Night of 3 October one Vestal.

1 Dark Mottled Willow, 8 Small Marbled, 4 S. recurvalis, 1 Antigastra catalaunalis, 1 Crimson Speckled, 4 Old World Webworm, 4 Palpita vitrealis, 1 Red Admiral, 35 Vestal, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Small Mottled Willow.

02/10.Totals from five sites on the island,commoner species totals incomplete.

E.ocellea (1),Old World Webworm (10),RDP (130),RV (14),A.catalaunalis (1),H.recurvalis (1),D.ramburialis (1),P.vitrealis (13),Red Ad (1),Vestal (20),Gem (3),Conv.Hawk (3),HBHawk (3),DSGrass (25),Pearly UW (2),Delicate (7),White-point (1),White-speck (20),Small Mottled Willow (5),Scarce Bordered Straw (18),Small Marbled (6),Silver Y (60),Oak Nycteoline (1)

also a Bloxworth Snout and an Opogona omoscopa

MAS,M Goodey,C Lewis,R Parks,C Timmins

Night of 2 October: 2 Gem, 10 Vestal, Humming-bird Hawk, Cosmopolitan, Small Mottled Willow, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Ni, 1 Palpita vitrealis, 12 Vestal

Walking around in arable fields this evening for an hour after dusk: 26 Vestal, 1 Antigastra catalaunalis, 1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth

Night of 2 October: 1 Cosmopolitan, 2 Small Marbled

Night of 2nd Oct. Purple Marbled 1, Old World Webworm 1, D ramburialis 1, P vitrealis 3, Convolvulus 1, Vestal 8, Small Mottled Willow 7, Scarce Bordered Straw 5, Dark Sword-grass 5, Gem 1, Delicate 1, White Speck 1, Silver Y 7,

Night of 2/10: Hymenia recurvalis (recapture of previous night's), 3 Vestal, 2 Convolvulus Hawk-moths, 4 Dark Sword-grass & 4 Silver Y

Hummingbird hawk seen at 12.15pm today (3rd Oct 2011) nectaring on Verbena.

1 Udea ferrugalis to 125w MV on 2nd October 2011.

2nd October 3 Vestal and a Rannoch Looper made it over Dartmoor. 7 Silver Y and 13 Udea ferrugalis. 35 species in the trap!