November (lack of) migrants

 

The nights of 15th and 16th November 2018 delivered Sahara Dust to Britain and plentiful migrants to many moth'ers (including some in Gwent, I hope). Numbers to MV at Dingestow were pretty good, with 30 species on 15th and 15 on 16th, but migrants on 15th were limited to 5 Dark Swordgrass, 4 Silver Y, 2 Plutella xylostella and 1 Udea ferugalis, with singles of the first three of these on 16th.  I was a tad disappointed!  Highlights were 2 Dark Arches and 1 Brimstone, neither seen previously here in November, plus a couple of Sprawlers.