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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

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