07/07/2025

A superb video of the Caspian Tern by Dave Scott published here with his kind permission.

There is no doubt about the birding highlight of the past few days, the superb Caspian Tern found Friday evening by Owen. When he found it I was in the shower and didn't pick up the message till late, at least I did get to the Romney Tavern in time to see it albeit distantly. the image below was my best effort
 

Apart from the Caspian Tern birding has been very slow for the last week, the escaped Lesser White-fronted Goose was still on Hayfield 2 this morning per Richard Watkins.

Herring Gull killing one of the Avocet chicks at the ARC, then dropped in the lake without eating it.😠

One of the Avocet parents at the ARC

Curlew at the ARC was about the only new arrival there this morning

Green 4A4 a Normandy rung Great Black-backed Gull was agin at the fishing boats this afternoon

My first juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull was at the fishing boats this afternoon

A very successful and enjoyable moth event was held at the observatory this weekend, despite the cooler weather in excess of 220 species were seen.

Richard hit the jackpot yesterday morning when he found this superb Eastern Bordered Straw in his trap, a very rare migrant and the first at Dungeness since 2006.

An increasingly common moth, this individual was in my trap this morning

Cynaeda Dentalis a micro moth that feeds on Vipers Bugloss, quite common in my trap but I never get tired of seeing this tiny beauty.