A Little Egret, four Buzzards and 12 Yellow Wagtails flew over while a small arrival of migrants in the bushes included 11 Willow Warblers, a Sedge Warbler, 15 Reed Warblers and four Lesser Whitethroats, a Nightingale calling in the trapping area and a Redstart. A juvenile Caspian Gull flew past the Point and 200 Sandwich Terns and 50 Common Terns were feeding offshore.
Nine Porpoises and three Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
The moth traps came up trumps with another Eastern Bordered Straw, seven Small Mottled Willows, a Small Ranunculus, two Tree-lichen Beauty's and also a Hemp Agrimony Plume which is a new species for the Observatory traps. A Clouded Yellow butterfly was also seen.
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| Hemp Agrimony Plume Adaina microdactyla Dungeness 8th August 2026 |
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| Eastern Bordered Straw Heliothis nubigera Dungeness 8th August 2026 |
Two Large Coneheads were singing at the north end of the Long Pits and a Southern Oak Bush-cricket was seen in the Observatory garden where 15 Mediterranean Stick-insects were also seen.
Elsewhere, a male Montagu's Harrier was seen on the Lydd Ranges,