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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.

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