Dungeness RSPB 06/01/2017

A trip down to Dungeness today to see if I can get the 200...birds included Great White Egret, a Water Rail which came out into the open allowing excellent photos to be taken at the Scott hide, a Little Grebe outside Christmas Dell hide, and a fabulous, but sadly female Smew which also showed on Burrowes pit, constantly disappearing. The real highlight, of course, was the male Ring-necked Duck on one of the pits near to the farmhouse. It was mingling with many, many Tufted Ducks, and Coots, and had it not been for help from another friendly birder I might not have ever seen it. As it was, it was only a brief glimpse, as It was constantly on the move, and frequently disappeared from the view of the scope. But I saw it. This is the Water Rail.