1 Pearly Underwing, 2 Silver-Y, 1 Rusty-dot Pearl

Night of 28 September; Singles of Rusty-dot Pearl, Rush Veneer and Gem (m).

Palpita vitrealis in my Robinson trap on a rainy night, 28 September 2017.

27th Sept: Hummingbird Hawkmoth on Valerian in Garden - fourth sighting here this year.

Night of 27th Sept: Gem (male), Four-spotted footman (male), Udea ferrugalis (1) and Plutella xylostella (5).

Migrant moth totals on 27/9 and for the first time the ivy count was quite reasonable, (totals for 11 traps & ivy - Robin Hemming, Kevin Button & me):

Rusty-dot Pearl x 97 (27)
Rush Veneer x 63 (19)
Silver Y x 2 (1)
Delicate x 9 (4)
White-speck x 10 (8)
Turnip x 13 (6)
Dark Swordgrass x 11 (5)
Pearly Underwing x 4 (5)
Gem 2m1f (0)
Palpita vitrealis 1 (0)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth 2 (0)

(figures in brackets are previous night totals)

Scarce Bordered Straw on the night of the 27th.

On the night of the 26th 2 Delicate and a male 4-Spotted Footman. Blue Underwing also in the trap but they are breeding locally so unlikely to be a migrant.

another Four-spotted Footman in garden trap last night

A wet night can be good. The image is a bit photoshopped but this battered individual was a first for the garden.