Night of 27 September: Golden Twin-spot light-trapped.

Night of 26 September: Radford's Flame Shoulder light-trapped on St. Mary's.

Night of 26 September: Banded Pine Carpet light-trapped at East Parley.

Night of 26th Sept 2017. At lights - red admiral, vitrealis, 4 delicates, Radford's Flame Shoulder and Splendid Brocade. A fraxini was recorded by my brother in Fleet, Hampshire.

Night of 23.9. Buryas Bridge near PZE. Scarce Bordered Straw, Four Spotted Footman, our 'resident' finished weeks ago. Palpita Vitrealis 3, Turnip 2,

25.9
Porthgwarra. Clouded Yellow 14 inc 2 Helice, Common Blue 2, Wall Brown 3, Small Copper 8, Red Ad 3, Peacock, 3, Painted Lady 1, HBHmoth, Delighted to see Clouded Yellows, this ties in with several migrant moths in trap at home and at Bernards over the weekend.

After 36 years of recording moths in my garden, had my first ever DELICATE on the night of the 26th.

Night of 26 Sep 1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth,3 Gem,2 Delicate,2 Four-spotted Footman,5 Dark Sword-grass 1 Red Admiral.

Night of 26 September; Singles of Diamond-back, Rusty-dot Pearl, Dark Sword-grass, Delicate, and 2 Silver Y.
Night of 25 Sept; Rush Veneer 1, Delicate 1, Silver Y 3.

27 September; 38 Red Admiral. Most concentrated near the coast and on ivy or basking in sunshine. Only 15 at neighbouring Benacre, further inland, despite vast amounts of ivy blossom.

Migrants were down again last night 26/9, but still some interesting records (totals are now for 13 traps - Robin Hemming, Kevin Button & me):
Rusty-dot Pearl x 27 (81)
Rush Veneer x 19 (19)
Silver Y x 1 (2)
Delicate x 4 (5)
White-speck x 8 (5)
Turnip x 6 (12)
Dark Swordgrass x 5 (3)
Pearly Underwing x 5 (1)
Vestal x 1 (0)
Endotricha flammealis x 1 (0) (is resident on Scilly, but 2 months after its normal flight period is likely to be a migrant?)
(figures in brackets are previous night totals)
In over a week now on the island the ivy blossom has been poor with most of it not out yet, but also weather conditions have been awful for checking the ivy - clear and with a heavy dew stopping moths flying onto it or raining and blowing a gale!