Clifden Nonpareil caught in garden trap on 13th September by Chris Ivin.

Scarce-bordered Straw in the trap on the night of 14th.

C. fraxinion night of 14th September. 4th garden record since 1981.

Just been speaking to Paul Stanley, an excellent botanist on the Isle of Wight. He tells me in the past week alone he had a deaths head hawk moth fly into his car windscreen and then landed on the ground at Brighstone. He then tells me he saw a second Deaths head hawk moth on a wall in the village of Shorwell also seen in the past week. Sadly no pictures were taken.

Hummingbird Hawkmoth nectaring on Red Valerian at nearby care home garden. Also Red Admiral

Clifden Nonpareil in garden trap this morning.

1 painted lady at Eastern Green
1 painted lady and 9 red admiral, feeding on ivy at St Mary's cemetery.

12/9/2017 another Scarce Bordered straw (the fourth this year) which means it's in the migrants league table second place after Silver Ys with only singleton Rush Veneer and Dark Sword-Grass this year so far.

A second Convolvulus Hawk-moth from the same garden in Curry Rivel (VC5) - this time nectaring on Nicotianas.

Night of 11 September: Silver-striped Hawk-moth to light.