Night of 8 August - 1 male Four-spotted Footman.

Recent migrants recorded by Dave Grundy, Mike Dale, Les & Martin Finch, Chris Williams & Robin Hemming in the Dungeness area with 6 to 16 traps near the Bird Observatory, at the Long Pits and RSPB reserve on the nights of;
2/8 - Diamond-back 4, Loxostege sticticalis 1, Dark Swordgrass 3, Silver Y 7
3/8: Diamond-back 4, Dark Swordgrass 1, Silver Y 6
4/8: Diamond-back 3, Four-spotted Footman 1, Dark Swordgrass 4, Silver Y 32
5/8: Diamond-back 3, Rush Veneer 2, Gem 2, Dark Swordgrass 8, Silver Y 100
6/8: Diamond-back 5, Loxostege sticticalis 1, Rush Veneer 2, Vestal 1, Gem 1, Dark Swordgrass 8, Silver Y 42, Plumed Fan-foot 1

on the night of 1st August 2013

1 male four spotted footman
1 vestal

Male Long-tailed Blue in a private garden at 4pm.

Southern Migrant Hawker today at Wat Tyler Country Park.

Belated news from 4 August: 1 Scarce Bordered Straw.

Palpita vitrealis trapped at Netherclay LNR last night.

A Clouded Yellow seen this lunchtime.

A reminder that Moth Night 2013 starts tonight and runs for three nights. Please send in all your data using the online recording system. We would like data from all three nights.

We look forward to hearing about your exciting migrant catches on Flight Arrivals.

Night of 7 August:

Big increase in numbers of common migrants. 205 Silver Y in a single trap and 15 Dark Sword-grass.

Resident species included Grass Eggar and Square-spot Dart.