Sunny Dungeness in the Spring, already!! (1 Viewer)

[Original PaulE]

Lovely sunny day last Thursday, saw me heading down to Dungeness and local area, for a full days birding. Bewick & Whooper Swans, Cattle Egrets, Marsh harriers and a very enjoyable Seawatch the highlights. Though listening to the Booming Bitterns, Squealing Water Rails and the explosive burst of Cetti's Warbler song was also very pleasant and a reminder that Spring is very much Springing!! The dancing Grebes were cool as well!! More detail and a lot of pics on the blog at the link below

Booming Bitterns & Dancing Grebes, Dungeness!

A great weather forecast and news that the Bewicks and Whoopers were still in the area. Add in reported Glossy Ibis, Cattle Egret and all t...

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[Atropos]

Fantastic, lived and worked at Rye Harbour in the early 90s and used to visit Dunge and Pett all the time. Great to see my old stomping grounds

 

[Original PaulE]

Fantastic, lived and worked at Rye Harbour in the early 90s and used to visit Dunge and Pett all the time. Great to see my old stomping grounds

Thanks for that, yes it's a great area, especially at this time of year, hope to visit again in a couple of months, bit of a trek for me , about an hour and a half but very much worth it!

 

[Richard D]

Did you spot the reported Swallows?

 

[Original PaulE]

Did you spot the reported Swallows?

This post was from the start of March, so no!! 😀

 

[Richard D]

This post was from the start of March, so no!! 😀

Looks like the 14th was the first arrival, so only a few days later

 

[Original PaulE]

Looks like the 14th was the first arrival, so only a few days later

Hopefully see some somewhere this weekend!!