Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th
Free admission
Join us for a celebration of the wonderful wildlife of Dungeness.
Free guided walks, talks, Images of Dungeness photography exhibition, optics demo, Country Innovation clothing. Come early (9.30) and see what’s in our moth trap. On Saturday get top tips on wildlife photography from David Featherbe. Look for our purple herons, hear the booming bittern…
Purple heron – two birds, one adult (male) and one sub-adult (possibly one of last year’s young) but no breeding pair as yet. Bittern – one still booming at Hooker’s pits. Hobby – up to four daily. Spotted redshank – one at the ARC site on 3rd. Ruff – one at Denge Marsh on 3rd. Little ringed plover – two on Burrowes pit on 3rd. Knot – one on Burrowes pit on 3rd. Greenshank – one at the ARC site on 6th. Bar-tailed godwit – up to 60 daily. Black-tailed godwit – one at ARC on 3rd. Whimbrel – up to 40 daily. Turnstone - one on Burrowes pit on 3rd. Wood sandpiper – one on Denge Marsh on 6th. Common sandpiper – one on Burrowes pit on 3rd. Mediterranean gull – eight flying over on 6th. Black tern – one over Burrowes pit on 5th. Lesser whitethroat – one in Christmas Dell on 4th.