Night of 27 Oct:
Diamond-back Moth 1, Rush Veneer 12, Turnip Moth 2, Dark Sword-grass 6, Large Yellow Underwing 29, Setaceous Hebrew Character 1, White-point 2, Angle Shades 9, Scarce Bordered Straw 1 & Silver Y 2.

Just back from 2+ weeks on Scilly - moths not as good as previous years, but migrant summary as follows;
St Agnes (2 traps + ivy) - 10-20/10/09;
464 Diamond-back 2
1395 Rusty Dot Pearl 491
1398 Rush veneer 123
1590 Red Admiral 17
1591 Painted Lady 2
1720 Gem 1
2091 Dark Sword-grass 17
2119 Pearly Underwing 1
2195 Delicate 9
2202 L-album Wainscot 11
2203 White-speck 37
2441 Silver Y 5

St Marys (1 trap + ivy)21-25/10/09;
1395 Rusty Dot Pearl 158
1398 Rush Veneer 10
1720 Gem 1
2091 Dark Sword-grass 4
2119 Pearly Underwing 2
2195 Delicate 1
2202 L-album Wainscot 5
2203 White-speck 45
2400 Scarce Bordered Straw 1
2441 Silver Y 4

The Red Admiral and Painted Lady records were all trapped at night.
Other trappers on St Agnes caught Palpita vitrealis, Gems, Four-spotted Footman, Scarce Bordered Straw etc. in addition to the above records.
9 nights in 2008 with 2 traps on St Agnes yielded only 23 Rush Veneer,but 8 Vestal, 37 Gems and 195 White-specks and several rarer species.
It's interesting to speculate which of our south coast 'migrants' are true migrants or transient residents or permanent residents. 37 Gems and 195 White-specks possibly showed residency in 2008, but lower figures in 2009 show the effects of a cold winter?

An amazing surprise....An Egyptian Bollworm (that's a green macro, similar to the Cream Bordered Green Pea) in the Garden this evening 27th October, in perfect condition. To be confirmed by Northants CR

Langton Matravers:7 Delicate, Flame Brocade, 3 Scarce Bordered Straw

Studland: Clifden Nonpareil

All caught on DB's residential course.

Night of 26 October: 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Buff Footman, 1 Bright-line Brown-eye

night of 26th october .Oak Rustic in double figures and 1 Flame Brocade .resident moths in very low numbers

26/10: Another (?same) Oak Rustic here this morning.
Paul

Dark Sword Grass 2, Silver Y plus Orthopaegia glaucinalis last night in garden. 28 Species in total including late Straw Dot, Snout and Flame Shoulder. It looks good all week.

Rush Veneer and Silver Y to 80w MV overnight 26th (plus 2 Figure of 8, 7 Juniper and 5 Red Green Carpets)

2 Dark Sword Grass, 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Silver Y. Winds now turning from SW to S to SE, so expect an increase in migrants to Northants