Dungeness RSPB - cool, cloudy, E3 - An overcast morning for a guided walk around the circular trail for a group of 15 Kent councillors. Most were not birders and did not have bins, so good views of common stuff was the order of the day. The warbler tribe duly obliged, particularly Sedge Warblers, which seemed to be everywhere, and Common Whitethroats, plus several Reed Buntings and a fine male Marsh Harrier from the ramp, while the hayfields delivered a flock of five Bar-tailed Godwits, my first Greenshank of spring, four Teal, four Shelducks, four Lapwings and two Redshanks. Also noted during the circuit: 10 Little Egrets, several Lesser Whitethroats, `pinging` Beardies, a calling Cuckoo, a pair of Ringed Plovers, over-flying Med Gulls, a Swallow and a host of Sand Martins toing and froing around `their wall`. 54 species in total.
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