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10112
Date: 2nd October 2023
Paul Harris
Location: Weymouth, UK
Details: Night of 01/10/23: Porter's Rustic to MV.
10110
Date: 2nd October 2023
John Foster
Location: Ponsongath, Helston, UK
Details: Night of September 30th:
Grass Webworm
Old World Webworm
P. vitrealis 4
White Speck 2
SBS
Night of October 1st:
Old World Webworm (is it too soon to start abbreviating these to OWW?)
Radford's FS
Vestal
White Speck
10107
Date: 2nd October 2023
Geoff Lightfoot
Location: Overcombe, Weymouth, UK
Details: Night of 1st October : 2 Palpita vitrealis , 2 Vestal , Hummingbird Hawk-moth , Scarce Bordered Straw , Clifden Nonpareil.
10106
Date: 2nd October 2023
Tony Rouse
Location: Dover, UK
Details: Bumper haul of migrants last night near Dover! 2 vitrealis, 1 noctuella, 20 ferrugalis, 1 Vestal, 2 Radford's Flame Shoulder, 1 Porter's Rustic, 2 Silver Y, 33 Delicate (which I assumed were migrants, very pale and arrived in two waves 4 at 9.30 and the rest at 12.30), 1 Chalk Carpet and 1 Dingy Footman, both of which are resident but either a second brood or migrants. I've had Chalk Carpet here in October before! At home four miles inland 2 Delicates and a very fresh Portland Ribbon Wave! Clear moonlit sky all night but still warm!
10104
Date: 1st October 2023
Mark Tunmore
Location: Church Cove, Lizard, Helston, UK
Details: Nights of 29 and 30 September: 2 Old World Webworm, 3 Vestal, 14 White-speck, 4 Delicate, 4 Olive-tree Pearl (Palpita vitrealis), 1 Humming-bird Hawk-moth, 7 Radford's Flame Shoulder
10103
Date: 1st October 2023
Bishop
Location: Welwyn, Hertfordshire, UK
Details: 30/09/23. 2 Delicate and 1 Clancy's Rustic to actinic light
10101
Date: 1st October 2023
Andrew Foster
Location: Bridport, Dorset, UK
Details: Night of 30th September: 1 Old World Webworm (Hellula undalis), 3 Palpita vitrealis and 1 Four-spotted Footman.
10100
Date: 1st October 2023
Atrpos
Location: Preston, Weymouth, Dorset, UK
Details: Night of 28 September: Yellow-underwing Pearl (U. gilvata) to light.
10098
Date: 1st October 2023
Atropos
Location: Portland, Dorset, UK
Details: Night of:-
25 September: Yellow-underwing Pearl (U. gilvata) to light at Portland Bird Observatory.
26 September: Old World Webworm (Hellula undalis) to light at The Grove.
28 September: Old World Webworm (Hellula undalis) to light at Portland Bird Observatory.
10097
Date: 1st October 2023
Atropos
Location: Murlough NNR, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Details: Night of 30 September: Old World Webworm (Hellula undalis) - 1st for Northern Ireland, with single Vestal and Olive-tree Pearl (Palpita vitrealis).
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