Another very hot day. Commoner migrants were scattered around the Point including 28 Willow Warblers, 11 Sedge Warblers, 23 Reed Warblers, two Garden Warblers and 20 Lesser Whitethroats and a Little Ringed Plover and nine Yellow Wagtails flew over. There was a large feeding frenzy offshore which included 300 Mediterranean Gulls, two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls and 300 Sandwich Terns.
There were ten Porpoises and three Grey Seals feeding offshore.
The highlight from the moth traps was a Cosmopolitan along with six Small Mottled Willows and a Cydia amplana. A Clouded Yellow and four Brown Argus were also seen.
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| Cosmopolitan Mythimna loreyi Dungeness 6th August 2026 |
There were two sighting of the rare fly Dune Villa Villa modesta but they avoided capture or cameras and a Lesser Emperor dragonfly was seen at the Long Pits.
A Mediterranean Stick-insect and a Southern Oak Bush-cricket were seen in the Observatory garden.