Migrant dragonfly alert!

Dainty Damselfly Coenagrion scitulum (female) seen on 21 June (Gill & John Brook).

25/06/2010
The last night at Pont d'Ouilly, Normandy produced a Black V Moth and Rosy Marbled (both regulars) plus Evergestis limbata and a Chrysocrambus sp possibly craterellus but will be checked as must be exceptional for Normandy.

Red-necked Footman at 125MV in garden night of 24th.

eve 24th June 2010

Highlight a Rosy Marbled also White Point Diamond Back and Pearly Underwing

Humming-bird Hawkmoth in a Penketh garden today. Also in Cheshire a Marbled White Spot trapped near Stockport - third County record

Single Rannoch Loopers at both Biddenden and Sissinghurst Castle last night 22/6. Also Dark Sword-grass at Sissinghurst.

On Holiday in Norrmandy at the moment but trapped a Rannoch Looper in a 125 W MV Skinner in the garden here in Pont D'Ouilly.

Night of 22 June: 1 Evergestis extimalis

Yet another Rannoch Looper here last night (the smallest example I've trapped so far).

Dutch recorders again report an unusual abundance of Rannoch Looper in The Netherlands, including more than 5,000 caught at one site last week (J. Voogd, pers. comm.), suggesting that the appearance of the species in south-east england is a repeat of last year's event, caused by an abundance of the species on the Continent and favourable condtions to move them over here. A full account of last year's influx is shortly to be published in Atropos.