Night of 6/9/08 : White-point (2) & what looks like a Euchromius ocellea (1).

A considerable increase in immigrant activity on the levels of the last two years, with the return of some familiar visitors from the south.

Night of 6 September: 8 Delicate, 2 Cosmopolitan, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Vestal, 1 White-point (scarce in Cornwall), 2 White-speck, 1 Black-banded.

Night of 5 September: 1 SCAR BANK GEM, 4 Delicate, 1 Dark Sword-grass

Night of 5th Sept. 1 Rush veneer, 2 RDP, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 3 Silver Y.

Female Convolvulus Hawkmoth caught in light trap at Temple Grafton near Alcester,Warks on 4 Sep.2008,by A.F.Gardner.

First Clouded Yellow of year flying 2 September - alone. This species was abundant here until last year, when only 4 or 5 sightings.

A Convolvulus Hawk-moth picked up dead on the rig, 120 miles north-east in the North Sea (J. Tarrier, per M. Grantham). What is thought to be another was also reported on the rig around the same time.

The first Northants record of a Convolvulus Hawk Moth since 2006

Best regards
Nick Smith
Woodnewton

Night of 1 September: 1 Gem
Night of 31 August: 1 Cosmopolitan

Hartland Point, Devon. Night of 30/8/08 produced only one Silver Y but 5 Scarce Blackneck, 5 Black-banded, 8 Hoary Footman and 2 Square-spot Dart on the wing.