Night of 16 October:2 Radfords Flame Shoulder, 2 Gem, 2 Pearly Underwing, 2 silver y, 1 Crocidosema plebejana

Migrant moth totals were up last night (16/10). 8 traps run plus ivy checked:
White-speck x 114 (97 of these on ivy!); Rusty-dot Pearl x 27; Rush Veneer x 29; Silver Y x 18; Delicate x 2; Diamond-back x 9; Turnip x 10 (9 on ivy); Dark Swordgrass x 13 (11 on ivy); Pearly Underwing x 2 (both on ivy); Angleshades x 35 (all on ivy)

A bit better last night with most moths on the Ivy and very little in the two traps - 324moths/29sp:

1 RADFORD'S FLAME SHOULDER (On Ivy); 8 Diamond-back Moth; 38 Rusty Dot Pearl; 16 Rush Veneer; 1 Gem; 8 Turnip Moth; 11 Dark Sword Grass; 3 Pearly Underwing; 88 White Speck; 17 Angle Shades; 1 Scarce Bordered Straw
8 Silver Y
1 Bloxworth Snout

Jacob Everitt & Ian Barnard

Mel Bellingham and Huw John recorded -
in trap but no ivy on 14/10:
14 x Rusty-dot Pearl; 11 x Rush Veneer; 1 x Diamond-back; 3 x White-speck
trap plus some ivy checking on 15/10:
5 x Rusty-dot Pearl; 2 x Rush Veneer;35 x White-speck; 1 x Vestal; 1 x D Swordgrass; 2 x Silver Y; 1 x Diamond-back

9 traps on a wet night – 14/10:
Rusty-dot Pearl x 17; Rush Veneer x 34; White-speck x 29; Diamond-back x 4; Dark Swordgrass x 1; Radford’s Flame Shoulder x 1 (no. 9 for us!); Silver Y x 5; Angleshades x 2; Gem x 1; Hummingbird Hawkmoth x 1; Delicate x 1
9 traps and ivy checking (stormy night - 2 traps blown over!) – 15/10:
Silver Y x 8; Rusty-dot Pearl x 3; White-speck x 29; Rush Veneer x 8; Dark Swordgrass x 1; Turnip x 2; Angleshades x 14; Delicate x 1

Totals from 15/10/16 from two actinic traps and a short ivy session is very strong SW winds and squally showers:

4 Diamond-back Moth, 1 Light Brown Apple Moth, 18 Rusty Dot Pearl, 10 Rush Veneer, 4 Turnip Moth, 3 Dark Sword-grass, 10 Large Yellow Underwing, 4 Pearly Underwing, 30 White-speck, 9 Angle Shades, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw and 2 Silver Y

Eve 14th Oct 16 a number of Rusty Dot Pearl and Rush Veneer but best of bunch a Flame Brocade

Night of 14 October: 2 Gem

Male Vagrant Emperor seen on Orkney, 13 October (Sue and Graham Wharton).

1 Blair's Mocha, 1 Clancy's Rustic, 6 Diamond-back Moth, 44 Rusty Dot Pearl, 14 Rush Veneer, 2 Turnip Moth, 1 Dark Sword Grass, 1 Pearly Underwing, 26 White Speck and 8 Silver Y + 1 Marmalade Hoverfly