Last updated: 14th July.

14th – A Light Crimson Underwing, a Dewick’s Plusia and a Small Mottled Willow at Hythe (Ian Roberts) and a Small Mottled Willow at Seabrook, where Raspberry Clearwing was new for the year (Paul Howe).

13th – A Ring-necked Parakeet flew east at Seabrook (Paul Howe). A Little Egret and 5 Black Redstarts at Samphire Hoe (Mark Kennett).

The 7th area record of the Crescent at Seabrook (Paul Howe) and the 11th area record of the Ni Moth at Hythe, also a Lyonetia prunifoliella (Blackthorn Blister Moth) there (Ian Roberts).

12th – A Hobby, an Oystercatcher, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 12 Mediterranean Gulls and 14 Sand Martins flew east at Round Down (Mark Kennett).

2 Small Mottled Willows at Seabrook (Paul Howe).

11th – A Dewick’s Plusia, an Olive-tree Pearl and a Small Mottled Willow at Hythe, where additions to the year list included Webb’s Wainscot. A Splendid Brocade and 2 Small Mottled Willows at Seabrook, where additions included Peacock Moth.

10th – A Dewick’s Plusia, a Sciota rhenella (Poplar Knot-horn) and a Small Mottled Willow at Hythe (Ian Roberts). A Splendid Brocade and 2 Small Mottled Willows at Seabrook, where additions to the year list included Maple Pug, the Shark and Saltern Ear, also the first adult Oak Eggar there (Paul Howe). Isophrictis striatella (Tansy Stem Borer) at Cheriton (Brian Harper) and Shaded Broad-bar at Folkestone Downs (Joanna Mettler) were also new. An Ectophasia crassipennis (Twist-winged Parasite Fly) at Crete Road East (Tony Poole).

9th – An Oystercatcher flew east past Seabrook (Paul Howe).

The first area records of Nyctegretis lineana (Agate Knot-horn) since the nineteenth century at Hythe and Seabrook. Other highlights included a Bright Wave, a Small Marbled, a Vitula biviella (Pine-blossom Knot-horn) and 13 Small Mottled Willows at Smallpox Hill, where additions to the year list included Wood Carpet and Reed Dagger, a Bordered Straw and a Small Mottled Willow at Hythe, the first Garden Tiger, Pine Carpet and Yarrow Pug at Cheriton (Brian Harper/Ian Roberts) and 4 Small Mottled Willows at Seabrook (Paul Howe).

8th – A Quail singing at the eastern end of Abbotscliffe, near the underpass (Mark Kennett).

A Dewick’s Plusia at Seabrook, where Orange Moth and Dusky Thorn were among the additions to the year list (Paul Howe). The first Vestal of the year, a Pearly Underwing and 3 Small Mottled Willows at Hythe (Ian Roberts).

7th – Another Latin and a Small Mottled Willow at Seabrook (Paul Howe). The first area (and vice-county) record of Dystebenna stephensi (Tufted Oak Moth), a Light Crimson Underwing and 3 Small Mottled Willows at Hythe (Ian Roberts).

6th – A Passenger at Cheriton (Brian Harper). A Dark Crimson Underwing and a Small Mottled Willow at Hythe Ranges, where additions to the moth year list included Rosy Minor, Brown-veined Wainscot and Cynaeda dentalis (Starry Pearl) (Ian Roberts). A Small Mottled Willow at Seabrook (Paul Howe).

5th – A White-line Snout, a Dark Umber, a Suspected and 2 Latticed Heaths at Seabrook, where Epinotia solandriana (Varied Birch Roller) was new for the year (Paul Howe). A Light Crimson Underwing, a Grass Emerald, a Small Mottled Willow, a Dark Umber and a Pearly Underwing at Hythe, where Pigmy Footman was new for the year. Toadflax Pug, Ypsolopha scabrella (Tufted Scallop), Gelechia sororculella (Eyed Gelechia), Blastobasis rebeli (Black-banded Masoner) and Ancylis badiana (Meadow Hook-wing) at Cheriton were also new for the year (Ian Roberts/Sam & Vincent Lloyd/Chris Gillard), as was Ancylosis oblitella (Saltmarsh Knot-horn) at Cheriton (Brian Harper).

3rd – An Egyptian Goose at Nickolls Quarry (Brian Harper). A White Stork flew west over Hythe (Imogen Taylor).

A Small Mottled Willow at Hythe, where Plain Pug and Fen Wainscot were new for the year (Ian Roberts), as was Sitochroa palealis (Sulphur Pearl) at Capel-le-Ferne (Paul Hodkin).

2nd – A Sand Martin and a Willow Warbler at Capel-le-Ferne (Jenny-Louise Read).

A Dewick’s Plusia, a Small Marbled and a Small Mottled Willow at Hythe (Ian Roberts).

1st – A Small Mottled Willow at Seabrook (Paul Howe), a Hummingbird Hawk-moth at Folkestone (John Tomlinson) and a Blastobasis vittata (Dotted Masoner) at Hythe (Ian Roberts). A Clouded Yellow at Samphire Hoe (Pete Coleman).

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