Tuesday 31st October 2006 Westgate Thanet
A few bits last night included a Brick, 2 Large
Wainscots, 2 Angle Shades, 3 Diamond-backs, 3 Lesser
Yellow Underwings, 2 Rusty Dot Pearls, 2 Turnip Moths, 4
Blair's Shoulder Knots and 2 Silver Y. (Tim Hodge)
Tuesday
31st October 2006 Newington Thanet
A few bits and pieces made it into the traps overnight. The catch included
12 Rusty Dot, 2 Rush Veneer, 1 Diamond Back, 2 November
Moth, 1 Gem, 1 Turnip, 1 Angle Shades, 5 Silver
Y, 1 Large Wainscot and 1 Dark Sword-grass. The night
previous was very quiet with only 4 macros and a handful of migrant
Pyralids on show - though 2 of the macros were singles of Vestal
and Yellow-line Quaker, which made up for the lack of numbers.
Looks like it'll hard to get much moth-wise for the next night or two
looking at the weather forecast - dammit!! (Phil M)
Sunday 29th October 2006 Westcliff Thanet
Night of 28/29 October. Again, with mild conditions
overnight, there were quite a few moths on the wing. Best here was a tardy
Canary-shouldered Thorn. Migrants included 12 Silver
Y, 16 Rusty-dot Pearl, 8 Rush Veneer and
single of Palpita vitrialis, Dark
Sword-grass and Pearly Underwing.
Residents were a bit thin but included Feathered Thorn, Spruce
Carpet, 4 November Moth and a Pale
Mottled Willow. (Dave B)
Sunday 29th October 2006 Dumpton Thanet
Night of 28th October 2006, 3 Rush Veneer, 4 Rusty
Dot, 1 November Moth, 1 Lesser
Yellow Underwing, 1 Blair's Shoulder-knot and most surprising
of all was Convolvulus Hawkmoth. (Gadget)
Sunday 29th October 2006 Newington Thanet
A little bit of migration hit my back garden at long last with a potential
goodie turning up in the shape of a Small Marbled - a scarce
migrant to Britain and a new moth to Thanet methinks? As the moth is
extremely
late I will reserve judgment until old Hairy has a look but I'm sure
that’s what it is. Other 'bits' included 1 Rush Veneer, 13 Rusty
Dot, 5 Diamond Back's, 1 Common Marbled Carpet, 1 Gem,
1 November Moth, 1 Turnip, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1
Angle Shades, 1 Silver Y, 2 Large Wainscot and 1 Blair's
Shoulder-knot. The past couple of nights have been dire.
(Phil M)
Sunday 29th October 2006 Westgate Thanet
Nothing surprising, but the most moths I’ve had for 8 days, including 1
Monopis obviella, 6 Diamond-backs, 1 Acleris
sparsana, 1 Rusty Dot Pearl, 1 Amblyptilia
acanthadactyla, 1 Pearly Underwing, 1 Delicate, 1 Large
Wainscot, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw and 2 Silver Y’s.
(Tim Hodge)
Saturday 28th October 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 27/28 October. After a few days 'up north'
it was good to return to a few decent moths on the balcony. Best was
Blair’s Mocha, which
was a first for the site. Other migrants included 8 Rush Veneer,
8 Rusty-dot Pearl, 10 Silver Y, 2 Dark
sword-grass and single of Gem, Palpita
vitrialis, Delicate and Pearly
Underwing. Amongst the residents were Brick, Yellow-lined
Quaker, 5 Acleris sparsana, 7 November
Moth and a latish Double-striped Pug. (Dave B)
Friday
27th October 2006 Newington Thanet
Not very much going on overnight though I did get a Vestal, 1 Scarce
Bordered Straw, 1 Large Wainscot and another Red-line Quaker
(my eighth of the autumn) which would normally constitute a half decent
night at this time of the year in a normal season. Other makeweight bits
included 5 each of Rush Veneer and Rusty Dot plus 3 Diamond
Backs, 1 Crosidesma plebejana and a Monopis
obviella. (Phil M)
Thursday 26th October 2006 Newington
Thanet
Things picked up slightly after a dodgy couple of nights previous. Not too
many moths but I did get 5 Rush Veneer, 3 Rusty Dot, 3 Diamond
Back's, 1 Crosidesma plebejana, 1 November Moth, 2 Lesser
Yellow Underwing, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 Angle Shades,
2 Silver Y, 1 Sallow, 1 Red-line Quaker, 2 Large
Wainscot and 1 Blair's Shoulder-knot. The most unusual moth
I’ve taken recently was an extremely late Common Pug on the night
of the 24th. (Phil M)
Thursday 26th October 2006 Dumpton Thanet
Night of
25th October 2006. nine species with 18 moths, 3 Silver Y, 5 Rusty Dot,
1 Rush
Veneer, 3 Diamond Back's,
1 Dark Sword-grass,1 Pearly Underwings,
2 Angle Shades, 1 Blair's Shoulder-knot and 1 Palpita
vitrealis (Gadget)
Wednesday 25th October 2006 Kingsgate &
Pegwell Traps
Night
of 24th October 2006. Slightly more than the recent dreadful nights at
Pegwell. 1 Red-green Carpet, 1 Mallow, 8 November Moths,
2 Pearly Underwings, 1 Delicate, 1 Cosmopolitan, 1 Satellite,
2 Angle Shades, 1 Large Wainscot, 1 Eudonia angustea,
12 Rusty Dots, 7 Rush Veneers, 1 Acleris sparsana
and 2 Blastobasis lacticolella being the entire magnificent
haul. By contrast, the only moths at Kingsgate were single L-album
Wainscot and Chestnut, 3 Rusty Dots and 3 Rush
Veneers (F Solly)
Monday 23rd October 2006 KG IV Park & R/gate
Cemetery
2 Hummingbird Hawkmoths at the bottom of
Winterstoke steps in what seems to be a movement of Red Admirals
with c50 all morning. (Craig S)
Monday 23rd October 2006 Winterstoke Steps Thanet
There were 2 Hummingbird Hawk-moths flying around the plants and
chalk cliffs at the bottom of Winterstoke Steps in the mid-morning
sunshine. (Dylan & Craig)
Sunday 22nd October 2006 Newington Thanet
16 species of moth overnight included 1 Rush Veneer, 1 Common
Marbled Carpet, 1 Willow Beauty, 1 Gem, 2 Lesser
Yellow Underwing, 1 Pale Mottled Willow, 2 Angle Shades,
1 Pearly Underwing, 1 Silver Y, 1 Delicate, 2 Large
Wainscot and 2 Blair's Shoulder-knot. (Phil M)
Sunday 22nd October 2006 Dumpton Thanet
Night of 21st October 2006. Five species but only
7 moths 1 Large Wainscot, 1 Silver Y, 1 Black Rustic, 1
Clancy’s Rustic and 3 Rusty Dot (Gadget)
Saturday 21st October 2006 Kingsgate &
Pegwell Traps
Night of 20th October 2006. The wind dropped but for one night only it
would seem. Unfortunately it caught the moths unawares. Residents at
Kingsgate were, in Phil talk pants.
3 Large Wainscots being by far the best. Migrants were restricted
to the usual suspects (they get very boring night after night). 1 Gem,
1 Dark Sword-grass, 3 Pearly Underwings, 6 Delicates,
2 Clancy's Rustics, 8 Scarce Bordered Straws, 2 Silver
Y's, 5 Rusty Dots, 4 Rush Veneers and 2 Diamond Backs.
Slightly
more in the way of residents at Pegwell but nothing of note. Migrants were
also rather predictable - 1 Pearly Underwing, 3 Delicates, 1
Clancy's Rustic, 1 Small Mottled Willow, 3 Scarce
Bordered Straws, 4 Silver Y's, 10 Rusty Dots, 12 Rush
Veneers, 1 Palpita vitrealis and 1 Diamond Back.
By far the best moth was a Cypress Carpet - a long awaited first
for Thanet. (F Solly)
Saturday
21st October 2006 Newington Thanet
Still a few moths turning up in the back garden traps. Overnight I
stumbled across: 4 Rush Veneer, 1 Rusty Dot, 1 Diamond
Back, 3 Common Marbled Carpet, 1 November Moth, 1 Large
Yellow Underwing, 4 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 1 Lunar
Underwing, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Pearly Underwing,
1 Silver Y, 2 Large Wainscot and 2 Blair's Shoulder-knot.
A few late flying common moths the past few nights have included Bright-line
Brown-eye, Straw Dot, Common Carpet and Garden Carpet. (Phil M)
Friday 20th October 2006 Kingsgate &
Pegwell Traps
Night of 19th October 2006 It's becoming increasingly tiresome to do
the 12 mile cycle ride prior to work to check blown out moth traps - with
no sign of the wind easing. The residents at Kingsgate totalled an
under-whelming 2 Blair's Shoulder knots and a Large Yellow
Underwing. The migrants were 3 Delicates, 1 Scarce Bordered
Straw, 1 Silver Y, another Golden Twin-spot, 3 Rusty
Dots and 6 Rush Veneers. Pegwell was even worse with just
singles of Delicate, Black Rustic, Silver Y and a Choreutis
pariana (Apple Leaf Skeletonizer) 2 Rusty Dot and 3 Rush
Veneer. (F Solly)
Friday 20th
October 2006 Westgate Thanet
A
few bits overnight included my first Green-brindled Crescent, 1 Delicate,
3 Scarce Bordered Straws, 4 Diamond-backs, 1 Rusty Dot
Pearl, 1 Rush Veneer, 1 Black Rustic, 1 Lunar
Underwing and 1 Large Wainscot. (Tim Hodge)
Thursday 19th October 2006 Westgate Thanet
Not a huge amount last night, but did include a male Gem, 1 Monopis
obviella, 12 Diamond-backs, 1 Acleris sparsana,
1 Rusty Dot Pearl, 1 Rush Veneer, 1 Amblyptilia
acanthadactyla, 1 L-album Wainscot, 3 Blair’s Shoulder
Knot and 3 Silver Y. (Tim Hodge)
Wednesday 18th October 2006 Kingsgate &
Pegwell Traps
Night of 17th October 2006, Superb conditions overnight particularly
given the time of year but as usual disappointing results. Resident
species at Kingsgate were again in short supply. A selection of the usual
migrant suspects - 1 Gem, 1 Dark Sword-grass, 3 Pearly
Underwings, 4 Delicates, 4 Clancy's Rustics, 3 Scarce
Bordered Straws, 7 Silver Y, 1 Palpita vitrealis,
3 Rusty Dots and 6 Rush Veneers.
A better selection of residents at Pegwell which included; 2 Mallows,
1 Spruce Carpet, 2 Grey Pine Carpet, 1 Red-green Carpet,
1 Yellow-line Quaker and 1 Caloptilia stigmatella
(scarce on Thanet). Very few migrants with just 4 Scarce Bordered
Straws, 3 Silver Y, 1 Palpita vitrealis, 7 Rusty Dots
and 8 Rush Veneers. (F Solly)
Wednesday 18th October 2006 Dumpton Thanet
Night of 17th October 2006,
bits included 1 Gem, 3 Pearly Underwings, 1 Delicates,
2 Clancy's Rustics, 2 Rush Veneer,
2 Rusty Dots and
2 Silver Y (Gadget)
Wednesday 18th October 2006 Westgate Thanet
I
caught a very nice Golden Twin-spot in the garden overnight. Other
bits included 5 Diamond-backs, 2 Rush Veneer, 1 Gold
Triangle, 1 Pearly Underwing, 1 White-point, 1 Scarce
Bordered Straw and 2 Silver Y. (Tim Hodge)
Tuesday 17th
October 2006 Dumpton Thanet
Night of 16th October 2006 1 Phlyctaenia coronata,1 Scarce Bordered Straw,2 Rusty
Dots, 3 1
Diamond
Back 1 Large Wainscot, Feathered Thorn,1
Square spot Rustic and 1 Mallow. (Gadget)
Tuesday 17th October 2006 Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps
Night of 16/10. Both traps suffered from the wind and produced very
little. At Kingsgate, 2 Dark Sword grass, 1 Pearly Underwing,
1 Delicate and 1 Scarce Bordered Straw. Whilst
Pegwell had 1 Dark Sword grass, 2 Delicate, 1 Scarce
Bordered Straw and just 1 Silver Y. The only resident of note
was a late Least Carpet. (F Solly)
Monday 16th October 2006 Kingsgate &
Pegwell Traps
Night of 15/10. Kingsgate trap was pretty much blown out and I was in
two minds as to whether I could be bothered to go there. Insanity
prevailed. The only resident species were singles of Lesser Yellow
Underwing and Blair's Shoulder-knot. A surprising selection of
migrants, which included the first Golden Twin-spot of the year.
Other migrants were - 1 Convolvulus Hawk, 3 Dark Sword grass,
3 Pearly Underwing, 2 Delicates, 2 Scarce Bordered Straws
and 2 Palpita vitrealis. Pegwell had slightly more shelter
from the stiff breeze and had 1 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Pearly
Underwing, 3 Delicates, 1 Small Mottled Willow, 2 Clancy's
Rustic, 2 Scarce Bordered Straws, 15 Silver Y's, 2 Rusty
Dots and 12 Rush Veneers. Pick of the residents was a Brindled
Green and a late Phlyctaenia coronata. (F Solly)
Monday
16th October 2006 Dumpton Thanet
Night of the 15th October 2006,3 Angle Shades, 3 Diamond
Back, 9 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 1 Clancy's Rustic, 6 Silver
Y, 4 Feathered Ranunculus and 2 Blair's Shoulder-knot.
Poor compared to the night of the 14th (Gadget)
Monday
16th October 2006 Newington Thanet
A few moths overnight - mainly migrant species rather than late resident
/autumn moths for once. Scouring the traps this morning turned up: 1 Rush
Veneer, 1 Diamond Back, 1 Common Marbled Carpet, 1 Willow
Beauty, 6 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 2 Clancy's Rustic, 1 Pale
Mottled Willow, 9 Silver Y, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw and
2 Blair's Shoulder-knot. The previous night was quite poor in
comparison to Tim, Gadget and Dave Beadle with only 11 species taken - the
highlights of which were 1 Rusty Dot, yet another Red-line
Quaker and 1 Dark-sword Grass. (Phil M)
Sunday 15th October 2006 Westcliff Thanet
Night of 14/15 October. Another relatively quiet
night enlivened only by a noticeable flush of Silver Y
with 31 logged - the most I've seen since August! Other migrants included
2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Rush
Veneer, 2 Rusty-dot Pearl and single Clancy's
Rustic, Dark Sword grass and Pearly
Underwing. Very few resident species were caught. (Dave B)
Saturday 14th October 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 13/14 October. Rather quiet but I did catch
my first Satellite of the season. Otherwise singles of Brindled
Green and Sallow where the highlights.
Migrants involved 12 Silver Y, 3 Rush Veneer,
and single Rusty-dot Pearl, Scarce Bordered Straw
and Pearly Underwing. (Dave B)
Sunday 15th October 2006 Westgate Thanet
Night of the 14th October 2006. An excellent night’s mothing by my
standards, with 73 moths of 29 species and three new ones for the garden:
1 Redline Quaker, 2 Gems and 1 Meal Moth. Other
species included 2 Clancy’s Rustics, 2 Delicates, 2 Rusty
Dot Pearl, 9 Diamond backs, 2 Large Wainscots, 1 Monopis
obviella, 1 Acleris sparsana, 5 Rush Veneer,
2 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, 2 Common Marbled Carpet,
1 Double-striped Pug, 2 Turnips, 1 L-album Wainscot,
1 Black Rustic, 2 Scarce Bordered Straws, 4 Blair’s
Shoulder Knots, 7 Angle Shades, 1 Pale Mottled Willow
and 1 Silver Y. (Tim Hodge)
Saturday 14th October 2006 Dumpton garden
Night of Friday 13th October 2006 (250w MV)
The "migrant fest" continues,
despite a very obvious change in wind direction. Amongst the usual autumn
resident species I also recorded 2 Convolvulus Hawkmoth,
1 Gem, 1 Pearly Underwing, 1 White-point, 3 Rush
Veneer, 1 Diamond-back, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 3 Clancy's
Rustic, 11 Silver Y and 2 Delicate. So good, it
brings back memories of the incredible autumn of 1995! (Dylan)
Saturday 14th October 2006 Newington
Thanet
Moths overnight included: 1 Endotricha flammealis, 2 Common
Marbled Carpet, 2 Mallow, 5 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 3 Feathered
Ranunculus, 1 Lunar Underwing, 1 Clancy's Rustic, 1 Turnip,
1 Pearly Underwing, 1 Vine's Rustic and a Blair's
Shoulder-knot. (Phil M)
Saturday 14th October 2006 Westgate Thanet
A few bits last night included 3 Clancy’s Rustics, 2 Delicates,
1 Large Wainscot, 6 Angle Shades, 2 Black Rustics, 2 L-album
Wainscots, 2 Diamond-backs, 4 Rush Veneer, 2 Amblyptilia
acanthadactyla, 1 Monopsis weaverella,1 Monopsis
obviella,3 Silver Y,1 Lunar Underwing,1 Common
Marbled Carpet and 2 Blair’s Shoulder Knots. (Tim Hodge)
Friday
13th October 2006 Newington Thanet
Moths taken overnight included: 1 Rush Veneer, 1 Rusty Dot,
2 Common Marbled Carpet, 2 Mallow, 1 Lesser Yellow
Underwing, 3 Feathered Ranunculus, 1 Clancy's Rustic, 1 Pale
Mottled Willow, 1 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 4 Angle Shades,
1 Barred Sallow, 1 Red-line Quaker, 1 Delicate, 2
Large Wainscot and 2 Blair's Shoulder-knot. After sending in
yesterday’s news I found another Red-line Quaker sitting on the
shed so I caught 3 the night before last. About 4 - 5 years worth in one
night for my garden. (Phil M)
Thursday 12th October 2006 Dumpton garden
Night of Wednesday 11th October 2006. Another night of migrant activity
resulted in the, long awaited, first garden record of Palpita
unionalis (vitrealis - for the
"new-wave" mothing crowd) with a supporting cast of 2 Delicate, 7 Rush Veneer, 3 Scarce
Bordered Straw, 2 Silver Y, 4 Rusty-dot Pearl, 1 Convolvulus
Hawk-moth (11th garden record for 2006) and a pristine example of Large
Wainscot. (Dylan)
Thursday 12th October 2006 Westgate Thanet
Quite a few moths yesterday morning, including 2 Diamond-backs,
3 Rush Veneer, 1 Delicate, 1 Black Rustic, 2 Beaded
Chestnut, 1 Barred Sallow, 1 Large Wainscot, 2 Clancy's
Rustics and 1 Silver Y. Not so many moths this morning, but
they did include 1 Rush Veneer, 1 Willow Beauty, 1 Pearly
Underwing, 3 Delicates, 4 Blair's Shoulder Knot, 1 Large
Wainscot, 2 Scarce Bordered Straws and 1 Silver Y. (Tim
Hodge)
Thursday 12th October 2006 Westcliff
Thanet
Night of 11th October 2006. By my standards there
were quite a few moths in the trap last night with 17 species of macro
being the best showing for some time. A few more migrants included 10 Silver
Y, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, Pearly
Underwing, 2 Gem, 2 Rusty-dot Pearl,
5 Rush Veneer and a single Palpita vitrealis.
Resident moths were fewer but included 12 Angle Shades, 2
Blair's Shoulder-knot, Black Rustic
and Mallow. (Dave B)
Thursday
12th October 2006 Newington Thanet
A few 'bits' these past 2 nights. Top things were 2 Large Wainscot
on the night of the 10th plus another one last night along with a nice
pair of Red-line Quaker - quite rare moths to my garden in normal
years. Also overnight: 4 Blastobasis decolorella, 1 White-shouldered
House Moth, 1 Eudonia angustea, 2 Rush Veneer, 3 Rusty
Dot, 1 Common Marbled Carpet, 1 Mallow, 2 Large
Yellow Underwing, 8 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 3 Feathered
Ranunculus, 1 Lunar Underwing, 2 Pale Mottled Willow, 7 Angle
Shades, 2 Blair's Shoulder-knot, 1 Common Wainscot and 1
Dark Sword-grass. (Phil M)
Tuesday 10th October 2006 Newington Thanet
I’ve been offline since the end of September though there’s not been
too much to catch up with news wise. Overnight was slightly better with
singles of Red-line Quaker, Large Wainscot, Delicate,
Barred Sallow plus 5 Rush Veneer, 1 Diamond-backed, 1 Endtricha
flammealis, 1 Orthopygia glaucinalis, 1 Carcina
quercana and 1 very late Cochylis hybridella amongst
a catch of 14 macro and 11 micro moths. Since the start of the month
I’ve caught 2 other Barred Sallow, 1 Sallow, 3 Pearly
Underwing, 3 Scarce Bordered Straw, 5 Clancy's Rustic, 1
Feathered Thorn and a Oak Lutestring amongst all the other
more obvious autumnal moths. (Phil M)
Tuesday 10th October 2006 Westgate Thanet
Night of Monday 9th October 2006, A much better night, with 56
moths of 25 species, including my first Sallow,
3 Diamond-backs, 1 Clepsis consimilana, 1 Acleris
sparsana, 4 Rush Veneer, 1 Gold Triangle, 2 Amblyptilia
acanthadactyla, 1 Common Marbled Carpet, 1 Turnip, 9
Lesser Yellow Underwing, 1 Delicate, 1 Black Rustic,
2 Blair's Shoulder Knot, 2 Lunar Underwing, 2 Clancy's
Rustics and 1 Silver Y.
(Tim Hodge)
Tuesday 10th October 2006 Dumpton garden
Night of Monday 9th October 2006, The first time that I have trapped, for
a few days, resulted in a few bits. 1 Clancy's Rustic, 3 Silver
Y, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, 5 Rush Veneer, 2 Rusty
Dot Pearl and a very late Least Carpet (2nd generation?) -
(Dylan)
Monday 9th October 2006 Dumpton Thanet
Night of the 8th October 2006, 1 Scarce
Bordered Straw, 3 Silver Y, 1 Large Wainscot, 1 L-album Wainscot
and a fresh Convolvulus Hawkmoth, and a small Willow
Beauty (Gadget)
Monday 9th October 2006 Westgate Thanet
After a few nights with very little, a slight increase last night, with
my first Large Wainscot, 1 Clancy’s Rustic, 1 Scarce
Bordered Straw, 4 Silver Y, 3 Rush Veneer, 8 Feathered
Ranunculus, 5 L-album Wainscot, 1 Common Marbled Carpet
and 1 Pale Mottled Willow. (Tim Hodge)
Thursday 5th October 2006 Dumpton Thanet
Besides the cold clear night of the 4th October 2006
the garden tarps held a total of 22 moths of note 1 Convolvulus
Hawkmoth, 1 Clancy's Rustic,
1 Black Rustic, 1 Mallow, 1 Lunar Underwing and 1 Blair's-shoulder Knot with
11 Feathered Ranunculus, 3 Lesser yellow Underwings,1 Turnip
Moth and a second generation Mottled Rustic. (Gadget)
Wednesday
4th October 2006 Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps
Night
of 3rd October 2006. A typical cool clear autumnal night and very few
moths as a consequence. The only things of any note were the usual
migrants - at Kingsgate, 4 Pearly Underwings, 3 Delicates
and 3 Scarce Bordered Straws with a similar mix at Pegwell - 2 Pearly
Underwing, 3 Delicates, 1 Clancy's Rustic, 2 Scarce
Bordered Straws and 1 Silver Y. (F
Solly)
Wednesday 4th October 2006 Dumpton
Thanet
Night
of 3rd October 2006. the wind had moved around to the West and the temperature
had dropped, only a few bits note worthy 1 Pearly
Underwing,1 Clancy's Rustic,1 White point, and 1 Diamond-back Moth.
(Gadget)
Tuesday 3rd October 2006 Westcliff Thanet
Night of 2nd October. Well, at least the wind was
much reduced but now we have cooler temperatures! So, again, rather few
moths but a slightly better selection. New for the site was a Mallow.
Otherwise a small selection of typical late flying species including Deep-brown
Dart, Black Rustic, Blair's
Shoulder-knot and Lunar Underwing. Migrants
included singles of Delicate, Scarce Bordered
Straw, Pearly Underwing, Rusty-dot Pearl
and Diamond-back Moth. Rather late was a
Brimstone. (Dave B)
Tuesday 3rd October 2006 Kingsgate & Pegwell Traps
Night of 2nd October 2006. The wind dropped but with clear skies so did
the temperature. The highlight at Kingsgate was an immaculate Merveille
du Jour - a rare moth on Thanet. Little else amongst the few
residents. A scattering of the usual migrant suspects with 1 Gem, 2
Convolvulus Hawks, 2 Dark Sword-grass, 4 Pearly
Underwings, 3 Delicates, 2 Clancy's Rustics, 1 Small
Mottled Willow, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 Silver Y's
and 2 Rush Veneers. Very little at Pegwell, single Delicate
and Scarce Bordered Straw were the only things of note. (F Solly)
Tuesday 3rd October 2006 Westgate Thanet
A few bits included 6 Diamond-backs, 1 Deep-brown Dart, 2 Rush
Veneer, 5 Common Marbled Carpet, 2 Delicate, 4 L-album
Wainscot, 1 Black Rustic, 4 Blair’s Shoulder Knot and
1 Angle Shades. (Tim Hodge)
Monday 2nd October 2006 Kingsgate & Pegwell Trap
Night of 1st October 2006. Very windy with
frequent heavy showers - top conditions! Surprisingly a few migrants at
Kingsgate although the same old stuff of course. Singles of Convolvulus
Hawkmoth, Dark Sword-grass, Pearly Underwing, Delicate, Silver Y and 4
Rush Veneers. The very few resident species were not noteworthy.
The more exposed Pegwell trap had even less with singles of Scarce
Bordered Straw, Silver Y and 2 Rush Veneers the only migrants.
Highlight here was a nice Frosted Orange - not very often
encountered on Thanet these days. (F Solly)
Monday 2nd October 2006 Westcliff Thanet
Night of 1st October. When will this evil wind ever
stop! Again, way too breezy up here on the balcony but there was some
compensation with my first Blair's Shoulder-knot for the
site. Common but nice. Migrants involved single Pearly Underwing,
Scarce Bordered Straw and Rusty-dot Pearl.
(Dave B)
Monday 2nd October 2006 Westgate Thanet
It’s not taking long to do the trap these days, with only 42 moths of
17 species overnight. However, they included 2 Clancy’s Rustics,
2 Delicates, 2 Black Rustics, 1 Least Carpet, 4 Diamond-backs,
2 Common Marbled Carpets, 1 White-point and 2 Blair’s
Shoulder Knots. (Tim Hodge)
Sunday 1st October 2006 Westgate Thanet
A
few bits last night 30th September 2006 included a late Large Thorn,
a Small Mottled Willow, my first Mallow, a Scarce
Bordered Straw, 6 Diamond-backs, 1 Delicate and 2 Blair's
Shoulder Knot. (Tim Hodge)
Sunday 1st October 2006 Westcliff Thanet
Night of 30th September 2006. Way too blustery for me
to catch very much thought there was a Clancy's Rustic in
the trap - my third of the autumn. Otherwise, the only migrant was a
single Silver Y. Very little in the way of resident
species. (Dave B)
