Amongst the usual migrants today was a Dewicks Plusia & P. unionalis

Night of 24th September

2 Vestals

Beautiful Marble recorded at Beaumont Quay,Essex on NMN 23rd September,2006.
Took 18 hours to identify it!!!

Night of 23/9: Gem (1), Vestal (1) [inland site].

24/9: Vestal (1) by day.

Night of 23/9: Palpita vitrealis (1), Delicate (2), Scarce Bordered Straw (2).

Night of 22/9: Delicate (6), Scarce Bordered Straw (1).

19.9.06
delicate (6)
four spotted footman(2)
cosmopolitan (1)
White spec (2)
scarce bordered straw(2)
palpita vitrealis (2)

23.9.06
delicate (4)
rush veneer (9)
rusty dot (3)
turnip (17)
antigastra catalaunalis (1)
gem (1)

NMN highlights
1 hummingbird hawk
2 convolvulus hawk
1 pale lemon sallow
3 scarce bordered straw
2 reed dagger
1 pinion streaked snout

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NMN - Atherton. 2 Scarce Bordered Straw and 10 Silver Y,

23/09. P.xylostella (2),Loxostege sticticalis (1),Uresiphita polygonalis (1),U.ferrugalis (91),N.noctuella (142),
Palpita vitrealis (4),Vestal (31),Humming-bird Hawk-moth (6),Four-spotted Footman (1),Pearly Underwing (2),
Delicate (10),White-speck (4),Small Mottled Willow (9),Scarce Bordered Straw (4),Silver Y (1)

typically the first night for weeks without a Convolvulus Hawk.Visiting birders found single L.sticticalis and Small Marbled by day on 23rd.

Recent highlights have inc.the third Death's-head of the year on 21st.

National moth night 23rd Sept. 06.
2Convulvulus hawkmoths
2Rush veneer's
2Small mottled willow's
1Vestal
1Hoary footman
80w Skinner trap