What a great day to be here at Dungeness!
Brilliant wildlife spotting opportunities have been easy viewing today, not least due to the gorgeous great crested grebe chicks that have been carried around on their parents' backs all day right in front of our visitor centre's main window!
Once visitors had torn themselves away from that they were rewarded by a host of birds and other wildlife to discover, including:
Dragonflies: black-tailed skimmer, brown hawker, ruddy darter, emperor, four-spot chaser
Butterflies: marbled white, meadow brown, red admiral
Great green bush cricket
Birds (with date and location last seen):
Garganey – one on Burrowe’s pit on 2nd. Red-crested pochard – female from ARC Hanson hide on 28th. Bittern – one at ARC on 1st. Glossy ibis – one at Hayfield 3 on 2nd . Marsh harrier – four juveniles over Hooker’s ramp on 4th. Hobby – over trail on 4th. Ringed plover – three on Burrowes pit on 2nd. Little ringed plover – on Burrowes pit on 2nd. Spotted redshank – one on Burrowe’s pit on 4th. Black-tailed godwit – on Burrowe’s pit on 2nd. Curlew – one on Burrowe’s pit on 2nd. Whimbrel – one over Burrowes pit on 4th. Mediterranean gull – one amongst black-headed gulls on Burrowes pit on 29th. Common gull – nesting on far left raft at Denge Marsh. Common tern – nesting on tern rafts at Denge Marsh. Cuckoo – one at Boulderwall on 1st. Kingfisher – one at Hookers pits on 28th. Yellow wagtail – one at denge Marsh on 29th. Lesser Whitethroat – one at return trail on 2nd. Raven – over Denge Marsh on 19th. Greenshank – two at Denge Marsh on 1st.
Will you see a ruddy darter dragonfly this weekend?