Night of 2nd 1 Dark Sword-grass also in the trap 1 Clancy's rustic 5 l-album Wainscot

Migrants on St Martins for last night not as good on 2/10 in gentle cool NE wind. Plus we only ran 4 traps as about to move. Also trapped another Nothris congressariella, plus usual Opogona omoscopa and 1 Straw Underwing. Migrants were;
44 Rusty-dot Pearl
8 Rush Veneer
1 Painted Lady (arrived in trap at night)
4 Turnip
4 Pearly Underwing)
2 Delicate
1 White-speck (first all week!)
7 Silver Y

Blasted out with easterlies for the last week. Calmer last night. single Delicate, 2 Silver Y and a Convolvolvulus Hawk-moth

Gareth Gillingham photographed a Clifden Nonpareil outside Taunton Jobcentre this afternoon (2nd October). Pristine specimen.

Delicate in the trap last night, despite low numbers in the clear easterlies we've been having for nearly a week now.

Migrants last night 1/10 with 6 traps again - myself & David Price;
Rusty-dot Pearl x 43
Rush Veneer x 10
Turnip x 2
Pearly Underwing x 3
Clancys Rustic x 1
Scarce-bordered Straw x 1
Silver Y x 8
Small Blood-vein x 1 (a rarity here!)
Large Wainscot x 1
The Clancys was interesting - quite a few were seen in autumn 2010 and we thought they might stay to breed. However, I'm not sure any have been seen in the last 5 years!

Night of 1 October:

1 Diamond-back Moth, 3 Rush Veneer, 2 Rusty-dot Pearl, 1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth, 3 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Pearly Underwing, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw and 8 Silver Y.

Scarce Bordered Straw to garden MV night of 1 October. Preston , Dorset.

St Martins, Isles of Scilly, 6 traps run again on 30/9 by David Price and myself in stronger winds meant less migrants seen, but quantity was made up for in quality. It was interesting to find a sap run on a tree near the beach which had at least 31 Red Admirals around it - numbers of Red Admirals definitely increased yesterday.Migrant moths were;
Bordered Straw x 1
Blairs Mocha x 1
Convolvulus Hawk-moth x 1
Dark Swordgrass x 1
Diamond-back x 1
Rusty-dot Pearl x 27
Rush Veneer x 16
Turnip x 3
Pearly Underwing x 3
Silver Y x 4

Convolvulus Hawkmoth