Three Mediterranean Gulls and three juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls were seen offshore along with the first juvenile Arctic Tern of the autumn. It was very quiet on the land.
Two Grey Seals and a Porpoise were feeding offshore.
An Antler was the highlight from the moth traps.
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| Antler Cerapteryx graminis Dungeness 3rd August 2022 |
However, the insect highlight came with finding of an Ant-lion Euroleon nostras in the trapping area - only the second Observatory recording area record
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| Ant-lion Euroleon nostras Dungeness 3rd August 2022 |
The evening search for the rarer orthoptera produced five Large Cone-heads and three Mediterranean Stick-insects were seen in the Observatory garden. of note, one of the cone-heads was of the rarely seen brown morph.
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Large Cone-head Ruspolia nitidula Dungeness 3rd August 2022
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| Mediterranean Stick-insect Bacillus rossius Dungeness 3rd August 2022 |