A fairly quick visit to Dungeness this morning. Started at the RSPB Reserve, where we saw a couple of female
Goosander, female
Smew (2), a single male and five female
Goldeneye,
Goldcrest (1) and at least six
Tree Sparrow feeding on the well stocked feeders near the visitors centre.
The weather was warm and bright as we made our way to view the 'New Diggings' pit from the road causeway. Here we quickly connected with the already reported single
Black-throated Diver and three
Great White Egrets as well as a single
Little Egret.
We then drove round the coast road and managed to locate the third-winter
Glaucous Gull in among a few
Great Black-backed Gulls. Walking up to the coastal shingle from the road, we had a look on the sea over a ten minute period and recorded:
Gannet (1),
Common Scoter (6),
Red-throated Diver (6),
Guillemot (8),
Razorbill (3) and
Kittiwake (3).
To complete our visit, we stopped in on the ARC pit where we found another
Great White Egret and saw a further three female
Smew and a single
Marsh Harrier.
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