Trapped at Prawle Point again last night (30/8). Most of the night was heavy rain and the rest was torrential!
Migrant counts were;
Rusty-dot Pearl x 17 (35 previous night), Rush Veneer x 27 (59), Vestal x 3 (2), Convolvulus x 1 (3), Dark Swordgrass x 45 (18), Pearly Underwing x 5 (4), White-point x 5 (1), Delicate x 1 (0), White-speck x 6 (1), Angleshades x 52 (9), Small Mottled Willow x 2 (1), Bordered Straw x 1 (1), Scarce Bordered Straw x 4 (0), Pale Mottled Willow x 1 (0), Silver Y x 46 (42)
Not a bad night's trapping!

Photo of red-striped and brown-striped Vestals from Iken.

A single Rush Veneer and a trio of Rusty-dot Pearl in last night's very wet MV trap.

Night of 30 August: 8 Vestal, 1 Small Mottled Willow, 2 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Tree-lichen Beauty, 1 Metalampra italica. A total of 337 Setaceous Hebrew Characters in three traps, most of which arrived after midnight, was impressive and may have related to immigration. Spectacular lightening storm over the sea.

Night of 30 August: 35+ Vestal, Convolvulus Hawk-moth and Scarce Bordered Straw.

Night of 30 August: 24 Vestal in the observatory traps and one flushed by day on 31 August. Small Marbled found by day on 30 August.

Trap on 30th 2 brown-striped Vestal and also 2 White Point.

Night of 30th Aug. One each of Blair's and Jersey mocha and two each of scarce bordered straw and vestal. Several convolvulous at nicotiana this last week.

Night of 30 August:

Bawdsey Hall: 5 Diamond-back Moth, 23 Rusty-dot Pearl, 1 Diamond-spot Pearl Loxostege sticticalis (first area record since 2007), 26 Rush Veneer, 1 Crocidosema plebejana, 2 Latticed Heath, 12 Vestal, 8 Small Mottled Willow, 1 Bordered Straw, 4 Dark Sword-grass and 24 Silver Y.

Stanny Farm, Iken: 1 Diamond-back Moth, 1 Rusty-dot Pearl, 2 Rush Veneer, 2 Latticed Heath, 15 Vestal, 1 very tatty Convolvulus Hawk-moth, 2 Small Mottled Willow, 3 Dark Sword-grass and 2 Silver Y.

Tatty Convolvulus Hawk-moth this morning is the first here this autumn.