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3rd Sep

There was a very small fall of migrants today with nothing in any numbers but with a couple of highlights in the form a fairly elusive Wryneck and a Pied Flycatcher along with 11 Willow Warblers, two Garden Warblers, six Whinchats, two Tree Sparrows, 14 Yellow Wagtails, four Grey Wagtails and two Tree Pipits. Seawatching was very slow with just an Avocet and two Arctic Skuas of note.

Wryneck Jynx torquilla   Dungeness   3rd September 2024

Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.

There was a distinct improvement in the moth traps with three Box-tree Moths, a Palpita vitrealis, a Hoary Footman, a Delicate, a Scarce Bordered Straw and the highlight of a Radford's Flame Shoulder. 

Radford's Flame Shoulder Ochropleura leucogaster   Dungeness   3rd September 2024

A Southern Oak Bush-cricket was seen in the Observatory garden and there was a very noisy chorus from the Tree Crickets after dark.

The White-winged Black Tern remains on Burrowes Pit, RSPB.

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