Increasingly windy conditions also meant plenty of seawatching but it was generally poor with 6.5hrs worth producing just 32 Bar-tailed Godwits, four Mediterranean Gulls, 460 Sandwich Terns and four Arctic Skuas of note.
A Grey Seal and a Porpoise were feeding offshore.
The overnight moth catch was surprisingly good with singles of Scarce Bordered Straw and Bordered Straw and the very scarce micro Metalampyra italica of note.
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Scarce Bordered Straw Helicoverpa armigera and Bordered Straw Heliothis peltigera Dungeness 18th August 2019 |
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Metalampyra italica Dungeness 18th August 2019 |