Scarce Bordered Straw and Dark Swordgrass to MV light, overnight 4/9/06, and another Scarce Bordered Straw the previous night

Dark Sword Grass trapped overnight 4/9/06

Trap Out on 4th sept

Migrants trapped included

White-point (57)
Rush Veneer (9)
Dark Swordgrass (2)
Scarce Bordered Straw (5)
Silver Y (2)
Vestal (1)
European Cornborer (2)
Small Mottled Willow (1)
Pearly Underwing (1)
Delicate (2)
Evergestis extimalis (2)

Portland Ribbon Wave (1), Loxostege sticticalis (2), Striped Hawk (1), Convolvulous Hawk (1), Hummingbird Hawk (1), Small M Willow (1), Cosmopolitan (4), White-point (2), Delicate (10), Scarce B Straw (55), Pearly Underw (39), Dark S-g (4), Silver Y (12), Rusty Dot Pearl (62), Rush Veneer (152). Due to 2 hrs of 'moth cloud' streaming over cliff, some counts could be easily trebled. Rather good.

Hummingbird h/m in Atherton Grt Manchester this Afternoon feeding.

03/09. O.nubilalis (1),U.ferrugalis (61),N.noctuella (221),Palpita vitrealis (15),Blair's Mocha (1),Vestal (4),
Convolvulus Hawk-moth (1),Death's-head Hawk-moth (1),Four-spotted Footman (2),Dark Sword-grass (1),
Pearly Underwing (8),Delicate (4),White-speck (14),Small Mottled Willow (11),Silver Y (3)

night of 3rd migrants. Noctuella 46,Rusty dot 27, delicate 3 , Scarce bordered straw 16, Pearly Underwing 3,Striped hawk moth 1, Vitrealis 5, Silver Y 13, Vestal 1, Small mottled willow 1, Maidens blush 1

3/8/06 Scarce Bordered Straw and Bordered Straw traped overnight.

Single Scarce Bordered Straw caught on night of 3rd September.

Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar found 3rd September