Dungeness: Sandwich, Black, Common and Arctic Terns at the fishing boats this afternoon.

I think I was the only moffa on the Dungeness peninsula not to be in the Radford’s Flame Shoulder club until this morning. Also 10 Delicate, a DSG, several Noctuella and Ferrugalis. VC15. Migrant Lepidoptera KentMoths sean clancy

Dungeness. The Sycamore that has hosted several Short-toed Treecreepers, Pallas’s, Yellow Browed and Melodious Warblers to name a few has been cut down. 😢

I know it is probably from the IOW introduction scheme as it is sporting a backpack, but it is still a magnificent beast Roy Dennis Foundation Seen for a few minutes at Scotney Gravel Pits, just outside of Lydd, Kent this morning with Stephen Message

Dungeness: This mornings Leach's Petrel that flew West past the fishing boats.

Dungeness: I was fortunate to be very close by when Owen Leyshon found a pair of Bearded Tits in the Gorse and Bramble by the Polish Memorial.

Dungeness: A brute of a 2w Caspian Gull and a 2w Yellow-legged Gull roosting on the new islands at Denge Marsh this afternoon. Also the gorgeous Yellow-browed Warbler trapped by Tom Wright at the observatory this morning, the 3rd this autumn.

3 Little Owls encountered on my cycle ride around my local patch.

Dungeness: SE 3-4 blowing just a pitiful 2 Balearic Shearwaters from 2 watches today of any note. Minimum 3 Dartford warblers in The Desert not much else. 5 Caspian Gulls on Burrowes this afternoon, 1 ad, 2 x 3W. a 2w and 1w + 2w Y L Gull and a Black-necked Grebe.

Dungeness: Male Hen Harrier being escorted out to sea by a Crow this morning.

2 nfs in my VC15 trap this morning, Feathered Thorn and Dark Chestnut, also a latish Dark Arches and more Vitealis, Radford's etc. sean clancy

Dungeness: Some of the at least 8 Dartford Warblers I saw around the peninsular in the glorious sunshine one the fog lifted.

Early afternoon bike ride to Scotney GP was quite productive. 2 Black-necked Grebes, 2 Green Sandpipers, a Little Owl and another Dartford Warbler, also 100s of Lapwing, Golden Plover and Wigeon, 5 Marsh Harriers also 3 Barnacle Geese the first I have seen since last Winter.

Musotima nitidalis by the trap was the highlight of garnish’s catch 42 of 8. 3 S B Straws, 2 vitrealis & the usual Black Rustics.

Dungeness: 3 Yellow-browed Warblers today, also 2 Siberian Chiffchaffs but rarest of all today on the peninsula was a Bullfinch it is certainly the first I have seen at Dungeness this year. Many thanks to Tom Wright of the DBO for the calls and messages.

Dungeness: This evening's Starling roost at the ARC.

Dungeness: Lovely to watch this Woodcock come in off the sea at 09.24 then land in front of the sea watch hide exhausted, it was still resting in the same spot at 12.30.

Oops! Concrete and lenses don’t mix. Think this will be expensive.

Does it sound like Eastern to those with experience? Sings at 5-6 secs

For the first time since 2021, no Tawny Owl chicks were found in 25 nest boxes monitored by Sussex Barn Owl Group.☹️🦉 A worrying sign, possibly tied to prey shortages. This is being investigated with other groups. Full article here; tinyurl.com/44pakkhk