Catch from 10th October

Not too much in the traps recently due to the chilly weather - and just to think it was this time last year when all the exciting migrants were arriving. Had a reasonable night last Wednesday night with 30 species:

Canary-shouldered Thorn - 5

Red-green Carpet - 3

Streak

Rosy Rustic - 3
Brimstone - 6
CM Carpet - 2
Set. Hebrew Char - 13
Square-spot Rustic - 5
Silver Y - 2
Blair's Shoulder Knot - 1
Barred Sallow - 1
Green-brindled Crescent - 1
Merveille Du Jour - 3
Beaded Chestnut - 16
Brown-spot Pinion - 2
Figure of Eight - 1
Snout - 1
Black Rustic - 2
Brindled Green - 1
Flounced Chestnut - 1
Large YU - 1
Frosted Orange - 1
Lunar Underwing - 1
Grey-shoulder Knot - 2
Streak - 1 
November Moth. - 2 (confirmed via genitalia)

Acleris variegana - 2
Endrosis sarcitrella - 1
Agonop arenella - 1
Ypsolopha ustella - 1
Alceris rhombana - 1

Doesn't look like 2012 will be such a good migrant year as the last. Also missing quite a few resident species this year which I caught commonly this time in 2011, namely Large Wainscot, Dusky Lemon Sallow an also Mallow. Still time though - just need a nice mild spell (preferably with SE winds!).

Douglas B.