Crimson Speckled at Beachy Head found on the morning of 4 October (G. Lyons).

Death's Head Hawk-moth found by day at Arne, Dorset, on 4 October.

Last night's immigrants include Vestal, Rusty-dot Pearl, Small Marbled and Silver Y. Clancy's Rustic also of note.

Records from 01-04 October, MV records from Bradwell 1st,1 Dark Sword-grass, 2nd, 2 Dark Sword-grass,1 Rusty-dot Pearl,4 Silver Y, 3rd,1 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Silver Y. Daytime records,2nd, Hummingbird Hawk-moth nectaring on Verbena in a Kessingland garden,4th, Ashby/Somerleyton 21 RED ADMIRAL on Ivy blossom

Night of 4th/5th: Vestal at Weston-super-Mare and Small Marbled at Burnham-on-Sea

Night of 04/10
Singles of Vestal and Scarce Bordered Straw to mv.

Night of 3 October:

Singles of D. ramburialis, U. gilvata and Golden Twin-spot (M. Cade).

Recorded the 2nd Clifden Nonpareil this year to 125W MV last night 4/5 October 2011.

Night of the 3rd of October

12 Vestal
1 Delicate
1 Silver Y
2 Rusty Dot Pearl
1 Small Mottled Willow
1 Hymenia Recurvalis

Night of the 1st October 1 Clifden Nonpareil.

03/10.
Euchromius ocellea (2)
Old World Webworm (7)
RDPearl (100)
RVeneer (21)
Antigastra catalaunalis (2)
Palpita vitrealis (5)
Blair's Mocha (1)
Vestal (54)
Gem (1)
Crimson Speckled (1)
DSGrass (1)
White-speck (5)
Small Mottled Willow (2)
Purple Marbled (1)
Small Marbled (3)
Silver Y (2)

Other sites on St.Mary's produced S.recurvalis (3),Old World Web (4),D.ramburialis (1),P.vitrealis (1),Crimson Speckled (1) also another of the latter was found by day.

MAS,Steve Bird,M Goodey,R Parks