eve 12th Oct 2011

Finally some sign's of migration for a week or so at the Reserve. 1 Gem, 1 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Pearly Underwing, 1 Rush Veneer and 5 Rusty Dot Pearl. Also Cypress Carpet which may be a migrant to the site.

3 Rusty-dot Pearl in the garden MV overnight. Also marked-and-released the previously recorded Convolvulus Hawk-moth, a large black dot on the left wing - in the vain hope of a possible recapture.

RDP -25, single Scarce Bordered Straw, Gem and Blair's Mocha

Spoladea recurvalis this am - 1st site record.

Night of 11 October: 1 Crimson Speckled, 1 Cosmopolitan, 2 Bloxworth Snout, 1 Cypress Pug

Night of 11 October: 3 Purple Marbled, Cosmopolitan, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 10 Vestal

Did anyone else suspect that a lot of Merveille du Jour may have come across with all the other migrants? I had 6 on 4th Oct, 3 or 4 most nights and my normal count is about 6 for the whole season

A single Convolvulus Hawk-moth at rest at Mollington, Banbury (VC23 Ocfordshire) on 7 October, 2011 (per C. Hollingum)

11 October, 1 Western Conifer Seed Bug inside Bungay Church.

Night of 11th Oct
Bordered Straw (pale) to garden mv.