Small Mottled Willow to 125w MV.
Also Lesser-spotted Pinion, Lunar-spotted Pinion and Large Twin-spot Carpet.

8th July 2009


1 Waved Black
1 Evergestis Limbata

8 July 2009 Grouville,Jersey,C.I.
Scarlet Darter

Night of 8 July 2009:

Small Ranunculus - third site record.
Early Grey - extremely late record!

Other recent highlights include Wood Carpets on 2 and 7 July - first site records; 'hundreds' of Diamond-backs, 'tens' of Bird-cherry Ermines; a handful of Rush Veneers, Dark Sword-grass & Silver Y.

Last night, before heading back to Blighty, Adrian Wander caught the following mirgrants in his Robinson's trap, 125 MV

Dark Swordgrass
Rush Veneer
Diamond-backed
Dingy Mocha
Lydd Beauty

Photo is of the Lesser Purple Emperor which was a first for our garden - feeding on dog faeces! (I spared you that photo!)

a bit late but 04/07 trap had a cracking Cynaedes dentalis
Others of interest included P.xylostella (11),U.ferrugalis (2),N.noctuella (40),Orange Footman (1),Four-spotted Footman (1),Dark Sword-grass (5),Small Mottled Willow (3) and Silver Y (2)
Recently 100-150 migrants most nights inc.Pearly Underwing,Delicate and White-speck also Scilly rares Brown-tail,Dun-bar,Saltern Ear,Purple Clay (first since 57),Cream-bordered Green Pea,Coronet and Lackey.
By day still plenty of Red Admiral,Painted Ladies,P.xylostella,N.noctuella and Silver Y.Humming-bird Hawks are now daily (1-3)

Sorry for late report (I was in hospital and missed all the fun!)

Caught here in Southern Brittany by Adrian Wander to light trap on night of Sat. 4th July

The Passenger (Le Passagère) x 1

First record for the site

Night of Saturday 4 July 2009:

A massive haul of moths with literally thousands trapped (with P. Clarke and R. Hilton).

Highlights of c220sp at Hollesley included Red-necked Footman (2), C. rhododactyla (5) and Rosy Marbled (9).

At Bawdsey: Evergestis limbata (2) - second and third County records - see photo. The first record was also at Bawdsey in 2006.

Varied Coronet and Shaded Fan-foot both new to Bawdsey; Bordered Beauty the second site record.

Also hundreds of Diamond-back Moths, Bird-cherry Ermine (20), Dark Sword-grass (1) and Silver Y (4) caught at Bawdsey.

Night of 4 July: 65 Brown-tails in the garden at Church Cove (only 22 recorded there in 14 years of trapping so quite an influx).
Noticebale immigrant activity in the last week with records of 3 White Satin (rare in Cornwall), 2 Figure of Eighty, 3 Small Mottled Willow and 4 European Corn-borer, as well as conspicuous influxes of Cream-bordered Green Pea, Spindle and Bird-cherry Ermine,

Recorded to 125w MV last night 3/4 July 2009 a Water Ermine. First record.