27th July 2019 : Dungeness Rspb & Arc
Firth & Hanson Hides
Firth & Hanson Hides
4 Wood Sandpipers
A trip to Dungeness on Saturday proved a very good choice as the overnight bad weather had grounded good numbers of waders on the reserve, i missed the early birds but through the day i managed to catch up with most of them.
One of the main highlights for me was Wood Sandpiper which are one of my favourite waders and i managed to see at least 9 birds together on the Arc pit from the Hanson hide .
8 Wood Sandpipers
The most i could get in one photo was 8 birds , here are a few more photos.
5 Wood Sandpipers.
Being spooked by a Tern.
Wood Sandpiper in front of Firth Hide.
Wood Sandpiper.
Later in the day 2 Temminck's Stints were located in front of the Firth Hide.
2 Temminck'c Stints.
I really enjoyed watching these smart birds as they fed busily in front of the hide, Little ringed Plover & Common Sandpiper were keeping these birds company.
Other highlights through the day were 6 Spotted Redshanks (Firth hide) & 3 Curlew Sandpipers (Hanson hide).
6 Spotted Redshank.
Curlew Sandpiper.
A real wader spectacle with my personal total of 17 different wader species out of 22 reported , add that to the several Great white Egrets and hundreds of Sand & House Martins , a single Hobby plus several Marsh Harriers i would say Dungeness was a great place to be on Saturday.
Wader Totals
Oystercatcher 10+
Little Ringed Plover 2 (Firth)
Ringed Plover 2
Golden Plover 50 (over Arc)
Lapwing 500+
Temminck's Stint 2 Ad (Firth)
Curlew Sandpiper 3 Ad (Hanson)
Dunlin 2 (Firth & Hanson)
Ruff 10+ (Firth & Hanson)
Black tailed Godwit 3+ (Firth)
Whimbrel 1 (over Arc)
Turnstone 3+ (Firth)
Spotted Redshank 6+ (Firth & Hanson)
Redshank 300+ (Firth & Hanson)
Greenshank 11+ (Firth & Hanson)
Wood Sandpiper 9+ (Firth & Hanson)
Common Sandpiper 10+ (Firth & Hanson)
Great white Egret & Common Tern.
