Migrant moth totals continue to hold good with the warm sunny weather and southerly winds that also brought Beeaters to the islands. St Agnes, Isles of Scilly - 11 moth traps run by myself and Kevin Button yielded;
Rusty-dot Pearl x 58 (46)
Rush Veneer x 9 (20)
Pearly Underwing x 2 (1)
Dark Swordgrass x 2 (4)
White-speck x 6 (6)
Delicate x 14 (12)
Silver Y x 3 (8)
Scarce Bordered Straw x 1 (4)
Small Marbled x 1 (0)
Convolvulus Hawk x 1 (0)
Palpita vitrealis x 1 (0)
Turnip x 3 (2)
(Hummingbird Hawks around by day in good numbers, but no new arrivals in traps) Figures in brackets are previous night counts.

Night of 24 September; Rush Veneer 1, Delicate 2.

Night 24/09: singles of: Scarce Bordered Straw, Pearly Underwing & Vestal.

Night of 23 Sept 17. 3 traps
Pearly underwing 2
Delicate 6
White-speck 1
Vestal 3

Also 3 SilverY by day

Night of 23 September: 1 Grass webworm (Herpetogramma licarsisalis, 1 Convolvulus Hawk, 1 Vestal, 1 White-speck, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Palpita vitrealis

Night of 23 September: 3 Humming-bird Hawks, 2 Convolvulus Hawks, 1 Delicate, 5 White-speck

Hummingbird Hawkmoth flew around fishing boat 'Size Matters" for 10minutes before heading off out to sea. Approximately 22 miles South of Mevagissey.

Night of 23 September; Scarce Bordered Straw 1, Dewick's Plusia 1, Silver Y 2.

20 Sept: White-speck, Silver Y, Rush Veneer, Diamond-back Moth
22 Sept: Dark-sword Grass, Rush Veneer
23 Sept: White-speck, Scarce Bordered Straw, 3 Vestal, 2 Gem, 3 Silver Y + Hummingbird Hawk-moth by day.

2 clouded yellows - one on the cricket pitch and one on Burnt Island