Dungeness - cool, cloudy, heavy rain, SW3 - For the third day running the winner was the rain with torrential downpours throughout the morning. En-route to the RSPB reserve I noted six Cattle and two Little Egrets in a field opposite Lydd golf club with another 20 odd Cattle and a Great White Egret in the flooded fields by Cockles Bridge. A guided walk for a U3A group from north Kent was a non-starter as nobody turned up, so I spent a couple of hours nipping between Dennis`s, the VC and Firth washout trying to keep dry and scanning Burrowes; the highlight was a pair of Red-breasted Mergansers (rare on the lakes here) that flew in and settled for about ten minutes before flying back out to sea. Three Goldeneyes, six Dunlins and an adult Little Gull were the only other birds of note, plus a count of 650 Teal. A scan from Hanson hide revealed all the islands under water and just the usual ducks, grebes and Coots.
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