night of 5th October - just one Vestal found resting on green garden furniture cover when cleaning out Robinson!

Night of 05/10.
19 Vestal,2 Delicate, 2 Dark Sword Grass and single White-speck and Palpita vitrealis.

1 Vestal, 5 Dark Sword-grass, 7 Silver Y, 1 Turnip & 1 Pearly Underwing to MV last night (5/10/13). Not bad for inland S Wales.

Single female clouded yellow late afternoon, also lots of Rush Veneer & Silver Y

Night of 5 October:

7 Diamond-back Moth, 14 Rush Veneer, 1 Palpita vitrealis, 3 Vestal, 1 Pearly Underwing, 19 Dark Sword-grass, 12 Scarce Bordered Straw, 75 Angle Shades and 12 Silver Y.

Vagrant Emperor in the dunes at Gunton Warren briefly this afternoon.

Nearby, 10 Black Darters at Corton new sewage works pond + 1 Willow Emerald.

1 x Rush Veneer last night

A male Long-tailed Blue was seen for a short time in the early afternoon.

06/10 Hayle to Longrock Area

Silver Y (9), Rush Veneer (7), Dark Sword Grass (1), Vestal (8) Rusty Dot Pearl (1) Red Admiral (25), Clouded Yellow (1 female).

As a point of interest 12 species of butterfly recorded today in the area: Small Tortoiseshell, Small Copper, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Small Heath, Common Blue(m), Peacock, Meadow Brown, Comma, Small White, Large White, Clouded Yellow(f).

Friday night 4th October 3 x 125w MV's and 2 15w battery actinics; 2 Crimson Speckled, 10 Convolvulus Hawkmoths,4 Uresiphita gilvata, 50+ Dark Sword-grass, 15+ Pearly Undering, 13+ Delicate, 15+ Scarce Bordered Straw, 17 Vestal,10 Diamond-back Moths, 6 (quite pale) Turnip Moths, 8 Silver Y, 6 Rusty Dot Pearl, 58+ Rush Veneer, 6 Palpita vitrealis and a Hoary Footman.