A list of the wildlife sighted at Dungeness nature reserve from 25/02/23 - 07/03/23

Birds of Prey

  • Common Buzzard
  • Kestrel
  • Marsh Harrier-Dengemarsh, ARC, Burrowes Pit  
  • Sparrowhawk 

Ducks/Geese/Grebes 

  • Barnacle geese
  • Bewick swan - Burrowes 
  • Canada geese
  • Gadwell
  • Goldeneye - Burrowes
  • Great crested grebe 
  • Greylag geese
  • Little grebe
  • Mallard
  • Pintail
  • Shelduck
  • Shoveler
  • Pintail
  • Pochard
  • Teal
  • Tufted
  • Wigeon

Herons

  • Bittern 
  • Cattle egret
  • Cormorant
  • Glossy ibis-ARC
  • Great white egret
  • Grey heron
  • Little egret 

Waders and Rails  

  • Avocet 
  • Black-tailed godwit
  • Coot
  • Curlew
  • Dunlin
  • Golden plover
  • Lapwing
  • Moorhen
  • Oystercatcher
  • Ringed plover
  • Ruff

Little Birds

  • Bearded reedling
  • Blackbird
  • Blackcap
  • Blue tit
  • Cetti's warbler
  • Chiffchaff 
  • Dartford warbler – Dengemarsh
  • Firecrest
  • Great tit
  • Greenfinch
  • Goldcrest 
  • Long-tailed tit
  • Reed bunting 
  • Robin
  • Stonechat
  • Wren

Gulls

  • Caspian gull
  • Great black backed gull
  • Herring gull
  • Yellow-legged gull

Corvids

  • Carrion crow
  • Magpie
  • Raven

Other 

  • Stout (Ermine) -  Visitor Centre

Bewicks Swan - Graham Parry