A return to fresh SSE x SE winds saw much reduced numbers of birds in the bushes but passage offshore increased. The highlight of the day was a flock of 21 Glossy Ibis which arrived from the east and flew inland. The Red-backed Shrike was still in the northern Desert and the Wryneck was seen again. Other birds passing overhead or offshore included 117 Ringed Plovers, nine Sanderling, three Little Terns, five Black Terns, 42 Arctic Skuas, a Long-tailed Skua, seven Sooty, two Manx and 25 Balearic Shearwaters, 250 Sand Martins, 6500 Swallows and 52 Yellow Wagtails.
Two Mediterranean Gulls, a Yellow-legged Gull and a first-winter Caspian Gull were feeding offshore.
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| Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Dungeness 10th September 2025 (Charlotte Foote) |
Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.
The highlights from the moth traps were another Portland Ribbon Wave along with singles of Palpita vitreals and Scarce Bordered Straw.
Elsewhere, a Dotterel was seen in the stubble field at Jury's Gap, East Sussex.