Night of 03rd October.
only migrant in the garden trap was a single Vestal, which was my 21st of the autumn.

Reports of Red Admirals on the move in Somerset today (3rd October):
1. 40+ in off the sea at East Quantoxhead (per R. Musgrove).
2. 70 in off the sea in 30 minutes at Brean Down Fort after which the observer stopped counting (per B. Hill)
3. 20 moving west through combes in the Chetsford area of Exmoor (per B. Gibbs).
4. 15 moving south at Shapwick Heath with a further 76 counted at nearby Ham Wall (virtually all of these were on Ivy)(Nigel Cottle)

Scarce Bordered Straw & Sombre Brocade trapped last night.

03rd October
a late morning walk along the coast path between Perranuthnoe & Cudden Point produced the following: Red Admiral (19), Clouded Yellow (9, inc 2 f.helice), Painted Lady (1), Silver Y (3) & Humming-bird Hawk-moth (1).

on 2/10, we ran 16 traps between us
Diamond-back x 1
Rusty-dot Pearl x 8
Rush Veneer x 24
Red Admiral x 2 (in traps)
Convolvulus x 2
Turnip x 8 (4 on ivy)
Dark Swordgrass x 3 (2 on ivy)
Pearly Underwing x 4 (all on ivy)
White-specks x 109 (66 on ivy)
Silver Y x 13

Night of 1 October: 11 Diamond-back Moth, 1 Crocidosema plebejana, 1 Rusty-dot Pearl, 147 Rush Veneer, 1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth, 8 Silver Y, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw and 1 Dark Sword-grass.

Migrant moths last night with 14 traps on 1/10 were still thin on the ground with a cold NW wind, but as it was dry and the ivy is coming out in full blossom then ivy checking was good.
I think the 70 White-specks found on ivy prove that the species must be at least a transitory resident here as well as migrant. It was by far the commonest moth on ivy (is anyone else checking ivy much - it was more productive than traps last night?)
Rusty-dot Pearl x 11
Rush Veneer x 6
Vestal x 1
Convolvulus Hawk-moth x 1
Turnip x 9 (6 on ivy)
Dark Swordgrass x 2 (1 on ivy)
Pearly Underwing x 2 (on ivy)
White-speck x 109 (70 on ivy)
Silver Y x 3

Radford's Flame Shoulder - the third of the last few days at the Obs this morning

Night of 1st October
Silver Y (6) & Rusty-dot Pearl (1).

Night of 30th
39 Rush veneer 1 Vestal and 1 Dark Sword-grass.