24th June 2020 : Dungeness ARC & NNR
Gull Billed Tern.
A successful mid week dash to Dungeness on the 24th June for a long overdue Kent tick in the shape of a superb Gull Billed Tern, viewing from the causeway was abit precarious to say the least and i am pretty sure if one birder was smoking a pipe he would have lost it to a very close wing mirror !!!!
As you can see from the photos some close views were obtained of this smart looking bird.
Here are a small selection of photos :
Gull Billed Tern.
After watching the superb Gull billed Tern and seeing a distant ♂ Black winged Stilt we decided to head to the power station to try and see Black Redstart.
On arrival we bumped into some other birders with the same idea however they had been unsuccessful but did very kindly point out a Peregrine on the power station.
Peregrine on the power station.
Having a fly around.
Peregrine.
Whilst enjoying some great views of the Peregrine i saw a Black Redstart on the fence which then flew towards the 'Desert'.
I was chatting with Chris @lewishambirder (Good to meet you) , and another Black Redstart flew from the power station and landed on one of the telegraph wires , we were all watching this when Chris found a large raptor flying past, after getting it in the scopes we could all see a superb Honey Buzzard, although distant the views through the scope were excellent, good find Chris.
Here are some record shots of the Honey Buzzard :
Honey Buzzard.
This was a new bird for my Dungeness bird list, a really great day out in good company.
