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17th July

A Treecreeper and two Willow Warblers were seen at the Long Pits and 1000 Sand Martins went out to sea in the afternoon/evening. There were 25 Mediterranean Gulls offshore. 

A Porpoise and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.

A decent catch of moths overnight included a Red Underwing, a Small Ranunculus, a rare gelechid Metzneria neuropterella, two Cydia amplana and the pyralids Aglossa pinguinalis (only the fourth Observatory record) and Acrobabsis tumidana.

Small Ranunculus Hecatera dysodia   Dungeness   17th July 2026

A Southern Oak Bush-cricket was also caught and a Mediterranean Stick-insect was seen in the Observatory garden.

However, the highlight of the day was a Gull-billed Tern which dropped into ARC briefly. Remarkably it was a bearing a colour-ring from a German ringing scheme. Despite extensive searching it could not be relocated.

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