Dungeness RSPB - cool, cloudy, NW5 - A grim morning with a chill Arctic airflow and the threat of showers for my monthly guided walk for nine guest around the circular trail. The highlight on Burrowes was a flock of seven Dunlins in summer plumage but otherwise it was very quiet with just the usual gulls, wildfowl and Cormorants, plus Sand Martins coming and going at the nesting wall, four Little Egrets, a Redshank and a handful of Common Terns on the islands. Apart from a few snatches of song from Reed, Sedge and Cetti`s Warblers there was little of note until Dengemarsh where we had good views of two Marsh Harriers and up to five Hobbies as well as hearing a `booming` Bittern. The rafts and islands in front of the hide attracted five Common Terns, a pitiful number considering there was over 30 here on Monday. From the ramp several Bearded Tits broke cover in the reedbed and we had further close views of Swifts, a perched Hobby and a Cetti`s Warbler. Also noted during the circuit: singing Reed Buntings, Linnets, Common and Lesser Whitethroats, Lapwing, Grey Heron, Shelduck, Pochard and Gadwall. We made it back to the VC just before a heavy hail shower hit.
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