On 1st May,only our 2nd warm spring day on the Gosport coast of Hampshire,I saw my first Orange-tips,a male & female,and also a female Brimstone,Large White 4,Small White 28,Holly Blue 3,Small Tortoiseshell 4,Peacock 13,Comma 6 & Speckled Wood 13,Total 74.At last the Blackthorn & Cherry blossom are coming out and trees are coming into leaf.Will spring now be rushing through like a very late express train?

First migrant of the year- a very worn Dark Sword Grass.
Just returned from a trip to Portugal. Hundreds of Clouded Yellows about, easily the most common butterfly and more than enough to spare a few to come over here.

1 x Diamond-back Moth to MV last night

30/04 - First Holly Blues of the year for me, 3 fluttering around some bushes along with 1 Small White next to Sainsburys petrol station yesterday.

Night of 30th April. First noctuella for the year

Dark Swordgrass at Bettisfield Moss, North Shropshire last night, 28/4. So, not too far from Steve's in Cheshire.

Dark Sword-grass in MV trap this morning

Night of 25/04/2013: Single Plutella xylostella to 125MV

3 x Diamond-back Moth in MV trap last night.

25-Apr

At 125W MV (garden) and netted in a nearby wood: 5 Autographa gamma Silver Y.

At 125W MV (BC): Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass.