Male Red-veined Darter today

4 Clouded Yellows in margins around arable farmland at Little Wittenham, South Oxfordshire, this afternoon. Had been a single individual for the previous 2 weeks. Silver Y numbers in the same area have plummeted from over 200 at the start of the month to just 13 today.

Night of 27th Aug. Bedstraw Hawk

Night of 26th

4 Dark Sword-grass
1 Silver Y
1 Convolvulus Hawkmoth
Also Grass Eggar (m)

well I was quite pleased with my catch, till I saw it was only 1/10th of what George got. Still, here goes:

Dark Swordgrass 9
Silver Y 4
Broad Bordered Yellow underwing 1 - only the 2nd I've ever caught, the other was in autumn 2006. Immigrants? Where from?

Night of 26th August: Oblique Striped. First reserve record a long way from known breeding areas.

First real increase in migrants for a while on 26/08.
95 Dark Sword Grass [my highest number ever on one night], 44 Silver Y, 7 Udea ferrugalis, Single Rush veneer and a Vestal [NFY].

Night of 26 August:

Tamarisk Peacock

bedstraw hawk in garden trap 26/08

Hummingbird Hawk-moth feeding on buddleia this afternoon