiper.
- We finished off at Galloways where the star attraction, a Wryneck, proved elusive to all but a couple of the group. We were compensated richly by superb views of a Little Owl, 2 Short-eared Owls and several Whinchats.
A cracking day out and it was so good to meet up with everyone again.
| Species list - thanks Alan! | ||
| American Black Tern | Little Egret | |
| Bittern | Little Grebe | |
| Black Tern | Little Owl | |
| Black-headed Gull | Long-tailed Tit | |
| Black-Tailed Godwit | Magpie | |
| Blue Tit | Mallard | |
| Buzzard | Marsh Harrier | |
| Carrion Crow | Meadow Pipit | |
| Cetti's Warbler | Moorhen | |
| Chaffinch | Mute Swan | |
| Chiffchaff | Pied Wagtail | |
| Collared Dove | Pochard | |
| Common Gull | Raven | |
| Common Sandpiper | Reed Warbler | |
| Common Tern | Ringed Plover | |
| Coot | Robin | |
| Cormorant | Rook | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Ruff | |
| Dunlin | Sand Martin | |
| Dunnock | Sandwich Tern | |
| Egyptian Goose | Sedge Warbler | |
| Gadwall | Short-eared Owl | |
| Gannet | Shoveler | |
| Garganey | Snipe | |
| Golden Plover | Sparrowhawk | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Spotted Redshank | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Starling | |
| Great Tit | Stock Dove | |
| Great White Egret | Stonechat | |
| Greenfinch | Swallow | |
| Grey Heron | Swift | |
| Grey Plover | Teal | |
| Greylag Goose | Tree Sparrow | |
| Herring Gull | Tufted Duck | |
| Hobby | Water Rail | |
| House Martin | Wheatear | |
| House Sparrow | Whinchat | |
| Jackdaw | Whitethroat | |
| Kestrel | Widgeon | |
| Lapwing | Woodpigeon | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Wren | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Wryneck seen by Paul | |
| Linnet | Yellow Wagtail |
86 species
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