Flight Arrivals News Board

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Currently arrival conditions
are poor

9681

Date: 7th September 2023

Atropos

Location: Trevarth, Cornwall

Details: Night of 6 September: Antigastra catalaunalis and 16 Vestal to light.

9680

Date: 7th September 2023

Rob Souter

Location: Chard, Somerset, UK

Details: Night of 6th September: 1 Clifden Nonpareil, 1 Vestal to MV trap.

9675

Date: 6th September 2023

Geoff Lightfoot

Location: Overcombe, Weymouth, UK

Details: Night of 5th September : Vestal , Delicate , 2 Scarce Bordered Straw , Dark Sword-grass to light.

9672

Date: 6th September 2023

Michael Scott

Location: Longstone, Scilly

Details: night 5/9 Rusty Dot 23,Rush Veneer 25, O.semirubella 1, Portland Ribbon Wave 2, Gem 1, Silver Y 2, Scarce Bordered Straw 2. Small Mottled Willow. Dark Sword-grass 3 also Pyrausta purpuralis rare here.
Will Scott caught a Loxostege sticticalis by day on 4th.
Very belated I'm afraid on 26/8 single Grass Webworm and Slender Burnished Brass.
In Hugh Town last night an Evergestis extemalis caught by W.Wagstaff

9670

Date: 6th September 2023

Paul Kitchener

Location: Shottisham, Suffolk (VC25)

Details: Night of 5 September, to light: Beautiful Marbled (1), Dark Sword-grass (1), Delicate (1)

9668

Date: 6th September 2023

Jeremy Patterson

Location: St Minver, Wadebridge, UK

Details: Night of 5 September: Two Vestals to light.

9665

Date: 6th September 2023

Atropos

Location: Sanday, Orkney, UK

Details: Evening of 5 September: Convolvulus Hawk-moth.

9663

Date: 6th September 2023

John Worth

Location: Northwood, Cowes, UK

Details: 1 Palpita vitrealis, 1 Rusty-dot Pearl, 2 Silver Y and 1 White-point to light on 5th September.

9661

Date: 6th September 2023

Atropos

Location: St Mellion, Cornwall

Details: Night of 5 September: Old World Webworm netted above a moth trap.

9658

Date: 6th September 2023

Mike Halsey

Location: Lymington, UK

Details: 5th September, early afternoon: clouded yellow flying along sea wall near Pennington lagoon.

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