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4605
Date: 16th August 2022
Matthew J. Deans
Location: Bawdsey Hall, Suffolk
Details: Night of 15 August: 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 4 Bordered Straw, 1 Pearly Underwing, 27 Dark Sword-grass, 54 Silver Y and 50 Rush Veneer to light.
4602
Date: 16th August 2022
Scott Barron
Location: Wall, Hayle, Cornwall, UK
Details: Night of 15 August: 2 Scarce Bordered Straw to light.
4601
Date: 15th August 2022
Ian Barton
Location: Stretham, VC29
Details: Night 14 Aug - to light: 1 small mottled willow, 1 dark swordgrass, 4 rush veneer, 1 rusty dot pearl, diamond backed 5, silver y 1 and tree lichen beauty 3.
Evening 15 Aug - one convolvulus hawk nectaring on Nicotiana.
4600
Date: 15th August 2022
Paul Harris
Location: Weymouth, UK
Details: 12/8/22: Possibly now of dubious validity as a primary immigrant, but this Jersey Mocha only my second ever here.
Also very fresh (home-grown?) Bordered Straw here on 8/8 (photo), 10/8 and 14/8.
4599
Date: 15th August 2022
Atropos
Location: Portesham, Dorset
Details: Night of 14 August: Beautiful Marbled to light.
4596
Date: 15th August 2022
Robin Hemming
Location: Bodenham, Hereford, UK
Details: Rush Veneerx6, N angustella, Dark Sword Grassx3, Small Mottled Willow, Silver Y x2 at Bodenham Vc36 last night to MV
4595
Date: 15th August 2022
Andrew Foster
Location: Bridport, Dorset, UK
Details: Night of 14th August: 4 Rush Veneer, 1 Palpita vitrealis, 1 Small Mottled Willow and 3 Silver Y
4594
Date: 15th August 2022
Michael Scott
Location: Longstone, St.Mary's,Isles of Scilly
Details: 12/8. P.xylostella (4), Anclylosis oblitella (1), Rusty Dot Pearl (14), Rush Veneer (55), Vestal (1), Silver Y (6), Bordered Straw (1), Small Mottled Willow (3), White-speck (6), Dark Sword-grass (1)
13/8. P.xylostella (7), Tebenna micalis (1), Nephopterix angustella (6), Rusty Dot Pearl (22), Rush Veneer (45), Vestal (2), Striped Hawk-moth (1), Sharp-angled Peacock (1), Black Arches (1), Silver Y (2), Delicate (3), White-speck (2), Pearly Underwing (1), Dark Sword-grass (2)
14/8. P.xylostella (7), N.angustella (1), Rusty Dot Pearl (17), Rush Veneer (33), Vestal (2), Silver Y (3), Delicate (1), White-speck (2), Pearly Underwing (1), Dark Sword-grass (2)
4592
Date: 15th August 2022
Atropos
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
Details: Night of 14 August: Small Marbled to light.
4589
Date: 15th August 2022
George Davis
Location: Maenporth, Falmouth, UK
Details: Night of 14th. 12 Rush Veneer, 10 Jersey Tiger. 7 Silver Y, single Bordered Straw, Pearly Underwing and a pristine Striped Hawk -moth.
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