5th Nov.... The Last Straw (Scarce Bordered that is)

Two nights of near gale force winds followed by a calm night with constant rain ! Not the best conditions for trapping. But I persisted with the garden traps and was rewarded with this Scarce Bordered Straw. A garden "first" ?.........No, I had one last year at the same time under the same conditions and the trap had 20mm of water sloshing around in it. So it would seem that birding and mothing are both good for wayward immigrants after a couple of good windy days in the right direction at the right time of year. Thanks to Andy, VC 30 recorder for the home visit and ID confirmation and thanks to Matt (of trappingsofsuccess blog) for his invaluable ID input.
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SCARCE BORDERED STRAW showing the tell-tale underwing

SCARCE BORDERED STRAW ....side on

SCARCE BORDERED STRAW .....before it lost a few scales in the specimen pot.....year first !

To add to the "rush".......A year first FEATHERED THORN

RED-GREEN CARPET

BLAIR'S SHOULDER-KNOT .....one of two trapped

3rd Nov..............NOV-EL

Late addition to this posting. Found a Brick hiding on the trap.
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BRICK

About time too ! My first November (agg) Moth (:0)) ......... It was blowing a near gale last night but very mild and we also got away with the rain. Nice surprise to find a few moths in the trap including this Nov Moth
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NOVEMBER MOTH agg

Last nights haul :-

3 x Blair's Shoulder-knot

2 x Turnip Moth

1 x Willow Beauty

1 x November Moth agg

1 x Brick

2nd Nov.......Sprawl on the wall

SPRAWLER .......................................................................................................................................................................
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5 moths of 5 species in and around garden traps last night. A mild night but blowing a gale with some rain thrown in for good measure, so it was good to rack up another garden first.
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LESSER YELLOW UNDERWING.......... still they come !

another ANGLE SHADES found in the rather damp Skinner this morning

RED-LINE QUAKER, looking a little raggy

BLAIR'S SHOULDER-KNOT

1st Nov....Dark Chestnut or is it Chestnut ? Help !

I think this is Dark Chestnut.....the pics are a little over-exposed to show the patterning. The wing shape doesn't look rounded enough for Chestnut but then again not as straight as most of the illustrations I've looked at for Dark Chestnut. Thanks Matt.... I had this down as Dark but after a second look the doubts were creeping in. Not a garden or year first but ....................
CHESTNUT

22nd - 29th Oct....Update.

A mixture of temperatures ranging from below zero to 11 deg.C this week, with windy conditions and rain on 3 nights. Last night was calmer and very mild until the cloud cover disappeared.
29th Oct...
2 x Willow Beauty
2 x Lesser Yellow U'wing
2 x Red-line Quaker
2 x Angle Shades
1 x Satellite
1 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 x Blair's Shoulder=knot
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ANGLE SHADES

LESSER YELLOW UNDERWING

RED-LINE QUAKER

28th Oct......Mild, windy, dry.

One each of:-

Willow Beauty

Blairs Sh-knot

Yellow=line Quaker.

Barred Sallow

Red-green Carpet

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Light Brown Apple Moth

A faded Beaded Chestnut

BARRED SALLOW

RED-GREEN CARPET

RED-LINE QUAKER

27th Oct...cool, dry and breezy

Large Wainscot.....Blair's Shoulder-knot.....Red-line Quaker.....Satellite.....Willow Beauty

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LARGE WAINSCOT

SATELLITE
26th Oct.....wet and windy....2 x Large Wainscot....1 x Blair's Shoulder-knot

25th Oct....Cold.....Pale Mottled Willow.....1 x Red-line and 1 x Yellow-line Quaker

24th Oct....Cold........1 x Yellow-line Quaker

23rd Oct ZERO 22nd Oct.......1 x Willow Beauty...2 x Lesser Yellow U'wing...2 x Blair's Shoulder-knot...

1 x Large Wainscot...1 x Yellow-line Quaker... 1 x Spruce Carpet and a probable Agonopterix heracliana.................................................................................................................

WILLOW BEAUTY

Agonopterix heracliana ??????
SPRUCE CARPET