A day of much improvement with warm, light winds which suddenly picked up this evening from the north-east. Migrants included 45 Willow Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, 16 Reed Warblers, a Garden Warbler, 15 Lesser Whitethroats, a Song Thrush, a Pied Flycatcher, two Whinchats and four Wheatears. There was plenty of passage over land as well which included 15 Swifts, four Ringed Plovers, a Little Ringed Plover, two Whimbrels, a Wood Sandpiper, a Greenshank, eight Grey Herons, two Marsh Harriers, 785 Sand Martins, 210 Swallows, six Tree Sparrows, six Yellow Wagtails and two Tree Pipits. A Kingfisher was at the Long Pits also. Passage over the sea was mostly slow during the hour seawatch, but a juvenile Black Tern did fly west past. 

Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore, while the Observatory moth traps held a Striped Hawkmoth and a Vestal, amongst other common migrants. A Bedstraw Hawmoth was caught in Lydd by Martin Casemore last night, and is on show at the Observatory building. 

Whinchat    Saxicola rubetra    Dungeness       (Martin Casemore)

14th Aug

A slower day for grounded migrants, with only seven birds ringed in the first four hours of the day in seemingly good conditions! However, the Cuckoo was still touring the Point otherwise just 14 Willow Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, seven Reed Warblers, a Garden Warbler, two Redstarts, two Whinchats, seven Wheatears and a Tree Pipit were logged. Passage over land in the morning consisted of a Grey Heron, 160 Sand Martins, 40 Swallows and six Yellow Wagtails. At the latter stages of the day, a large number of Sand Martins descended onto the Point and 520 were counted feeding. A morning seawatch showed passage over the sea had slightly improved, the best being 177 'commic' Terns past, moving mostly west. 

Three Porpoises were logged feeding offshore while a Clouded Yellow butterfly and five Hummingbird Hawkmoths were seen on the land.  

13th Aug

A lack of visibility and dense cloud resulted in a better day, which could almost be predicted by the fact a Sedge Warbler was hoping around the moth traps at 3am in the morning! It was actually fairly quiet in the bushes at dawn, but birds started to appear as the morning progressed with a light drizzle drifting in and out. In the bushes by the end of the day were two Cuckoos, 70 Willow Warblers, four Chiffchaffs, 10 Sedge Warblers, 23 Reed Warbler, five Garden Warblers, 13 Lesser Whitethroats, 34 Whitethroats, three Spotted Flycatchers, a Nightingale, a Pied Flycatcher, a Redstart, just one Wheatear and two Tree Pipits. Birds passing overhead was on a much slower rate and resulted in a Grey Plover, a Ringed Plover, a Curlew, a Wood Sandpiper, 48 Sand Martins, 13 Swallow and five Yellow Wagtail. 

The observatory moth traps were far busier than recently, the best being four Vestals, a Pearly Underwing, two Palpita vitrealis and a Antigastra catalaunalis. However, the moth of the night went to Bob Arnfield who trapped at the Long Pits with this stunning Three-humped Prominent. A very rare migrant to Britain. 

Three-humped Prominent    Notodonta tritophus    Dungeness (Martin Casemore)

Spotted Flycatcher  Muscicapa striata    Dungeness (Martin Casemore)

12th Aug

A seemingly slower day, considering the seemingly decent conditions of easterlies and a light shower at dawn. Birds on the land included a Green Sandpiper briefly landed on the Long Pits, only eight Willow Warblers, three Sedge Warblers, 18 Reed Warblers, five Lesser Whitethroats, 13 Whitethroats, a Pied Flycatcher, a Whinchat and 11 Wheatears. Visible migration was yielding interest but it was set to just a trickle throughout the day with a Whimbrel, two Grey Herons, a Hobby (that flew south out to sea), 30 Sand Martins, 70 Swallows and 13 Yellow Wagtails. The sea was deadly quiet, with the only bird of note at the Fishing Boats being a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull. 

The moth traps were quiet however a fantastic total of 27 Hummingbird Hawkmoths were noted during the day, mostly heading north but a dozen along the Power Station wall again, where there was also five Clouded Yellow Butterflies. 

11th Aug

A quiet day in the recording area, with just a trickle of birds on the land and overhead. In the bushes, a slight improvement in the number of birds from the previous day, as 17 Willow Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, 35 Reed Warblers, a Garden Warbler, 21 Lesser Whitethroats, 56 Whitethroats, a Redstart, a Whinchat, 30 Stonechats and 14 Wheatears were seen. There was a light passage of hirundines during the day, with 83 Sand Martins and 87 Swallows passing through, also 12 Yellow Wagtails flew over. A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was at the Fishing Boats again. 

A couple of Brown Hares and 15 Hummingbird Hawkmoths were noted, but it was generally slow on the non-bird front too. 

10th Aug

Most of the days interest for the recording area came from overhead passage as a decent variety was recorded including two Ringed Plovers, two Whimbrel, a Dunlin, a Green Sandpiper and a Greenshank on the wader front otherwise a Hobby, a Marsh Harrier, two Common Buzzards, 28 Sand Martins, 66 Swallows, three Yellow Wagtails and another three Crossbills. This being the first day this autumn that Swallows have outnumbered Sand Martins, a sign that things are ticking along. 

There was a handful of new arrivals with three Redstarts, a Whinchat, eight Wheatears, and a Spotted Flycatcher, otherwise numbers were mostly down on previous days with 11 Willow Warblers, two Chiffchaffs, four Sedge Warblers, just eight Reed Warblers, two Garden Warblers, nine Lesser Whitethroats and 46 Whitethroats. Not a migrant, but it was nice to have Collared Doves confirmed as successfully breeding in the recording area with two juveniles seen, not an annual occurrence here. 

On the insect side of things, four Hummingbird Hawkmoths and a Clouded Yellow were logged, as well as the regular Lesser Emperor at the Long Pits. 

The RSPB reserve held a juvenile Black Tern, three Greenshanks, four Turnstones, three Redshanks, eclipse drake Red-crested Pochard and a Black-necked Grebe - all of which on Burrowes Pit. Elsewhere, a Honey Buzzard was seen over New Romney heading towards Littlestone, a Nightingale was seen at Galloways and 22 Wheatears noted at Galloways. 

9th Aug

A light north-westerly wind overnight and slightly cooler conditions brought an arrival of common migrants into the area during the first few hours of light. These included 29 Willow Warblers, six Chiffchaffs, four Sedge Warblers, a great total of 40 Reed Warblers of which 26 were trapped and ringed, five Garden Warblers, 20 Lesser Whitethroats, 56 Whitethroats and a Tree Pipit. Overhead passage was noted with 84 Sand Martins and two Yellow Wagtails, all flew out to sea in a south-easterly direction. 

The sea was fairly quiet still, but still plenty of Terns, mostly Sandwich Terns going moving west with 411 passing. A juvenile gull, seemingly a hybrid Caspian x Herring Gull was at the Fishing Boats as well as a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull. 

Other bits of interest, there was four Porpoise and a Grey Seal offshore, but on the land an excellent minimum of eight Clouded Yellows were seen across the recording area, one of which was egg-laying and a larva was found. A 'radiata' Small Copper was seen along the Power Station wall amongst a small increase in them and eight Hummingbird Hawkmoths were logged. The moth traps still proved to be fairly quiet. 

Tree Pipit    Anthus trivialis    Dungeness (Martin Casemore)

'radiata' Small Copper    Lycaena phlaeas    Dungeness

Clouded Yellow    Colias croceus    Dungeness

8th Aug

A mostly quiet day, with just a small arrival of warblers across the area with 16 Willow Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, a Sedge Warbler, 20 Reed Warblers, a Garden Warbler, a good count of 32 Lesser Whitethroats which outnumbered Common Whitethroat totalling 30. A juvenile Whinchat was seen in the Desert, as were three Wheatears.  

Overhead passage was slow, but a trickle of Sand Martins heading out during the afternoon totalled 121, a couple of Yellow Wagtails followed suit and a Crossbill flew north. Offshore passage was limited, mostly to just a light trickle of Terns moving west which contained two Black Terns. 

On the RSPB reserve, an eclipse drake Red-crested Pochard on Burrowes Pit and a juvenile Black Tern there also, before going onto ARC. 

7th Aug

A sunny day with winds coming from the south-west in varying strength. It was generally much quieter, with a reduction in migrants seen from the last couple of days with just four Wheatears, a Redstart, a Spotted Flycatcher and 45 Whitethroats, plus a small scattering of other common warblers. A bit more passage overhead yielded 115 Sand Martins, 24 Swallows, nine Yellow Wagtails and yet more Crossbills with five west. A very smart juvenile Buzzard, which was incredibly pale underneath, mooched about the area before turning back north.

Movement over the sea, had a slight increase on the recent days as 195 Common Terns, 280 Sandwich Terns, 49 Kittiwakes and three Fulmars flew past, mostly west. A total of three juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls came to bread at the Fishing Boats. The most notable sighting of the day came from the seawatching hide but was not a bird with nine Bottle-nosed Dolphins travelling west.  

Other animal news included two Porpoise and a Grey Seal feeding offshore, but another exciting discovery being 80 Wasp Spiders between the Observatory and the Power Station. The moth traps contained the third Lunar Thorn for the Observatory, as well as the years first Tree-lichen Beauty.

Yellow-legged Gull    Larus michahellis    Dungeness

6th Aug

 A mostly sunny day of light variable winds, although with a cooler start it soon warmed up. A day of thinly spread birds, particularly once the temperature increased after the first few hours. The grounded migrants consisted of a Cuckoo, 21 Willow Warblers, 13 of both Reed and Sedge Warblers, a Grasshopper Warbler, a Garden Warbler, 15 Lesser Whitethroats, 55 Whitethroats, the first three Spotted Flycatchers of the autumn and the same as previous Redstart and three Wheatears. Passage overhead was very light, but included five Ringed Plovers, 13 Sand Martins, five Swallows, a Yellow Wagtail and a Tree Pipit. Offshore passage was at a standstill, but birds feeding offshore included eight Mediterranean Gulls as well as 50 of each Common and Sandwich Terns. 

A total of eight Porpoise and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.

A Lesser Emperor was seen at the Long Pits, where a Clouded Yellow was also seen. 

Lesser Emperor Anax parthenope 6th August 2025

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 6th August 2025

Juvenile Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 6th August 2025 (Dave Gower)

 

5th Aug

Another mostly fine day, which started relatively calm but the wind gradually increased to fairly strong from the west and north-west. An arrival of warblers into the Trapping Area during the first few hours of light included 30 Lesser Whitethroats, 50 Whitethroat, 25 Willow Warblers, four Garden Warblers, ten Reed Warblers, two Sedge Warblers, a Redstart and four Wheatears. Overhead, a Green Sandpiper, 30 Swifts, a few Sand Martins and a Yellow Wagtail. The sea was very quiet, with just a Common Sandpiper west along the beach of note.

On the insect front, the first adult Sickle-bearing Bush Crickets were out this evening with four located. Otherwise, 13 Hummingbird Hawkmoths and a Clouded Yellow were seen, mostly along the Power Station wall. 

Clouded Yellow flushed by a Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Martin Casemore) 

4th Aug

Hard going today in fairly miserable weather with the sea producing two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls, 274 Sandwich Terns, four Little Terns, 243 Common Terns, an Arctic Tern, two Arctic Skuas and a Shag. Fifteen Swifts and 40 Sand Martins flew through and a Cuckoo was seen again.

Four Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.

Only one moth trap was put out last night but it was surprisingly productive with the second Observatory record of Lunar Thorn, a Small Mottled Willow, a Scarce Bordered Straw and three Bordered Straws.

Lunar Thorn Selenia lunularia   Dungeness   4th August 2025

3rd Aug

A fairly quiet day with a Little Gull, two Mediterranean Gulls and two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls feeding offshore and 850 Sandwich Terns, 662 Common Terns and two Arctic Skuas passing through. Grounded migrants included a Cuckoo, 18 Willow Warblers, two Sedge Warblers and two Garden Warblers and 23 Sand Martins and two Yellow Wagtails overhead.

Eight Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

2nd Aug

There was a decent bit of movement offshore where the highlight would have been a large shearwater species but unfortunately it was too distant for a positive identification. Waders were a feature of the morning with two Golden Plovers, two Whimbrel, a Bar-tailed Godwit and a Greenshank while numbers were provided by 23 Mediterranean Gulls, 1040 Sandwich Terns, 491 Common Terns and 15 Black Terns. Two juvenile Caspian Gulls and two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls were on the beach. Other bits and pieces included seven Teal, a Tufted Duck and an Arctic Tern. Fifty-eight Swifts passed through while migrants on the land included a Cuckoo, an early juvenile Merlin, six Willow Warblers, two Sedge Warblers and a Garden Warbler.

At least eight Porpoises and three Grey Seals were feeding close inshore.

Porpoise Phoca phoceana   Dungeness   2nd August 2025

Five Clouded Yellows (inc two of the helice form) were along the power station wall and moths of note included another Acrobasis tumidana and the fifth Observatory record of Narrow-winged Pug.

Clouded Yellow Colias croceus   Dungeness   2nd August 2025 

1st Aug

Most of the days action was offshore where three Whimbrels, 123 Mediterranean Gulls, 843 Sandwich Terns, 317 Common Terns and three Little Egrets passed through and two juvenile Caspian Gulls and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls were on the beach. Just ten Willow Warblers were seen in the bushes and two Yellow Wagtails passed overhead.

Two Porpoises and singles of Grey and Common Seal were seen offshore.

A Southern Oak Bush-cricket was seen in the Observatory garden.

31st July

Most of the coverage was on the land today where there was decent arrival of migrants including 65 Willow Warblers, a Grasshopper Warbler, a few Reed Warblers, four Garden Warblers, a Redstart and a Whinchat.

A Brown Hare was seen.

A Common Frog in the Observatory garden was an unusual sighting.

Remarkably, yet another Dark Crimson Underwing was trapped overnight. 

Dark Crimson Underwing Catocala promissa   Dungeness   31st July 2025

30th July

There was a steady trickle of birds overhead this morning including a Golden Plover, three Little Ringed Plovers, 48 Ringed Plovers, three Sanderlings, 52 Dunlin and two Greenshanks, 74 Sand Martins and four Yellow Wagtails. Grounded migrants were limited to a few Willow Warblers and two Garden Warblers. Ten Mediterranean Gulls, 445 Sandwich Terns and two Black Terns were seen offshore.

Two Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

Elsewhere, the adult Pectoral Sandpiper was still feeding at the southern end of ARC Pit.

29th July

Very quiet. Two Little Egrets, a Hobby, 15 Sand Martins, six Yellow Wagtails and two Crossbills flew over and a small arrival of migrants in the bushes included 22 Willow Warblers and three Garden Warblers.

Singles of Black Arches and Plumed Fan-foot were in the moth traps this morning.

Elsewhere, an adult Pectoral Sandpiper was found at the southern end of ARC Pit.

28th July

Another juvenile Cuckoo was seen in the Trapping Area and there was an obvious arrival of Willow Warblers with at least 70 birds seen along with two Garden Warblers, a Whinchat and also a Crossbill overhead. Only one Mediterranean Gull was seen (despite at least 2,000 on the beach at Lade again) along with a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull.

Three Grey Seals and a Common Seal were feeding offshore.

A Small Mottled Willow was trapped overnight.

27th July

The highlight from the Trapping Area was a Grasshopper Warbler along with a scatter of commoner migrants including two Garden Warblers. A trickle of birds overhead included a Green Sandpiper and 42 Sand Martins.

A superb male Southern Migrant Hawker was found in the bushes to the east of the Long Pits and a Lesser Emperor was seen at the causeway between the Long Pits.

Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis   male  Dungeness   27th July 2025

26th July

A juvenile Cuckoo, a pretty scarce migrant these days, was seen in the Trapping Area and a Whinchat was seen at the Long Pits but the only other migrants in the bushes of note were nine Willow Warblers. Passage overhead was very light but did include 24 Swifts, a Hobby, 31 Sand Martins, eight Yellow Wagtails and a Grey Wagtail. The Mediterranean Gull bonanza continues with 2,500 birds over the area in the evening and seven Black Terns flew west offshore.

Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.

The highlight from the moth traps was a superb Dark Crimson Underwing along with a Four-spotted Footman.

Dark Crimson Underwing Catocala promissa   Dungeness   26th July 2025

25th July

A Greenshank, 75 Sand Martins and five Crossbills flew over the area this morning and at least 1000 Mediterranean Gulls flew over the area this evening (having flushed from Lade Sands). Ten Willow Warblers and another Pied Flycatcher were seen in the bushes.

The moth traps produced a Pine Hawk-moth, another Four-spotted Footman and an Ear Moth of note.

Of note elsewhere was an adult Black-crowned Night Heron at Hookers Pit on the RSPB Reserve and the spectacular sight of at least 4,400 Mediterranean Gulls on Lade Sands with 38 colour-rings read..

Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax   
adult   Hooker Pit, RSPB Reserve   25th July 2025

Mediterranean Gulls Larus melanocephalus   Lade Sands    25th July 2025

24th July

At least 150 Mediterranean Gulls were feeding offshore. A Kingfisher was seen at the Long Pits. Migrants in the bushes included an early Pied Flycatcher and eight Willow Warblers. A bit of passage overhead included 75 Swifts, 30 Sand Martins and eight Yellow Wagtails.

The moth traps were quiet productive with a Channel Island Pug, a Dusky Thorn, a Rosy Footman, a Small Mottled Willow and two Plumed Fan-foots of note.

Plumed Fan-foot Pechipogo plumigeralis   Dungeness    24th July 2025

A Lesser Emperor Dragonfly and ten Small Red-eyed Damselflies were seen at the Long Pits.

23rd July

There was a bit of passage overhead with 500 Swifts and 310 Sand Martins of note while grounded migrants included ten Willow Warblers. The sea was fairly quiet but did produce a flock of 25 Shelduck heading east and a Black Tern and a Balearic Shearwater heading west.

Six Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

A Four-spotted Footman and a Rosy Footman were of note in the moth traps.

A Clouded Yellow butterfly was seen in the Trapping Area.

An evening visit to look for orthoptera was a bit disappointing with around 25 Tree Crickets heard and only one nymph Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket seen. 

22nd July

A quiet day with just 45 Swifts and three Yellow Wagtails passing overhead and two Willow Warblers in the bushes. Three Mediterranean Gulls and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull were feeding offshore.

Two Porpoises and three Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

Porpoise Phoca phoceana    Dungeness   22nd July 2025

21st July

The sea continues to provide most of the interest with a bit of movement and birds feeding offshore. Birds passing through included four Shoveler, two Teal, 39 Common Scoters, 100 Sandwich Terns and singles of Manx and Balearic Shearwaters while 20 Mediterranean Gulls, four Yellow-legged Gulls and two Arctic Skuas feeding. Birds moving overhead included 25 Swifts, a Little Ringed Plover, 26 Sand Martins and four Yellow Wagtails. It was very quiet in the bushes.

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus   juvenile   Dungeness   21st July 2025

Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis   juvenile   Dungeness   21st July 2025

Ten Porpoises and four Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

20th July

Most of the interest was offshore today with seawatching producing an out of place Brent Goose, 46 Kittiwakes, two Little Gulls, 229 Sandwich Terns, 183 Common Terns, two Manx Shearwaters  and a Balearic Shearwater west. Overhead passage included 240 Swifts, a Common Sandpiper, 22 Sand Martins and two Yellow Wagtails.

Four Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen.

Highlights from the moth traps included the fourth Observatory record of Tawny Wave, a Channel Island Pug and a Radford's Flame Shoulder.

Radford's Flame Shoulder Ochropleura leucogaster   Dungeness   20th July 2025

Tawny Wave   Scopula rubiginata   Dungeness   20th July 2025

A Willow Emerald Damselfly was found in the moat. 

19th July

The trickle of birds passing west today included westerly movement of birds offshore continued today with a Brent Goose,  three Whimbrels, 46 Kittiwakes,  two Little Gulls, 33 Mediterranean Gulls, 95 Sandwich Terns, 19 Black Terns and 55 Common Terns and a Manx Shearwater. Overhead, 73 Swifts, 58 Sand Martins and three Yellow Wagtails were seen. 

Offshore, six Porpoises and four Grey Seals were seen. Two Brown Hares were seen in the land.

Notable moths included another Light Crimson Underwing, a Jersey Tiger and the Channel Island Pug.

18th July

Fourteen Swifts, a Whimbrel, 1000 Sand Martins and four Yellow Wagtails passed through during the day and 30 Mediterranean Gulls were feeding offshore.

With calm conditions we were  successful in catching an excellent total of  87 Sand Martins and interestingly two of there birds were already. One of the birds was ringed 26 days previously at Seaton Wetlands, Devon and the second bird was ringed 19 days ago at Nosterfield Quarry, North Yorks and illustrate the wide catchment area for the birds passing through here.

Sand Martins Hirundo riparia   Dungeness  18th July 2025

The moth traps produced another two Rose Plumes, a Brussels Lace and a Double Kidney of note.

Brussels Lace Cleurodes lichenaria and Rose Plume Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla
Dungeness   18th July 2025

A Southern Oak Bush-cricket was found in the Observatory garden.

17th July

 Four Yellow Wagtails passed through but nothing much else was seen.

16th July

A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at the fishing boas was the only bird of note.

Three Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore.

An example of the rare Ornate Shieldbug was found at the Observatory.

Ornate Shieldbug Eurydema ornata   Dungeness   16th July 2025

15th July

There was a bit of movement offshore again with seven Mediterranean Gulls, four juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls and six Manx Shearwaters being seen while 21 Sand Martins and two House Martins passed overhead and three Willow Warblers were seen in the bushes.

Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore.

14th July

Very quiet on the land with just 15 Sand Martins and five Yellow Wagtails passing overhead a nd a Willow Warbler in the bushes. Seawatching produced nine Mediterranean Gulls, two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls and two Manx Shearwaters.

Single Grey and Common Seals were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the land.

The presumed migrant pyralid moth Acrobasis tumidana was trapped overnight.

With the current weather conditions it was almost inevitable that there would be problems with fire at some stage and so it proved today when a large fire broke out in the broom and gorse near the Sanctuary. Fortunately the local brigade were soon on hand and had the fire quickly under control.

13th July

Very quiet in the bushes but a bit passing overhead with a Little Egret, a Red Kite, 90 Sand Martins, 11 Yellow Wagtails and a Siskin of note. Thirty Mediterranean Gulls were feeding offshore.

A Brown Hare was seen in the Desert.

A Scarce Chocolate-tip and a Dewick's Plusia were the highlights from the moth traps.

Scarce Chocolate-tip  Clostera anachoreta   Dungeness   13th July 22

12th July

 Very quiet with a Little Ringed Plover and three Yellow Wagtails being the only birds of note.

11th July

A few birds trickled through overhead with a Common Sandpiper, 50 Sand Martins, seven Yellow Wagtails and a Corn Bunting of note and two Willow Warblers were seen in the bushes. Eighty Mediterranean Gulls were feeding offshore.

10th July

Very quiet with just a Whimbrel and two Mediterranean Gulls offshore, seven Yellow Wagtails and the first young Willow Warbler of the autumn.

Two Porpoise and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.

The moth traps provided plenty of excitement with a Convolvulus Hawkmoth, a Small Mottled Willow and a Rose Plume-moth from the Observatory and Dark Crimson Underwing from an additional trap set up on the beach.

Dark Crimson Underwing Catocala sponsa   Dungeness   10th July 2025

Rose Plume-moth Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla   Dungeness   10th July 2025

Three Mediterranean Stick-insects and four Southern Oak Bush-crickets were seen in the Observatory garden.