Red Admiral in garden today, earliest ever for this area, previous earliest first record 5th May!

14/4: Single Dark Sword-grass.

Mid-day 15 Apr 2015
Diamond-back moth and Rush Veneer also brief but close glimpse of a bright yellow butterfly that flew behind a huge granite boulder and disappeared, could have only been a Clouded Yellow but did not get a firm ID.

Night of 14 April: 1 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Rush Veneer

Afternoon of 15th April
A single Painted Lady, and two Red Admiral on the coast path between lands End & Nanjizal.

Night of 14 April - the continuing warm weather brought 80 moths of 21 species to my garden mv light, a total that included a single Rush Veneer, which is my first migrant of the year and I think my earliest ever here in north Sussex.

Afternoon of 14th April
A single Painted Lady spotted at about 1pm on the coast path between Perranuthnoe & Cudden Point.

Night of 13 April 2015
Dark Sword-grass 2

Night of 12th April. One silver y and one pearly underwing

Night of 12 April: 3 Rush Veneer