Status
.....An annual migrant to southern areas of the UK, but
much rarer inland and far from being annual in VC56. At one time
Bordered Straw was considered a more commonly occurring migrant than
Scarce Bordered Straw, but the status of both species seems to have
reversed over the past decade. Bordered Straw continues to be very
unpredictable in its appearances in VC56.
Recent records (post-2000) include two
moths taken on the same night at Newark and Sutton-on-Trent on August
4th 2003, which remained the only records for several more years. It was
expected to occur during the big migration year of 2006, but failed to
turn up really, apart from moths at Colwick CP, Chilwell and Keyworth.
2015 represented a much better year, with records from Market
Warsop, Bestwood, Keyworth, Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Misterton, Ravenshead
and Hollyside, but it has since continued to be somewhat sporadic in its
occurences and not until 2022, was it reported from a number of sites
including West Bridgford, East Markham, Misterton, Attenborough,
Stanton-on-the-Wolds and Keyworth.
Following something of an
influx into parts of the UK during the latter part of June 2025, there
were numerous Nottinghamshire records, initially with singles at East
Bridgford on June 24th, 25th and August 10th, Keyworth on June 24th,
Stanton-on-the-Wolds June 25th, Lound Wood June 29th, before further
records from several sites, likely from a resultant second brood during August. |
