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.