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12th Aug

A much quieter morning on the land with just 20 Willow Warblers and seven Wheatears of interest while birds passing overhead included a Little Ringed Plover, five Dunlin, a Common Sandpiper, a Redshank, 70 Sand Martins, a Tree Sparrow, 12 Yellow Wagtails and five Tree Pipits. The sea was very quiet with just 12 Teal and three Tufted Ducks flying west and four Mediterranean Gulls feeding offshore.

Six Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.

A search for the rarer orthoptera in the area produced three adult Sickle-bearing Bush-crickets, a late-stage nymph Large Conehead and plenty of Tree Crickets.


Large Conehead Ruspolia nitidula   nymph   Dungeness   12th August 2024


Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket Phaneroptera falcata   male   Dungeness   12th August 2024

Two Lesser Emperor dragonflies were seen at the Long Pits.

Four Brown Argus butterflies were seen.

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