A Rush Veneer and the first Silver Y of the year in last night's MV trap.

Vestal, Silver Y and Rusty Dot Pearl to MV here overnight following a few showers

Orache (3rd record for Bay) and Beautiful Marbled (1st Bay record) in single trap last night, plus Bordered Straw and several Rush Veneer. We await contents of other trap!

Night of 26 August:

2 Diamond-back Moth, 4 Rusty-dot Pearl, 77 Rush Veneer, 1 male Gem, 2 Latticed Heath, 1 Convolvulus Hawk-moth, 2 Pearly Underwing, 30 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Bordered Straw, 2 Small Mottled Willow and 56 Silver Y.

Portland Riband Wave 1

Trapped Prawle Point, Devon last night and poured with rain - got soaking wet and blew a gale, but moths were good! migrants were; 1 Rusty-dot Pearl, 3 Rush Veneer, 1 Vestal, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Convolvulus Hawk, 2 Dark Swordgrass and 1 Silver Y. The Convolvulus was an enormous female - the size of a Death's Head!

Humming-bird Hawkmoth feeding on buddleia in our garden yesterday (25th) in drizzly and windy conditions.
Belatedly... on the night of 17th in our MV trap were singles of Blair's Mocha, Tree-lichen Beauty, Diamond-back Moth and Rush Veneer; the two macros being "garden firsts".

Night of 25 August:

1 Diamond-back Moth, 4 Rusty-dot Pearl, 28 Rush Veneer, 2 Latticed Heath, 17 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 3 Bordered Straw, 2 Small Mottled Willow, 33 Silver Y and 1 Ni Moth.

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Last night: 1 Great Brocade plus 9 Silver Y, 8 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 1 Rush Veneer, 1 Diamond-back Moth