Thursday, 15 February 2018

DUNGENESS RSPB

Whilst staying in Kent for half term I made the trip south to Dungeness to the RSPB reserve there. To be honest there weren't huge amounts of birds there, neither were they particularly close so I'm afraid no decent photos,  but I did manage a few more ticks for the year, including slavonian grebe, male smew and a marsh harrier .


 It was blue skies all morning, though a bit chilly but a nice walk nevertheless. The reserve has a 2 mile walk around the reserve with hides  sited along the way. plus an additional short walk to a hide and a viewing screen across the road from the entrance. 
Birds of note included:

 golden plover, wigeon, reed bunting, great crested grebe, slavonian grebe, little grebe, cettis warbler, greater black backed gull, lesser black backed gull, goldeneye, smew, tufted duck, gadwall, shoveler, shelduck, oyster catcher and lapwing.


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