@migrantmothuk.bsky.social Crimson Speckled recorded by a friend at Bowers Marsh, South Essex today

Death's Head Hawk-moth to light Cot Valley, Cornwall, last night. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #TeamMoth

Five Convolvulus Hawk-moths to light in the Cot Valley, Cornwall, last night amongst 227 of 33. Other notable immigrant moths included two White-speck. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #TeamMoth

Vestal from @Bawdsey_Hall last night. Two were trapped last night; with another singleton earlier this week. @MigrantMothUK @BC_Suffolk

A Scarce Bordered Straw in the garden trap this morning. Genuinely scarce this far north and appears to be new for the VC. Portsoy (VC94, Banffshire) #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

@neilsmothman.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social a Golden twin-spot taken at light at Landguard today

Very pleased with 60 of 25 in a calm, damp SW Hants last night. Three NFY: Sallow (x2), Green-brindled Crescent & Brown-spot Pinion. Signs of @migrantmothuk.bsky.social activity were singles of Four-sp Footman, Diamond-back, White-point & R-d Pearl. #teammoth

One of eight Pearly Underwing to light in the Cot Valley, Cornwall, last night amongst 124 of 25. Likely immigrants included Radford's Flame Shoulder(10), Angle Shades(4), Dark Sword-grass(2), L-album Wainscot and Scarce Bordered Straw. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #TeamMoth

Euchromius ocellea (Silver-spotted Veneer) from Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire VC61 yesterday. A smart looking micro and a rare migrant moth in Yorkshire. New to Flamborough. @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @doublekidney.bsky.social #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

48:11 from last night, including a surprise Vestal. Just my second garden record, with the first back in October 2023. Been a very good year for Dark Sword-grass here, not sure of exact total but probably a dozen or so! Garden year list now 474. #TeamMoth

Winds swing to the S or SE today as we start to draw in a narrow band of mild tropical maritime air from west of the Canaries, courtesy of Hurricane Gabrielle. Activity tonight likely to be restricted to the far west. Tomorrow the pick of the nights as the mild band of air is pushed E. #teammoth

For the most part an underwhelming moth migration event over the last couple of nights but another Passenger at the Obs (last night) - the seventh from the island in the last few weeks - was nice. Golden Twin-spot and Blair's Mocha (the night before) best of the rest.

Migrant Sable (Diasemiopsis ramburialis) @Bawdsey_Hall last night. Also Vestal, 3 Scarce Bordered Straw, Small Mottled Willow & 2 Pearly Underwing. @BC_Suffolk @MigrantMothUK

Excellent overnight trapping at Folkestone last night with @dartfordtrapper.bsky.social produced the Passenger (what a year!), Migrant Sable (D. ramburalis) and both Pink-barred Sallow and The Sallow; further migrants inc. P. vitrealis (20+ -15 in / around one trap) @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Pretty pleased to stumble across this day-roosting Convolvulus Hawkmoth on a fencepost at Gramborough Hill on the North Norfolk coast earlier today; the 2nd year in a row I've found one like this & a species I'm still yet to catch in a moth trap! #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

204/37 last night here in Hunstanton, so many flying ants & beetles! Nfg 3x Rosy Knot-horn*. Nfy a tatty Brown-spot Pinion*. Also Scarce Silver-lines*, Clancy's Rustic & Clifden Nonpareil*, 54 Large Y U, 49 Beet Moths, 3 Turnip & 3 Rush V. #teammoth #norfolkmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Migrant Sable) in mid Norfolk last night. I’ve caught lots of good moths here incl. 3 county firsts but this may be the rarest @migrantmothuk.bsky.social so far. 4th for Norfolk (3rd this year) unless @norfolkmoths.bsky.social has others pending. #NorfolkMoths #TeamMoth

#teammoth #migrantmothuk #norfolkmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social Six Norfolk records now, five this year.

Having had a poor year of Norwich garden mothing & despite being able to run 1 trap (rather than the previous night’s 4!), the lonely little synergetic contained a hidden but particulary pleasing Migrant Sable (Diasemiopsis ramburialis). Just 1 Norfolk record prior to 2025 (but 3 this week!)

A Convolvulus Hawk-moth this morning at Backwarden Nature Reserve, Essex. Also Antigastra catalaunalis and Small Mottled Willow. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Passenger Moth trapped overnight at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

With maybe only 4 or 5 Shropshire records, this Delicate was the clear highlight of this morning's haul. Lots of autumn colour otherwise 🍂 #teammoth #vc40 #loveautumn @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

The Vestal - from last night here in Cardiff. The 5th for the garden in 13 years and last trapped in September 2023 #mothsmatter #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

A Gem in the garden trap overnight - first one I've seen in Scotland 👍. Portsoy (VC94 - Banffshire) @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

Easily the best night of the year with star of the show being Hellula undalis plus a supporting cast of Delicate, 4 S B Straws, 2 Gems, Convolvulus, Spoladea recurvalis, 3 Silver Ys, 13 Dark Sword-grass, Turnip, 15 R D Pearls and 7 Rush Veneers. Ffarmers nr Lampeter VC44 @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Migrant bonanza as expected last night in West Devon with rush veneer,diamond back,dark sword grass,turnip,L-album wainscot,pale mottled willow & scarce bordered straw joining nfy black rustic,brindled green and buff footman @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Blair's Mocha best from last night's catch Rodwell Weymouth Dorset @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @dorsetmoths.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Trapping around Cothill Fen this week produced some nice moths including Clifden Nonpareil! Evergestis limbata was the rarest to turn up, and it was nice to see Vestal and other migrants #teammoth @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

I don’t usually post photos from the moth trap but this one has to be worth a mention. @midyaredan.bsky.social and I trapped Norfolk’s 1st Shining Marbled in Strumpshaw village last night. Other highlights included Lunar Yellow Underwing & 2 Four-spotted Footman. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Good returns from the moth trap last night here in Bedfordshire VC30, 94 of 32spp. Autumnal locals well represented alongside migrants/wanderers. Vestal nfg, Onconcera semirubella, 2 Pediasia contaminella and Pine Carpet. Thanks @migrantmothuk.bsky.social for the forecast. #teammoth

Could I have some help with this one please @mothiduk.bsky.social The Cosmopolitan Leucania loreyi? - it’s in the fridge if further photos required #TeamMoth North Herefordshire

Two Scarc Bordered Straws were the pick of the bunch in this morning's trap at Ffarmers nr Lampeter VC44 @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Hopefully we have saved the best until last, with much of England & Wales remaining in the mild airstream overnight. Several sites (especially on the south coast) could be set for the best migrant night of the year so far. Unfortunately Scotland & Ireland will have a much colder night #teammoth

Last night’s Scarce Bordered Straw. Rescued from a wasp-infested trap, with the aid of gardening gloves 🙄🤦‍♂️ #TeamMoth

A good night here in Cromford with 101/32 (crazy numbers for mid-Sept here). Scarce Bordered Straw nfm, Clifden Nonpareil, Grey Pine Carpet nfy, Brown-spot Pinion nfy, a crazy 14 Pale Mottled Willow, Black Rustic, Angle Shades, 7 Lunar Underwing and a decent micro. #TeamMoth

181/48 in SE Hants. Best was a Vestal with other common migrants, 3 Rush Veneer, 1 Rhubarb, 1 L-album, 2 Clancy’s, 11 Four Spotted, 3 Blair’s. Unusual moths, as in very late were Small Yellow Wave and a Blackneck. Box Moth numbers have rebounded this year with 10 overnight. #teammoth #migrantmothuk

A White-line Snout was the star moth at Dave Bunney’s actinic Dungeness garden It is the 2nd record of the wider Dungeness recording area 9 Dark Sword Grass, 1 Pearly Underwing, 1 Scarce Bordered Straw, 1 vitrealis, 40 noctuella, 1 Silver Y the padders @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #mothsmatter

A busy night in St Mellion, SE Cornwall, with c500 moths of 53 species recorded. Most of the migrants arrived later in the night. Highlights: Striped Hawk-moth and 2 Cosmopolitan. #teammoth

Convolvulus Hawk-moth @Bawdsey_Hall last night. @BC_Suffolk @MigrantMothUK

Palpita vitrealis in last night’s trap here in Cardiff: the only one this year so far #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #JasmineMoth #OliveTreePearl @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Ah, that would explain the appearance of this fine chap in Swanage on the morning of the 8th... Exciting wasn't the half of it.

An excellent 98 of 38 in SW Hants last night. Lunar Underwing (x2) & Cypress Pug were NFY, but star moth was a very late Scarce Silver-lines. A few @migrantmothuk.bsky.social : 6 Four-sp Footman (1 fem), 6 Rush V, 4 R-d Pearl, 3 L-album, 2 vitrealis, Vestal, Blair's Mocha #teammoth

Pearly Underwing (2nd garden record) was the highlight amongst a surprisingly migrant-poor 132/36 in the Upton trap this morning, alongside 4 Rush Veneer & 2 RDP, with Dewick's Plusia, 2 Pediasia contaminella & Musotima nitidalis the other notables @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @dorsetmoths.bsky.social

Best here was my second ever White-line Snout following the first last year. Otherwise, this beautiful dark-form Caloptilia semifascia, a tatty Antigastra catalaunalis and the Clifden Nonpareil (4th this year). Numbers surprisingly low though given the conditions. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

This morning, I discovered a Vestal in the trap, which is bittersweet. Aside from the fact that it's a new tick for my garden, it doesn't even have a hint of pink. It's a scarce migrant moth where I live in VC61. #teammoth #mothsmatter #moths #leptember @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

The SW winds delivered on a soggy night in Upton, with 90/28 in the garden trap this morning incl'g a (v.worn) Gem & a Scarce Bordered Straw (both NFG), plus Palpita Vitrealis, Silver Y, 2 Angle Shades, Four-spotted Footman, 5 Rush Veneer & RDP @dorsetmoths.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Three potentially good migrant nights on the way, with optimum conditions possible on Thursday and Friday #teammoth

Third British record of Sorcerer (Aedia leucomelas), to light at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Kent on 16/9 - SBBOT @Sandwichbirdobs SORCERER to light last night. Third British record. Moth will be available for viewing at the Observatory until this evening. #teammoth

Our 1st Clifden Nonpareil of year in Hunstanton, plus 2 x Conv HM, def worth putting trap out for 2.5hrs! #teammoth #norfolkmoths

88/20 2NFY VC13 #TeamMoth Chrysodeixis chalcites Golden Twin-spot. Anchoscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing.