i x Scarce Bordered Straw at 125watt lamp. taken on Bettisfield Moss Shropshire.

1 x Palpita vitrealis - new site record
7 x Silver Y (A. gamma)

15w actinic and 125w MV garden traps.

Bloxworth Snout (2), Delicate (3) on night of 22nd October

22nd October MV
Silver Y 5
Plutella xylostella 2
Also, a Streak (possibly from the Brecks?)

Night of 22nd October 2012, to 125w MV - Silver Y and Plutella xylostella.

21/10: 5 Red Admirals Hayle Estuary.
21/10: single Rusty Dot-pearl on St. Michaels Mount.
23/10 3 Rusty Dot-pearl on St. Michaels Mount.

also: not a migrant but a late Meal Moth to light in Hayle on night of 22/10.

22nd. 1 Delicate, 1 Silver Y.

Night of the 14th - 2 Delicate, 8 N.noctuella and a single Silver Y.

'blood rain', often associated with dust coming up from the Sahara, forecast for some parts of the country later in the week, just before the cold snap hits.

6 Silver Ys and a Delicate amongst 164 macros last night.

Summary of records - internet connections difficult and moths quiet, but the following highlights from 4 traps & ivy:
11/10/12 - 22 Rusty-dot pearl (RDP), 1 Dark Swordgrass (DSG), 2 Whitespeck,
12/10 - 8 RDP
13/10 - 23 RDP, 3 Whitespeck
14/10 - 22 RDP, 6 Whitespeck
15/10 - 2 RDP
16/10 - 12 RDP, 1 Hummingbird Hawk, 1 Pearly Underwing, 2 Whitespeck
17/10 - 6 RDP, 2 DSG, 8 Whitespeck, 1 Cosmopolitan
18/10 - 81 RDP, 1 Rush Veneer, 1 DSG, 1 L-album Wainscot, 28 Whitespeck, 2 Silver Y
19/10 - 42 RDP, 1 DSG, 1 Pearly U, 21 Whitespeck, 1 Silver Y
On St Marys Isles of Scilly with 1 trap plus ivy;
20/10 - 39 RDP, 1 DSG, 1 L-album, 1 Whitespeck, (plus 3 Bloxworth Snout on ivy - residents)
21/10 - 55 RDP, 2 Rush Veneer, 2 DSG, 1 L-album, 2 Whitespeck, 9 Silver Y (plus 10 Opogona omoscopa - resident)
NB O. omoscopa now breeding on St Agnes as well as St Marys.