Swallowtail butterfly seen Obs on Monday 12th June.

Silver Barred caught at Bawdsey (125w MV) overnight on 13 June. Also 58 Plutella xylostellas and four Silver Ys.

A Hummingbird Hawk-moth by day at Bawdsey on 13 June.

12/06. P.xylostella (19),U.ferrugalis (20),N.noctuella (12),Dark Sword-grass (3),Pearly Underwing (15),
Delicate (3),White-speck (6),Small Mottled Willow (20),Scarce Bordered Straw (5),
Bordered Straw (2),Silver Y (9)

also single SMW & SBS,two BS and 110 SY on valerian after dark.

night of 13 June: 1 Striped Hawk, 2 Bordered Straw, 1 Vestal, 1 Small Mottled Willow

11th june
1 crimson speckled, 1 blairs mocha, 1 striped hawkmoth, 7 bordered straw, 1cosmopolitan, 1 delicate, 6 perly underwing, 2 dark sword-grass

Striped Hawkmoth. Trapped 12/6/2006. Tynemouth, Northumberland.

Significant national arrival of migrant dragonflies over 10-12 June. Red-veined Darters reported from S. Devon (1 probable), Co. Durham and at least 4 sites in Yorkshire (max. count 35). Lesser Emperor also recorded near Scarborough on 12/6.

11/06 P.xylostella (59),U.ferrugalis (47),N.noctuella (6),Vestal (4),Humming-bird Hawk (3),Dark Sword-grass (4),
Pearly Underwing (8),Delicate (5),White-speck (14),Small Mottled Willow (39),Scarce Bordered Straw (7),
Bordered Straw (10),Silver Y (12)

1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth feeding on Honeysuckle in the garden of the Ship Inn on the evening of 11 June.

Migrants 11 Jun 06: 5 Diamond-back Moth, 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 1 Rush Veneer, 1 Striped Hawkmoth, 1 Pearly Underwing, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Bordered Straw, 1 Silver Y