Dungeness RSPB - warm, dry and sunny, NE4 - En-route to the visitors centre it was good to see a pair of Brown Hares hunkered down on the shingle by the road, plus two Red Kites soaring over the water tower. A guided walk around the circular trail for nine guests, most of whom had not previously visited the site, produced all the expected warblers, Linnets and Reed Buntings; six Avocets, two Cattle Egrets, 10 Lapwings (including several well-grown chicks) and six Redshanks on the hayfields; and good views of Marsh Harriers and up to six Hobbies over Hookers hawking flying insects along with a small flock of Black-headed Gulls. Also noted during the circuit, a pair of Ringed Plovers and a Great White Egret on Burrowes; a Little Ringed Plover and two Greenshanks on New Ex; Sand Martins and Shelducks; and a Cuckoo and half a dozen Common Terns over Dengemarsh. In the sheltered spots plenty of blue damselflies and several Hairy Hawkers were on the wing, while butterflies included a few Common Blues and Small Coppers in the predominantly bone-dry landscape.
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