Another reasonable arrival of migrants this morning with the highlight of a Yellow-browed Warbler caught in the trapping area along with 100 Chiffchaffs, 24 Blackcaps, two Firecrests, 53 Song Thrushes, three Redwings and a Wheatear. A Barn Owl and two Dartford Warblers were also seen.
Three Marsh Harriers, eight Buzzards, a Merlin, a Hobby, 26 Jackdaws, ten Rooks, 500 Swallows, 220 House Martins, two Tree Sparrows, nine Grey Wagtails, 130 Meadow Pipits, 44 Chaffinches, a Brambling, 20 Siskins and 18 Reed Buntings passed overhead.
Seawatching was fairly quiet but did include four Shelduck, a Teal, three Grey Plovers, 21 Ringed Plovers, 200 Razorbills passing through and 200 Mediterranean Gulls, a first-year Caspian Gull, a Black Tern and 11 Arctic Skuas lingering offshore. In addition, ten Grey Plovers, 18 Ringed Plovers, six Bar-tailed Godwits, eight Turnstones, 47 Knot, six Sanderling and 34 Dunlin were feeding on the beach.
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| Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Dungeness 5th October 2026 |
Four Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
More good moths were caught in the traps with the very scarce "micromoth" Dialectica scalariella, a Ni Moth, five Small Mottled Willows and a Scarce Bordered Straw.
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| Dialectica scalariella Dungeness 5th October 2026 |
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| Ni Moth Trichoplusia ni Dungeness 5th October 2026 |