Night of 23rd October
(Caught by Bill Last)
Scarce Bordered Straw & Golden Twin-spot

A Rusty-dot Pearl and 2 Silver Ys were the only immigrants but unusually for October there was a Shoulder striped Wainscot and a Flame Shoulder amongst 25+ species in the back garden trap.

Last night had 1 Dark Sword-grass in garden trap

Night of 23 October: (accompanied by B. Dykes & S. Whitehouse): 2 Red Admiral, 2 Diamond-back Moth, 1 Rush Veneer, 65 Rusty-dot Pearl, 1 Uresiphita gilvata, 4 Palpita vitrealis, 1 Pearly Underwing, 1 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Turnip, 2 Delicate and 3 Silver Y. Also 1 Cypress Carpet and 25 Oak Rustic.

In nearby Swanage a Scarce Bordered Straw was trapped by P. England.

A Diasemiopsis ramburialis brightened up an otherwise rather dismal assembly of autumn moths

Night of 23 October: Uresiphita gilvata

Uresiphita gilvata at Hythe last night

6 traps again & ivy on night of 22/10, 35 species, migrants were;
Diamond-back Moth x 1
Rusty-dot Pearl x 13
Dark Swordgrass x 2
Pearly Underwing x 1
Delicate x 5
Silver Y x 1

Night of 22nd.
First migration here for a while!
151 RDP, 3 Rush Veneer, 6 Palpita vitrealis, 2 Delicate, single Dark Sword- grass, Silver Y, and Diamond Back Moth

Night of 22 October: 41 species recorded, including the following migrants: 17 Diamond-back Moth, 18 Rusty-dot Pearl, 1 Pearly Underwing, 3 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Delicate and 2 Silver Y.