Dungeness - warm, cloudy W4 - Before my monthly guided walk for RSPB I checked out ARC for yesterday`s Squacco Heron of which there was no sign here or elsewhere across the reserve; although it could still be lurking somewhere on the wetlands... However, eight guests enjoyed plenty of birds and other wildlife around the circular trail with the highlights being a protracted flight view of a Bittern flying from the ramp over towards Xmas Dell and a Hobby hawking aerial insects. We also had good views of two juv Reed Warblers, a Great White Egret, several Marsh Harriers, 50 Common Terns on an island out from Dennis`s hide and all the usual wildfowl, warblers and gulls, plus two Brown Hares bounding over the shingle, always a bonus. On a sadder note it appears that the Common Terns have abandoned the Dengemarsh rafts, while a pair of close Great Crested Grebes undertaking their nuptials was fascinating to observe.
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