Dungeness

Birds of Prey 

• Hobby
• Marsh Harrier

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans   

• Canada Goose
• Garganey
• Greylag Goose
• Long-Tailed Duck – Burrowes Pit
• Mute Swan

Herons 

• Bittern
• Little Egret
• White Stork - flyover

Waders and Rails  

• Coot
• Dunlin
• Grey Plover 
• Lapwing
• Ringed Plover

Little Birds

• Linnet
• Reed Warbler
• Sand Martin
• Sedge Warbler
• Water Pipit
• Willow Warbler
• Yellow Wagtail

Seabirds 

• Common Gull – Burrowes Pit

Co…

Birds of Prey 

• Kestrel
• Marsh Harrier
• Peregrine Falcon
• Red Kite – Dengemarsh
• White Tailed Eagle – Burrowes Pit

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans   

• Brent Goose - Lade
• Canada Goose
• Garganey
• Goldeneye – ARC/New Diggings/Burrowes Pit
• Greylag Goose
• Little Grebe
• Long-Tailed Duck – New Diggings
• Mute Swan
• Smew – ARC
• White Fronted Goose – Dengemarsh/Boulderwall Fields
• Wigeon

Herons 

• Bittern – Viewing…

Birds of Prey 

Barn Owl

Hen Harrier – ARC

Marsh Harrier

Merlin – Boulderwall Fields

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

Black Necked Grebe - Dengemarsh

Goldeneye – Burrowes Pit/New Diggings

Long Tailed Duck - New Diggings

Pink Footed Goose – Boulderwall Fields

Pintail – Dengemarsh

Smew (Red Head) – Dengemarsh

White Fronted Goose - Boulderwall Fields

Wigeon – Boulderwall

Herons 

Bittern

Birds of Prey 

• Barn Owl 
• Buzzard
• Kestrel
• Marsh Harrier
• Peregrine

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Goose
• Egyptian Geese
• Gadwall
• Goldeneye (Burrowes Pit)
• Greylag Geese
• Great Crested Grebe
• Long-tailed Duck (New Diggings) 
• Mallard
• Mute Swan
• Pintail (Burrowes Pit)
• Pochard
• Shelduck
• Shoveler
• Teal
• Tufted Duck
• White Fronted Goose (Boulderwall Fields)
• Whooper Swan (ARC)
• Wigeon

Herons 

• Bittern (ARC/Viewing Ramp)
• Cattle Egret
• C…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Kestrel
• Hen Harrier (Burrowes Pit)
• Marsh Harrier
• Sparrowhawk

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Black-necked Grebe (Burrowes Pit)
• Common Scoter (Christmas Dale Hide) 
• Egyptian Geese
• Gadwell
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Goldeneye (Burrowes Pit)
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit)
• Long-tailed Duck (Burrowes Pit) 
• Pintail (Burrowes Pit)
• Slavonian Grebe (Burrowes Pit)
• S…

To ensure our longer-term sustainability, the RSPB has been reviewing its operations across the UK so that everything we do aligns to our charitable and strategic aims and delivers the most impact for nature and wildlife possible. We must focus on what we do best and where we can do this most effectively, with the resources available to us.   

Our most recent challenge has been the global and domestic financial pressures…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Kestrel
• Marsh Harrier
• Peregrine Falcon
• Sparrowhawk  

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Black-necked Grebe (Burrowes Pit) 
• Egyptian Geese
• Gadwell
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Goldeneye (Burrowes Pit)
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Grebe 
• Pintail (Burrowes Pit)
• Slavonian Grebe (Burrowes Pit)
• Shoveler
• Red Breasted Merganser (Burrowes Pit)
• Teal
• Tufted Duck

H…

Birds of Prey 

• Barn Owl 
• Buzzard 
• Kestrel
• Hobby 
• Marsh Harrier
• Merlin
• Peregrine Falcon
• Sparrowhawk  

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Black-necked Grebe (Burrowes Pit) 
• Egyptian Geese
• Gadwell
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Goldeneye (Burrowes Pit)
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Grebe 
• Pintail (Burrowes Pit)
• Shoveler
• Teal
• Tufted Duck

Herons 

• Cattle Egret
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Little…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Kestrel
• Hobby (ARC)  
• Marsh Harrier
• Merlin
• Osprey (Christmas Dale Hide)
• Peregrine Falcon
• Sparrowhawk  

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Black-necked Grebe 
• Egyptian Geese
• Gadwell
• Garganey (ARC)
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Grebe 
• Pintail (ARC)
• Shelduck
• Shoveler
• Teal
• Tufted Duck
• Wigeon
• Whooper Swan (ARC)

Herons 

• Cattle Egret

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Kestrel
• Hobby (Dengemarsh Hide)  
• Marsh Harrier
• Merlin
• Peregrine Falcon
• Sparrowhawk  

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Black-necked Grebe 
• Egyptian Geese
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Grebe 
• Pintail (ARC)
• Shoveler
• Scaup  
• Wigeon 

Herons 

• Cattle Egret
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Egret   
• Grey heron 
• Great White Egret
• Glossy Ibis…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Kestrel
• Hobby (Dengemarsh Hide)  
• Marsh Harrier
• Merlin
• Peregrine Falcon
• Sparrowhawk  

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese 
• Gadwell
• Garganey (ARC)
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit)
• Shoveler  
• Wigeon 

Herons 

• Cattle Egret
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Egret   
• Grey heron 
• Great White Egret
• Glossy Ibis (ARC)

Waders and…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Kestrel 
• Honey Buzzard  
• Marsh Harrier
• Merlin 
• Osprey
• Peregrine Falcon
• Sparrowhawk  

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese 
• Gadwell
• Garganey (ARC)
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit) 
• Wigeon 

Herons

• Bittern 
• Cattle Egret
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Egret   
• Grey heron 
• Great White Egret
• Glossy Ibis (ARC)

Waders and R…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Kestrel 
• Hobby
• Honey Buzzard  
• Marsh Harrier
• Peregrine Falcon
• Sparrowhawk  

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese 
• Garganey (ARC)
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Little Grebe 
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit) 
• Wigeon 

Herons

• Bittern 
• Cattle Egret
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Egret   
• Grey heron 
• Great White Egret
• Glossy Ibis (ARC)
• Spoonbill (Dengemarsh…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Hobby
• Kestrel  
• Marsh Harrier
• Merlin (Access Track)
• Peregrine Falcon
• Sparrowhawk  

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese 
• Garganey (ARC)
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit) 
• Teal
• Tufted (Burrowes Pit) 

Herons

• Bittern 
• Cattle Egret
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Egret   
• Grey heron 
• Great White Egret
• Glossy Ibis (ARC)
• White…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Hobby
• Kestrel  
• Marsh Harrier
• Osprey (flying over)
• Peregrine Falcon
• Sparrowhawk  

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese 
• Garganey
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Little Grebe 
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit)
• Mandarin (female) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit)
• Red Crested Pochard 
• Pintail  
• Pochard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Teal
• Tufted (Burrowes Pit) 

Herons

• Bittern 
• Cattle Egret
• Cormorant (Burrowes…

Wednesday 24th July signals the beginning of an exciting phase for the reserve with the mobilisation of the contractors for the Natural England Species Recovery Programme funded project to create 15 islands on New Excavations and Dengemarsh Hide. The work will be undertaken via an excavator mounted onto a pontoon which worked successfully on the Re-Tern Project in 2017, this pontoon will be pushed around the lake into…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Hobby
• Kestrel  
• Marsh Harrier
• Peregrine Falcon  

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese 
• Garganey
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit)
• Mandarin (female) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit)
• Pintail  
• Pochard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Teal
• Tufted (Burrowes Pit) 

Herons

• Bittern 
• Cattle Egret
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Egret   
• Grey heron 
• Great White Egret 

Waders and…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Hobby
• Kestrel  
• Marsh Harrier 
• Sparrowhawk

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese 
• Gadwall 
• Garganey
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe
• Little Grebe 
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit)
• Mandarin (female) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit) 
• Pochard (Burrowes Pit)
• Shoveler (Burrowes Pit)
• Shelduck (Burrowes Pit) 
• Teal
• Tufted (Burrowes Pit) 

Herons

• Bittern 
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Egr…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Hobby
• Kestrel  
• Marsh Harrier 

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese 
• Gadwall 
• Garganey
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe 
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit) 
• Pochard (Burrowes Pit)
• Shoveler (Burrowes Pit)
• Shelduck (Burrowes Pit) 
• Teal
• Tufted (Burrowes Pit) 

Herons

• Bittern 
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Little Egret   
• Grey heron 
• Great White Egret 

Waders and…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Hobby
• Kestrel  
• Marsh Harrier 
• Red Kite 
• Sparrowhawk 

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese 
• Gadwall 
• Garganey
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe 
• Little Grebe 
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit) 
• Pochard (Burrowes Pit)
• Shoveler (Burrowes Pit)
• Shelduck (Burrowes Pit) 
• Teal
• Tufted (Burrowes Pit) 

Herons

• Bittern 
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Cattle Egret
• Little…

We do not currently have a trail map available to download on our main webpage as we are updating the design and finalising the website launch. We understand this has been frustrating for some of our visitors and we are looking at ways we can remedy this in the interim. We have a large map in the visitor centre and a member of the team can explain the routes in detail when you arrive. Many people are quite happy to take…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Hen Harrier
• Hobby 
• Marsh Harrier 
• Peregrine Falcon 
• Sparrowhawk 

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese 
• Gadwall 
• Garganey
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe 
• Little Grebe 
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit) 
• Pochard (ARC) 
• Shoveler (Burrowes Pit)
• Shelduck (Burrowes Pit) 
• Tufted (Burrowes Pit) 

Herons

• Bittern 
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• cattle Egret
• Little E…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Kestrel
• Hen Harrier 
• Hobby 
• Marsh Harrier
• Merlin
• Peregrine Falcon 
• Sparrowhawk

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese
• Gadwall 
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe (Dengemarsh)
• Little Grebe 
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit)
• Pochard (ARC)
• Shoveler (Burrowes Pit)
• Shelduck (Burrowes Pit)
• Tufted (Burrowes Pit)  

Herons

• Bittern
• Cormorant (Burrowes Pit)
• Little…

Birds of Prey 

• Buzzard 
• Kestrel
• Hobby 
• Marsh Harrier
• Merlin
• Red Kite
• Sparrowhawk

Ducks/Geese/Grebes/Swans    

• Canada Geese 
• Egyptian Geese
• Garganey (Burrowes Pit) 
• Gadwall 
• Greylag Geese (Boulderwall Fields)  
• Great Crested Grebe (Dengemarsh)
• Little Grebe 
• Mallard (Burrowes Pit) 
• Mute Swan (Burrowes Pit)
• Pochard (Burrowes Pit)
• Shoveler (Burrowes Pit)
• Shelduck (Burrowes Pit)
• Teal 
• Tufted (Burrowes Pit)  

Herons

• Bittern
• Cormorant…

Our retail manager Corinne introduces us to the range of binoculars available at the RSPB Dungeness Shop and gives you some things to think about before you come in and give them a try.

We hold regular binocular demonstration days here at RSPB Dungeness in Kent, but we know not everyone can attend these events. So, we thought we’d do a blog about the range of binoculars we have to help you decide what you might like…