Whilst down in Kent we visited the RSPB site at Dungeness.
As is to be expected at this time of year it was pretty quiet, but we did manage to see a few nice birds and got a chance to explore this part of the world.
The highlight was the ARC hide where a good number of waders were spotted including summer plumaged Golden Plover, a couple of hundred Lapwing, 3 Little Ringed Plover,including a juvenile bird, 1 Common Sandpiper and a couple of summer plumaged Dunlin. Also here were 3 Little Egret and my first Teal and Wigeon of the "winter".
Golden Plover and Lapwing
Over on the main site we visited 5 hides and saw many commoner species such as Mallard, Mute Swan, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Oystercatcher, Great-crested Grebe, Moorhen and Coot. The main highlight on this site however, was the pair of nesting Common Tern, with 1 chick seen from Denge Marsh Hide.
Common Tern with chick
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