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20th June

Very quiet with just 120 Swifts of note on the land.

The moth traps provided all the interest today with a couple of very rare pyralids being the highlights. The first of these was a superb Chrysocrambus linetella. This was probably the ninth British record but with two of the previous records also coming from Dungeness. The second moth was a Catoptria verellus, of which there have been a few area records, but this was new for Observatory traps.

Chrysocrambus linetella   Dungeness   20th June 2026

Catoptria verellus   Dungeness   20th June 2026

A Lesser Emperor dragonfly was seen at the Long Pits.



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