A nice, bright morning allowed for a decent ringing session with the obvious highlight of our third Yellow-browed Warbler to be ringed of the autumn. Other bits in the bushes included 30 Chiffchaffs and five Goldcrests and unusual records of a Barn Owl in the Trapping Area and two Bearded Tits in the bushes at the Polish War Memorial. Birds passing overhead included 83 Stock Doves, a Great White Egret, a Woodlark, 23 Skylarks, 122 Swallows, five House Martins, three Grey Wagtails, three Rock Pipits, six Bramblings, 245 Goldfinches, 93 Siskins and 14 Reed Buntings.
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| Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Dungeness 22nd October 2024 |
The sea was very quiet with just two Mediterranean Gulls, an Arctic Tern and an Arctic Skua of any interest.
The moth traps continue to provide some good records with two Palpita vitrealis, a Gem, three Scarce Bordered Straws and a Radford's Flame Shoulder of note.