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 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)

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