The drought/heatwave continues to the end of month. There was a very decent scattering of migrants in the bushes including a juvenile Cuckoo, 42 Willow Warblers, nine Sedge Warblers, 63 Reed Warblers, two Garden Warblers, 31 Lesser Whitethroats, 75 Whitethroats and a Redstart. A flock of 100 Mediterranean Gulls passed offshore and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was seen at the fishing boats, four Grey Herons came in and 36 Sand Martins, 16 Swallows, 12 Yellow Wagtails and a Tree Pipit flew over. A flock of 21 White Storks also flew over but it is hard to get too excited by them these days.
Three Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore
Three Lesser Emperors were seen at the Long Pits.
Although moth numbers are actually quite low we still caught seven Cydia amplana, the uncommon pyralid Deplanqueia inscriptella, a Striped Hawkmoth 16 Small Mottled Willows while seven Hummingbird Hawkmoths were seen during the day.
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| Deplanquiea inscriptella Dungeness 31st July 2026 |
An evening visit to the trapping area produced four singing Large Coneheads and lots of Tree Crickets.