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27th July

A dribble of overhead passage included 36 Sand Martins and five Yellow Wagtails and nine Willow Warblers were seen in the bushes. There were forty Sanderling and 30 Dunlin on the beach. Three Mediterranean Gulls flew west and 35 Sandwich Terns were feeding offshore.

Two Porpoises were feeding offshore.

Shortly before midnight a check of the moth traps found a large (22mm) click-beetle Stenagostus rhombeus on the kitchen wall. It is normally an inhabitant of Beech and Ancient woodlands and so a surprising find of what appears to be the first Dungeness area record.


Stenagostus rhombeus   Dungeness   27th July 2026

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