19th September 2009 National Moth Night part 2

Pagham Harbour.
Trap run at the visitor centre overnight, with much better weather resulted in a health catch of over 600+ moths, although once again no significant migrant

Beaded Chestnut 1, Bright-Line Brown-Eye 1, Bulrush Wainscot 1, Common/Lesser Rustic 1, Depressaria daucella 1, Epinotia nisella 1, Flounced Rustic 1, Garden Rose Tortrix 1, Gold Triangle 1, Gold-Spot 1, Large Wainscot 1, Light Emerald 1, Lime Specked Pug 1, Mallow 1, Pearly Underwing 1, Rusty Dot Pearl 1,Small Square Spot 1, Spectacle 1, Vine's Rustic 1, Webb's Wainscot 1, Centre Barred Sallow 1, Caloptilia semifuscia 1, Caloptilia falconipennella 1, Clepsis consimilana 1, Pediasia aridella 1, Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing 2, Burnished Brass 2, Canary Shouldered Thorn 2, Eudonia augustea 2, Pink Barred Sallow 2, Silky Wainscot 2, Smoky Wainscot 2, Snout 2, Turnip Moth 2, Brindled Green 3, Common Wainscot 3, Rosy Rustic 3, Diamond Back Moth 4, Frosted Orange 4, Straw Dot 4, White Point 4, Black Rustic 5, Sallow 6, Shuttle Shaped Dart 6, Willow Beauty 6, Lunar Underwing 9, Rush Veneer 9, Brimstone Moth 10, Light Brown Apple Moth 10, Lesser Yellow Underwing 11, Eudonia pallida 12, Angle Shades 13, L Album Wainscot 13, Setaceous Hebrew Character 70, Large Yellow Underwing 119 and Square Spot Rustic 267

NMN 18/19 - 5 Silver Y, 1 P.xylostella,,2 N.noctuella. Marked moths recorded - 3 Silver Y, 3 Large YUW all previously marked at this site. First garden record Northern Rustic.

NMN 18th - St Marks Primary School, Morwenstow, - single Dark Sword-grass, Silver Y and N.noctuella amongst 157 moths of 23 species. Moths and bats appeared early enough for the children and parents to enjoy.

National Moth Night (Part Two)

Beachy Head, East Sussex

A night on the clifftops produced the following signs of migration

Convolvulous Hawk-moth
Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Rusty Dot Pearl
Rush Veneer
Dark Sword-grass
L-album Wainscot
Pearly Underwing
Diamond-back Moth

National Moth Night (2) - 19 Sept:
Trapping with John Chainey & Jenny Spence in much more favourable conditions than the previous night, with Neil Sherman accompanying us in the morning.

An impressive c86 species were recorded with the highlights as follows:
DUSKY-LEMON SALLOW - 1
Crocidosema plebejana - 1
Diamond-back Moth - 28
Rush Veneer - 11
Large Thorn - 2
Convolvulus Hawk-moth - 4
Dark Sword-grass - 3
Dark Spectacle - 1
Small Mottled Willow - 1
Silver Y - 13

Other surprises included unseasonal Yellow-tail, Clouded Silver & Plain Wave and a Western Conifer Seed Bug!

Night of 19 September: 1 Delicate. 1 Four-spotted Footman.

NMN (Part One)

The only sign of migration at Pevensey (East Sussex) last night was a Diamond-back Moth.

The live NMN updates via Twitter seemed to work well and it is good to see others from across the UK joining in. If you are a Twitter user please use the hashtag #nmn09 at the start of the update.

For those new to Twitter (as I was yesterday morning) go to [www.twitter.com] and search #NMN09 to find on the spot updates from NMN events. Click on the logos (e.g my optimistic Striped Hawkmoth) for more records.

18th September 09,National Moth Night
Pagham Harbour LNR
Two mark moths (a Large Yellow Underwing and Angle Shades) were pick-up at Church Norton 1.9km from where it was marked.
The Visitor Centre
Bearded Chestnut 1, Burnished Brass 1, Catoptria falsella 1, Cochylis atricapitana 1, Diamond Back Moth, 1, Dusky Thorn 1, Heart and Dart 1, Large Fruit Tree Tortrix 1, Large Wainscot 1, Red Underwing 1, Rusty Dot Pearl 1, Shuttle Shaped Dart 1, Silver Y 1, Small Square Spot 1, Straw Dot 1, Vine's Rustic 1, White Point 1, White Shouldered House Moth 1, Brindled Green 1, Caloptilia populetarum 1, Mallow 2, Brick 2, Black Rustic 3, Brimstone Moth 3, Flounced Rustic 3, Lunar Underwing 3, Rush Veneer 3, Willow Beauty 3, Common Wainscot 4, Eudonia pallida 4, Lesser Yellow Underwing 4, Light Emerald 4, Rosy Rustic 4, Frosted Orange 5, L Album Wainscot 5, Pink Barred Sallow 5, Smoky Wainscot 5, Light Brown Apple Moth 6, Snout 6, Sallow 7, Angle Shades 9, Setaceous Hebrew Character 40, Large Yellow Underwing 71 and Square Spot Rustic 130.
Church Norton
Square Spot Rustic 22, Large Yellow Underwing 18, Snout 5, Willow Beauty 11, Setaceous Hebrew Character 7, Lesser Yellow Underwing 4, Angle Shades 2, Dusky Thorn 1, Lunar Underwing 1, Lesser Broad Border Yellow Underwing 1, Brimstone 2, Straw Dot 1, Pink-Barred Sallow 1, Sallow 2, Silver Y 1, Vine's Rustic 1 and Light Emerald 1,

Diamond-back Moth, 2 Silver Y, 4 Angle Shades, 2 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 35 Large Yellow U/w, 30 Commmon Marbled Carpet,5 Common Wainscot, Vines Rustic, Dusky Thorn etc to 80w MV Skinner on Friday NM night

National Moth Night 18th September from garden Skinner actinic trap (12 species):
Snout
Frosted Orange
Light Emerald
Large Yellow Underwing
Square-spot Rustic
Green Carpet
Flame Shoulder
Common Wainscot
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Brimstone
Common Marbled Carpet
Willow Beauty