About 300 moths last night of approx 78 species with a nice little haul of migrants. As hoped for, the migrants that arrived in the south west and tightly on the local coast recently seem to have now moved inland a bit- seems to be the pattern here, where we get migrants a day or two after the initial arrival.
22 Elephant Hawkmoths in the trap too! Also single Poplar and Eyed Hawkmoth.
Garden moth list now on 535 and 363 for the year.
Bordered Straw (above) and Small Marbled (below)- nice to get some better shots of these two scarce species
Gem
Small Mottled Willow- three of these
Dark Sword Grass- conspicious by it's recent abscence, nice to get one . So total migrants (or suspected migrants) for the night were singles of Bordered Straw, Small Marbled, Dark Sword Grass, Angle Shades, Gem, Nutmeg and 2 Dark Spectacle and 10+ Yponomeuta sp. Very surprisngly not a single Rusty-dot or Diamond-back.
A pale looking Nutmeg so presumably something from the south/ deserts
Looks like a White Birch Tortrix, Acleris logiana. Not a migrant but a new for garden
Dark Spruce Knot-horn, Assara terebella- new for garden
Feeston- getting one or two of these a night. Cracking little moth.
Oatmeal our Guard Goose is coming along well
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