A calm day saw an excellent arrival of migrants on the land, a massive movement of hirundines and a few birds passing offshore. Grounded migrants were dominated by 20 Willow Warblers, ten Chiffchaffs, 200 Blackcaps and 30 Whitethroats and also a Grasshopper Warbler, ten Spotted and six Pied Flycatchers, three Redstarts and three Whinchats. The Wryneck was still showing occasionally in the Desert. Birds passing overhead included 13 Swifts, a Dotterel, 240 Ringed Plovers, three Redshanks and a Greenshank, a spectacular 25,000 Sand Martins, 4000 Swallows, 150 House Martins and 15 Yellow Wagtails. Although the sea was relatively quiet it still produced a flock of eight Spoonbills, 20 Arctic Skuas and a Balearic Shearwater of note along with two Shovelers, 16 Teal, 34 Grey Plovers, 366 Sandwich Terns and two Black Terns. In the evening there was a large emergence of flying ants and this brought lots of feeding gulls including 350 Mediterranean Gulls.
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| Sand Martins Riparia riparia Dungeness 6th September 2025 |
A Porpoise and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.
The moth traps were also very productive with a Convolvulus Hawkmoth, a Small Mottled Willow and our second-ever record of the rare migrant pyralid Diasemiopsis ramburialis. A Clouded Yellow was also seen.
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| Diasemiopsis ramburialis Dungeness 6th September 2025 |
The adult American Golden Plover was still showing in the large stubble field just north of Jury's Gap.
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| American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica adult Jury's Gap, East Sussex 6th September 2025 |