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21st June

A Little Egret and a Yellow Wagtail flew over the area while 41 Common Scoters  flew east offshore. Thirty-three Mediterranean Gulls were also feeding offshore.

The moth traps produced a Blue-bordered Carpet, the tortrix Gypsonoma aceriana and a Bird Cherry Ermine of note.

Gypsonoma aceriana    Dungeness   21st June 2025
A new species for the shingle.

Blue-bordered Carpet Plemyria rubiginata   Dungeness   21st June 2025
Somewhat surprisingly this is only the secord for the Observatory traps with the first being seen in 1989.


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