With fine conditions again there were plenty of migrants in the bushes and with the clear highlight of a first-year Red-breasted Flycatcher in the garden of Southview Cottage. However, the title for bird of the day went to a first-year Pallid Harrier (a first for the recording area) which flew low over the trapping area and then departed northwards. What was presumably the same bird was seen later in the day at South Foreland. Other birds in the bushes included 135 Chiffchaffs, 24 Blackcaps, two Lesser Whitethroats, 30 Goldcrests, four Song Thrushes, a Redstart and three Wheatears while two Yellow Wagtails, four Grey Wagtails, four Rock Pipits, two Bramblings, four Redpolls, 23 Crossbills, 150 Siskins and 13 Reed Buntings passed overhead. A Kingfisher was an unusual capture in the trapping area. Thirty Mediterranean Gulls and six Arctic Skuas were feeding offshore in the evening.
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| Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Dungeness 1st October 2025 |
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| Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Dungeness 1st October 2025 |
Yet another September Thorn and a Scarce bordered Straw were trapped overnight and a Clouded Yellow was seen in the Moat. Ten Mediterranean Stick-insects were found after dark around the Observatory gardens as was a Southern Oak Bush-cricket.