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Dungeness - Sunday 6th May 2001
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Steve Sanford and Web Author
A very windy but sunny visit to Dungeness. The visit served two purposes 1)? to prove to Steve that it doesn't always rain here! and 2) your Author's first visit to this outstanding area.
Situated on a unique shingle foreland extending into the English Channel, Dungeness reserve attracts an important breeding colony of gulls and terns in summer and, in winter, large numbers of wildfowl. In spring and autumn many migrating birds call in, with always the chance of a rarity.
Species Seen????
- Little Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
- Slavonian Grebe
- Black-necked Grebe
- Gannet
- Little Egret x2
- Grey Heron
- Mute Swan
- Greylag Goose
- Canada Goose
- Shelduck
- Gadwall
- Common Teal
- Garganey
- Shoveler
- Tufted Duck
- Kestrel
- Oystercatcher
- Pied Avocet
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Curlew
- Greenshank
- Ruff
- Herring Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Common Tern
- Wood Pigeon
- Collared Dove
- Swift
- Swallow
- House Martin
- Meadow Pipit
- Pied Wagtail
- Yellow Wagtail
- Wheatear
- Reed-warbler
- Common Whitethroat
- Magpie
- Jackdaw
- Rook
- Carrion Crow
- Starling
- Linnet
- Yellowhammer
- Reed Bunting
Also in the area but not seen were: Marsh Harrier and Blue-headed Wagtail
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