17/10. RDP (10), RV (1), Vestal (6), DSGrass (1), Delicate (1),White-speck (18)
Cold east wind affected the traps.
Late afternoon (18/10) in a small weedy field on St.Mary's produced a Crimson Speckled,double figures of RDP & RV ,two Vestal, two Scarce Bordered Straw & a Silver Y. Looks promising for tonight with wind the same as afternoon (180') and 14kt

Three hours with two lights produced 3 Vestal, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw and 1 Udea ferrugalis among a small variety of other moths

Migrant moths increased again last night on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly - 17/10/17.
of note were 15 Vestals all in one trap, with a range of colours!
8 traps plus ivy - (L. Finch, R. Hemming & me) our totals were;
Rusty-dot Pearl 26 (23)
Rush Veneer 3 (6)
Turnip 4 (4)
White-speck 109 (57)
Pearly Underwing 4 (1)
Dark Swordgrass 4 (1)
Vestal 17 (2)
Gem 1 (0)
Scarce Bordered Straw 4 (0)
Delicate 1 (0)
Small Mottled Willow 1 (0)
Figures in brackets are previous night totals.

An additional record of interest is of birdwatchers finding a Crimson Speckled on Wingletang, St Agnes, Scilly by day today - 18/10/17 - this was definitely not the same moth trapped a few nights ago on the island.

Night of 17 October: single Palpita vitrealis

Night of 17/10 : Silver - striped Hawk-moth.

Night of 17th October TWO L-album Wainscots.

Night of 17 October:

Singles of Vestal and Silver Y.

Night of 17 October: 13 Rusty-dot Pearl, 1 Palpita vitrealis, 1 Rush Veneer, 1 Blair's Mocha (long-overdue first site record but only fifth for Suffolk), 10 Vestal, 1 Small Marbled, 5 Silver Y, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 7 Delicate, 4 Turnip and 6 Dark Sword-grass.

Vagrant Emperor seen on Cape Clear Island on 17 October.