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3rd July

A hint of autumn passage with a Little Ringed Plover, three Yellow Wagtails and two Grey Wagtails passing through. 

The moth traps produced our fourth Light Crimson Underwing of the summer, a Green Silver-lines, a Plumed Fan-foot, a Small Mottled Willow and the rare pyralids, Acrobasis tumidana and Catoptria verellus.

Acrobasis tumidana   Dungeness   3rd July 2026


Four Small Red-eyed Damselflies were found at the Long Pits and a Norfolk Hawker were seen.

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