A return to a brisk and cold NE wind but with cloud for a time. The morning seawatch was fairly slow but it picked up in the late afternoon/evening with six Pomarine Skuas of note while other day totals included two Gadwall, six Red-breasted Mergansers, a Manx Shearwater, four Mediterranean Gulls, 12 Great Skuas and ten Arctic Skuas. Two Yellow-legged Gulls were on the beach at the Patch. Very quiet on the land with just a few "Greenland" Wheatears of interest.
Five Porpoises and a Common Seal were seen offshore.
The micro-moth Adela reaumurella are starting to appear in good numbers among the Sallows in the trapping area and good numbers of Small Coppers are on the wing.
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"Greenland" Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe ssp leucorhoa Dungeness 25th April 2020 |
The micro-moth Adela reaumurella are starting to appear in good numbers among the Sallows in the trapping area and good numbers of Small Coppers are on the wing.
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Adela reaumurella Dungeness 25th April 2020 |
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Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Dungeness 25th April 2020 A very lightly marked individual perhaps referable to the named variation oblitera |