RXwildlife Sightings

Last Friday Larry Cooke held an open day at his Farm at East Guldeford to help launch the initiative to reintroduce the short haired bumblebee Bombus subterraneus to Britain.  Although extinct in this country British bees were taken out to New Zealand 120 years ago to help pollinate red clover, where they still persist.  As well as restoring this lost element of our fauna it is hoped that the project will stimulate the management of more of this habitat for these insects and benefit other rare bumblebee species that have threatened populations on the Marsh.

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An introduction to the plants of Dungeness
Saturday 27 June, 1.30 pm - 4.30 pm
A quarter of Britain’s plant species may be found on the reserve. This walk will introduce you to the wonderful flora of Dungeness. RSPB members: Adults £3, concessions £2, juniors £1.50. Non-members: Adults £6, concessions £4, juniors £3

A cattle egret was seen at Denge Marsh on Friday afternoon. Other highlights last week included up to 14 hobbies and three pairs of marsh harriers across the site, little ringed plovers and avocets on Burrowes pit and a barn owl near Boulderwall Farm.