A Garden Warbler was singing in the area.
If its is possible to have a favourite Cormorant then the individual shown below is it. It was colour-ringed with 8E3 as a chick at a nest in Denmark in June 2000. It is therefore a sinensis bird and has been seen in most years at Dungeness since 2006.
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis 8E3 Dungeness 20th May 2016 |
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Stoat Mustela erminea Dungeness 20th May 2016 |
More checking of the butterflies produced a Holly Blue in the trapping area and another variant Small Copper in the moat.
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Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus and Small Copper Lycaeana phlaeas Dungeness 20th May 2016 Note the larger than normal black spotting on the forewing. |