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Bittern, Fishers Green, January 2023

Dungeness, Kent - 27th September 2023

9/28/2023

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It has been many years since I was last at Dungeness and I had forgotten what a great place it is! First stop was at the old lighthouse and we were lucky to bump into a local who pointed out a great area for Black Redstart. As we walked across we spotted a Wheatear and a couple of Stonechats as well as this Dunnock.
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There appeared to be about six Black Redstarts feeding in the scrub and at times hovering to feed. I managed to get some shots of a female/juvenile.
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And finally this cracking male bird!
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Time was moving on, so a spot of sea watching was next. To give some perspective however a few landscape shots showing the old and new lighthouses and the power station. A strange area, and the nearest thing we have to a desert in the UK.
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Initially, the sea was fairly quiet with Cormorants, Great Crested Grebe, one Razorbill and a handful of Gannets. Also a few Brent Geese.
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Things picked up with a party of Sandwich Terns - a nice mix of adults and juveniles.
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Sadly no passing Shearwater's but a couple of Arctic Skua's were great consolation.
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It was then on to the RSPB Reserve with a stop off at Cook's Pool. Another friendly local had told us it was a good spot for the three Glossy Ibis that were in the area. We quickly saw Marsh Harrier and a Great White Egret as well as eight Cattle Egrets which rather pleasingly were with the cattle.
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And right on cue the Glossy Ibis appeared out of a shallow depression.
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Driving into the reserve yielded this Common Buzzard.
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The reserve was fairly quiet, but I don't think I have ever seen so many Great Black-Backed Gulls before.
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Not too many waders around apart from this solitary Ruff.
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And two Curlew Sandpipers.
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A really great day out!
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