Thinking of buying binoculars or a telescope? 

Whether you know a bit or don't know where to start, come to the RSPB Dungeness Visitor Centre and get some hands on advice from our friendly, knowledgeable team and have the chance to try the products out.

We stock the RSPB range of binoculars and telescopes, including the top of the range RSPB HDXs and HDs as well as a selected range of other brands such as Viking, Swarovski…

Grab a bargain - our Black Friday deals continue with some further reductions.

The visitor centre and shop at the RSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve is open daily from 10am to 4pm.

 Cockerel now £24.99 was £34.99 and other metal sculptures

 Scarves £15 – Buy One Get One Free

 Colour of Nature Calendar and Diary now £6 and £4 each – was £10 each

 Selected crackers now £6.99…

Black Friday deals run until Monday 28^th November 2016

The visitor centre and shop at the RSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve is open daily from 10am to 4pm.

 Cockerel now £24.99 was £34.99 and other metal sculptures

 Scarves £15 – Buy One Get One Free

 Colour of Nature Calendar and Diary now £6 each – was £10 each

 Selected crackers now £9.99 – was £12.99 to £14.99…

What a busy week we have had! Lots of sightings on the reserve this week include our celebrity ringed-neck duck and long eared owl. 

Image: Ringed-neck duck by Martin Casemore

We have also been pleased to see our bearded tits using the well-placed grit tray too! Grit is important for bearded tits as they use it to help grind up the seeds they eat. In the summer bearded tits will feed off insects but in winter time…

The RSPB has teamed up with Weird Fish to kit you out with a Harry Potter and the Deathly Sparrows t-shirt.

Available in taupe or blue. Price: £20.

Also in stock are the Weird Fish ‘Darth Wader’ t-shirt.

British clothing company Weird Fish share our love of the outdoors. Their clothes are tough, practical and a little bit different. Their witty t-shirts have become highly collectable.

The visitor…

Remember our super star from last winter? The long-eared owl is back and is in his favourite spot once again - in the willow trees by the dipping pond!

He stayed with us throughout most of the winter last year, arriving in November and seen almost daily until February.

Hopefully he will stick around with us again! The visitor centre is open 10am-4pm daily, so pop in and ask a member of staff to point him out to you…

Pop into the RSPB Dungeness visitor centre to buy your birds a treat.

Nestboxes provide a safe and snug place for birds to roost and nest. RSPB nestboxes are made from sustainable, durable FSC timber, so they're safe for birds and have really good insulation properties, making them warm in winter and cool in summer. The RSPB carefully designs its nest boxes to have the correct dimensions and ventilation that birds…

Come along to Dungeness on 12th and 13th November - try our range of binoculars and telescopes and have a chat with our friendly team. Whether you're a complete beginner or a experienced birder we will be happy to help.

We stock the RSPB range of products plus a small selected range of other brands - Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica and Kowa. 

Currently the RSPB end of range AG telescopes on offer:

AG80 with 33.5x and case…

Quick update that yesterday 2 spoonbills were seen from the visitor centre and Firth hide on Burrowes pit. A ringed neck duck was spotted on the small lake by Boulderwall farm house late afternoon, a beautiful black bird it has distinctive white markings on its beak and down the side of its body. It is still there today! Along with a cattle egret who's hanging out with the cows. The weather's clearing up here now, so…

Although the weather's been a bit nasty, today has been a fantastic day for birdwatching! We have had 17 great white egrets, a cattle egret, 14 little egrets and 5 spoonbills reported! Most of these brilliant white birds have been spotted on Burrowes pit flying back and forth and also at Denge Marsh. 

Great white egret at Dungeness - Graham Parry

A Slavonian grebe has also been seen at Denge Marsh today so we are…

Shh! There’s a secret shopping gem on your doorstep that is packed with great ideas to meet your Christmas shopping needs.

Visit our RSPB shop at Dungeness nature reserve for gifts, decorations, cards and much more.

Find our shop at the RSPB Dungeness nature reserve, Boulderwall Farm, Dungeness Road, Lydd, Kent TN29 9PN.

Open every day 10am to 4pm.

Thinking of buying binoculars or a telescope? 

Whether you know a bit or don't know where to start, come to the RSPB Dungeness Visitor Centre and get some hands on advice from our friendly, knowledgeable team and have the chance to try the products out.

We stock the RSPB range of binoculars and telescopes, including the top of the range RSPB HDXs and HDs as well as a selected range of other brands such as Viking, Swarovski…

What a wild and spooky time we have been having on the reserve. We have been gearing up for Halloween by providing an array of creepy activities for families to take part in. These finish tomorrow so get yourself down to Dungeness for the day to take part. Don’t fret if you can’t make it, the spider trail will be running throughout the weekend and there’s always a Wildlife Explorer backpack or some binoculars that you…

20% off 12.75kg sacks of bird food at the RSPB Dungeness shop until 25^th October 2016

The visitor centre at RSPB Dungeness is open everyday from 10am to 5pm

What a week it has been for bird sightings! We've had lots of birds gather here for their migration south and also seen one or two winter visitors arrive!

The weathers turned a bit chillier this week but we are still seeing dragonflies out on the reserve - that's probably why we still have hundreds of swallows and the occasional hobby about.

A glossy ibis has been seen almost daily on the reserve, mostly hanging…

Can you believe it's the last day of September? This year has flown by! We've had another fabulous week on the reserve full of wonderful sightings. This weeks superstars are the glossy ibis, montagu's harrier and the cattle egret (which has become best mates with the cows and has been seen with them every day).

There have also been huge flocks of lapwing, golden plover and large numbers of swallows, sand…

Thinking of buying binoculars or a telescope? 

Whether you know a bit or don't know where to start, come to the RSPB Dungeness Visitor Centre on Saturday 1^st and Sunday 2^nd October 2016 between 10am and 4pm and get some hands on advice from our friendly, knowledgeable team and have the chance to try the products out.

We stock the RSPB range of binoculars and telescopes, including the top of the range RSPB HDXs and…

Migration is in action at the moment! We've had two ospreys pass through us on their way back to Africa. There are also a lot of swallows on the reserve too and sadly they will be leaving us shortly, marking the end of summer (not that it feels like it!)

We've had some fabulous sightings on the reserve including great white egrets, a Montagu's harrier, a pair of pintail, a yellow-browed warbler, a cattle egret and…

Today we have pond dipping sessions between 10am and 2pm. So drop in to the visitor centre any time between then, grab a net and delve deep into our pond to see what minibeasts are swimming below the surface. The last pond dipping session of the year cannot be missed on such a lovely sunny day!

The buff-breasted sandpiper is still here, it was last seen yesterday around 3pm. Hopefully it is still around to view today…

A buff-breasted sandpiper has just been seen from Makepeace hide on the reserve. There's only been 3 records of it on Dungeness before, the last was 5 years ago! 

Image: Buff-breasted sandpiper (US Fish and Wildlife Service)

This small, attractive bird has a long, straight bill and greenish-yellow legs. The sexes are alike in colouration; both have a pale brown body elegantly spotted with black. The crown has…

Over the weekend we've had some unusual reports here at Dungeness. 

We have had a red-necked phalarope stay with us over the weekend. These small, delicate waders are adapted well to spending a lot of time on water. Unlike other waders, phalaropes have lobed toes which enable them to swim strongly when on pools or out at sea. They spend most of their time in the water but can equally run about on land. The duller…

Thinking of buying binoculars or a telescope? 

Whether you know a bit or don't know where to start, come to the RSPB Dungeness Visitor Centre and get some hands on advice from our friendly, knowledgeable team and have the chance to try the products out.

We stock the RSPB range of binoculars and telescopes. We also have a selected range of other brands such as Viking, Swarovski, Leica and Zeiss binoculars and Swarovski…

We’ve had a jam packed couple of weeks of activities on the reserve! Both Cub Scouts and Brownies have visited and had a wonderful time pond dipping and exploring the reserve learning about wildlife.

Brownies with a newt tadpole

We also hosted 3 Wild Families events which included; pond dipping and searching for animal tracks, minibeasts, dissecting owl pellets, building dens and bug hotels and making potions…

We were so excited to be able to host the Big Wild Sleepout at RSPB Dungeness for the very first time this year. Although we have been supporting the campaign over the years, it was finally time to take part!

41 people turned up to our fully booked event on the Saturday to set up their tents in our Discovery Area. They were given their activity packs and the children, armed with nets and bug pots, set off round the…