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26th June

Six Mediterranean Gulls were feeding offshore and 38 Swifts passed overhead.

The Kestrels are now getting quite big but a combination of crowding and a strong wind resulted on one of the chicks falling to the ground. It was decided to take it into care with a view to releasing it again when the rest of the brood had fledged.

Kestrel Falco tinnunculus   chick   Dungeness   26th June 2025

A Grey Seal was seen offshore.

The moth traps produced the tortrix Acleris kochiella, (the second area record), a Small Ranunculus, an Obscure Wainscot and two Small Mottled Willows of note.

Acleris kochiella   Dungeness   26th June 2025


 

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