Long Eared Owl.
I called into Dungeness Rspb reserve yesterday the 4th December in the hope of seeing the Long Eared Owl that was found by Richard Roberts a week ago (great find mate) , this was a new bird for my Dungeness bird list (5th new bird this year) so i was very keen to see it.
Having a preen.
I really enjoyed watching this bird although it just basically just sat there roosting , although it did have a bit of a preen at one stage , quite alot of birders enjoyed this bird whilst i was there, good to met Liam , Adrain & Martin plus i also bumped into Mike Hook in the Makepeace hide later in the day. Back to the birds where i saw both male & female Goldeneye from the hides.
Male Goldeneye.
Female Goldeneye.
Plus i saw 4 Redhead Smew from the Dennis hide which were distant most of the time.
Redhead Smew from a previous visit.
I then headed off to Pett Level to try and see the elusive Glossy Ibis but had no luck this time , however there were good numbers of Curlew , Ruff ,Lapwing & Dark Bellied Brent Geese plus a Peregrine flew over putting everything up in the air. I took a few photos of them plus a Grey Heron put in an appearance.
Grey Heron
Curlew.
Lapwing.
Lapwing coming into land.
Thanks for the mention Rob it was good to catch up with you again. Managed to see 1 drake and two duck Gooseanders and a Red head Smew from the Scott Hide after I left you. Also met Martin Casemore later in the Makepeace and he put me on to a stonking Adult Caspian Gull. 4 Red head Smew still from Denis hide at 4pm. Great day out.
ReplyDeleteHi Mike , good to see you to mate , well done on the rest of what you saw , great selection of birds .
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