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6th Apr

There was a nice arrival of migrants on the land with 75 Chiffchaffs, 50 Willow Warblers, 14 Blackcaps, two Goldcrests, a Firecrest, a Ring Ouzel, two Redstarts, 33 Wheatears and a Corn Bunting. Eight Buzzards, four Swallows and a Siskin flew over.

The sea continued to disappoint despite ESE winds with 202 Common Scoters, four Mediterranean Gulls and 227 Sandwich Terns in four hours of watching.

Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus   Dungeness   6th April 2026 (Jonathan Singlewood-Dodds.)

Four Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the land.

The warm weather brought out a range of insects with a Large Tortoiseshell in the Moat, an Ornate Shieldbug and the rare beetle Hister quadrimaculata of great note.

Large Tortoiseshell Aglais polychloros   Dungeness   6th April 2026


Ornate Shieldbug Eurydema ornata   Dungeness   6th April 2026


Hister quadrimaculata   Dungeness   6th April 2026


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