A list of wildlife sighted at Dungeness from 13/03/23 - 21/03/23:

Birds of Prey

  • Common Buzzard
  • Hen Harrier
  • Kestrel
  • Marsh Harrier-Dengemarsh, ARC, Burrowes Pit  
  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Red Kite

Ducks/Geese/Grebes 

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

Herons

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

Waders and Rails  

  • Coot
  • Curlew
  • Dunlin
  • Golden plover
  • Knot
  • Lapwing
  • Moorhen
  • Oystercatcher
  • Redshank
  • Ruff
  • Water rail

Little Birds

  • Bearded reedling
  • Blackbird
  • Blue tit
  • Cetti's warbler
  • Chiffchaff 
  • Dartford warbler – Dengemarsh
  • Firecrest
  • Great tit
  • Greenfinch
  • Goldcrest 
  • Kingfisher
  • Pied wagtail
  • Reed bunting 
  • Robin
  • Starling
  • Swallow (1st this year)
  • Willow warbler
  • Wren

Gulls

  • Black headed gull
  • Common Gull
  • Great black backed gull
  • Lesser black backed gull

Corvids

  • Jackdaw
  • Magpie
  • Raven

Other 

  • Brown stoat
  • Hare
  • Shrew
  • Stout (Ermine) -  Visitor Centre
  • Toad

Photograph: Kingfisher by Graham Parry