Bringsty Common August 10th

 A warm night, my weather station says minimum was 17.9 degrees last night. A spectacular light show just before midnight in the northern sky, with endless flashes of lightning (but no thunder), which the rainfall radar suggested was happening towards Snowdonia, enhanced the scene. Apart from carnage in the morning thanks to a few hornets, the trap had been very busy with around 80 species. Yet another Small Elephant Hawk moth and even more surprising another White-pinion spotted, suggesting a slightly more serious attempt to second brood. My fifth of the season Angle-striped Sallow also, with the first being on June 30th, so quite a long season for it, unless a migrant of course. Peter Hall