Not a migrant but a Common Pug overnight to garden actinic is the earliest VC37 record by at least a month!

29th Feb - 2 Comma together at Gwendreath, Lizard

Night of 29th - Red Swordgrass to MV at Little Treleaver

28/2/2012- first Silver Y of the year, also Early Thorn.

29/2/ - Peacock Butterfly in the day.

Friday 24/02/2012 2 Hebrew Character, 4 Pale Brindled Beauty, 2 March Moth, 6 Chestnut.

Silver Y on both 27th(1) and 28th Feb(2)

23-26 Feb:reported in Hampshire & the Isle of Wight were 7 Brimstones,2 Commas,6 Red Admirals,2 Small Tortoiseshells & a Peacock(www.hantsiow-butterflies.org.uk).
24-26 Feb:reported in Sussex were 8 Red Admirals,2 Small Tortoiseshells & a Brimstone(www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk).

Peacock seen today - first butterfly for the site this year

Pauline and I caught a Conistra rubiginosa Black spotted chestnut in our 125Mv on 23.02.12 (photo). We have a feeling that this species had hibernated in our garden as we had had, almost certainly, a similar moth in our trap in November which flew away before we could pot it

Friends in Shadoxhurst, Kent had a Hummingbird Hawkmoth in their garden on 24 February

23 Feb:reported on the wing in Sussex were 4 Brimstones,3 Commas & 4 Red Admirals(www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk).