Flight Arrivals News Board

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Currently arrival conditions
are poor

9656

Date: 6th September 2023

Timothy Bagworth

Location: Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK

Details: First record of a Clifden Nonpareil in my garden this morning

9653

Date: 5th September 2023

sue davies

Location: Freshwater Bay, Freshwater, UK

Details: 2 Rosy Underwings, 29 Portland Ribbon Waves, 2 Scarce Bordered Straws, 7 Delicates, 15 Angle Shades, 1 Palpita vitrealis, 1 Acrobasis Tumidana, 3Rusty-dot Pearls, 2 Silver Ys and prob local, White-points, L-Album Wainscots and Blair’s Mocha.

9652

Date: 5th September 2023

John Worth

Location: Tennyson Monument, Freshwater, Totland Bay, UK

Details: One Painted Lady at the monument.
One Portland Ribbon Wave on the night of the 4th to light at Northwood, Cowes.

9651

Date: 5th September 2023

Phil Tizzard

Location: Stowe, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK

Details: Delicate and Dewick's Plusia to MV last night

9650

Date: 5th September 2023

Julian Francis

Location: Tolpuddle, Dorset (VC9)

Details: 4 September - 1 Dewick's Plusia and 1 Portland Ribbon Wave

9649

Date: 5th September 2023

Julian Clarke

Location: Dungeness, Romney Marsh, UK

Details: Last night (of 4th Sept) running MVs near the Long Pits with Ashley Bradshaw

E. purpurina (Beautiful Marbled) x1,
A. convolvuli (Convolvulus Hawk) x2 males,
M. vitellina (Delicate) x23,
A ipsilon (Dark Sword grass) x1,
A gamma (Silver Y) x5,
H armigera (Scarce Bordered Straw) x2,
I degeneraria (Portland Ribbon wave) x2,
U ferrugalis x15,
P xylostella x1.

9648

Date: 5th September 2023

Rob Partridge

Location: Gault Bridge, Sutton, Cambridgeshire UK

Details: To overnight MV, Convolvulus Hawkmoth, 3 Udea ferrugalis.

9646

Date: 5th September 2023

Atropos

Location: Brixham, Devon

Details: Night of 4 September: Striped Hawk-moth to light.

9643

Date: 4th September 2023

Paul Harris

Location: Bridport, UK

Details: A friend in Bridport (S. Hansford) found this Death's-head larva on her garden Olive tree and sent me the photo to check the ID. She is now going to make sure there are no more.

9640

Date: 4th September 2023

Andrew Foster

Location: Bridport, Dorset, UK

Details: Night of 3rd September: singles of European Corn-borer, Vestal (pink form) and Gem

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