Thank-you to Graham, a former member of our Saturday walk group, for this list of birds seen in spring at the Dungeness Nature Reserve in Kent.
I have added some photos from Google Images.
From Graham
Hi -Though this is the season between winter and summer residents, Mum and I couldn’t resist a trip to Dungeness RSPB today given the lovely weather. For once we had a picnic instead of fish and chips at the Pilot! Here is our list – nothing too much out of ordinary, but the sunlight made for great viewing:
Mute swan
Canada goose
Greylag goose
Shelduck
Shoveller
Pochard
Tufted duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Widgeon
Teal
Great-crested grebe

Little grebe
Coot
Moorhen
Cormorant
Little egret
Greater black-backed gull
Lesser black-backed gull
Black-headed gullHerring gull
Common gull
Curlew

Oystercatcher
Redshank
Lapwing
Ringed plover
Carrion crow
Rook
Jackdaw
Magpie
Marsh harrier
Buzzard

Blackbird
Robin
Great tit
Blue tit
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch

Wren
Cetti’s warbler
Reed bunting
Pied wagtail
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Dunnock
Chiffchaff

Meadow pipit
Wood pigeon
Collared dove
Rock dove
Feral pigeon
Green woodpecker
Pheasant
Kestrel

56 species.
Reported today at RSPB but not seen by us:
Garganey,
ruff,
water pipit,
bittern (booming),
bearded tit,

sparrowhawk.
Best Regards
Graham