Strong SSW winds and heavy rain for most of the day meant most of the effort was spent looking at the sea. Six hours of watching brought the highlight of the day in the form of a Leach's Petrel and with backup including a Sooty and seven Balearic Shearwaters, two Little Gulls and singles of Great and Arctic Skua. A first-winter Caspian Gull was also in the small roost at the Point. It was quiet on the land with just a Merlin, 39 Swallows, ten Redwings, six Song Thrushes and 330 Goldfinches of note.
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| Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans first-winter Dungeness 20th October 2024 |
Two Porpoise and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
The moth traps continue to provide interest with eight Palpita vitrealis, two Musotima nitidalis, a Vestal, a Scarce Bordered Straw and two Radford's Flame Shoulders. A Western Conifer Seed-bug was also attracted to the light.
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| Vestal Rhodometra sacrairia Dungeness 20th October 2024 |