A Silver Y was caught last night along with 2 Spring Ushers - the 2nd & 3rd for the reserve, the 1st was on the night of the 16/17th February 2012

First Peacock of the year in the back garden.

Recorded a Red-headed Chestnut here at Wadhurst last night to 125W MV.

Small Tortoiseshell 2 miles south of Pershore and Red Admiral in Pershore, in flight late morning 23rd Feb

Red Admiral butterfly feeding on Acconite flowers 1220 hrs

Speckled Wood reported by Stephen Harwood at Liphook Golf Course,Hampshire on 15 Feb(www.havantnature.net) and by Portland Bird Observatory at Old Hill,Portland,Dorset on 21 Feb(portlandbirdobs.org.uk).

A Hummingbirg Hawkmoth found today inside the observatory at the London Wetland Centre, Barnes. Almost certainly an over-wintered individual.

We trapped in a garden next to Harewood Forest last. 102 moths of 9 spp including a Red-headed Chestnut - new for vc12. All previous records in our area have been in Oct - Nov except one on the IoW on 13.02.2004.

Speckled Wood,very fresh,basking & flying on 16th Feb 2012,the earliest ever Hampshire sighting,beating 9th March 1992 at New Milton.I have now seen a Speckled Wood in Gosport in every month except January.
Red Admiral basking & flying in Cowplain,Hampshire,north of Portsmouth,on 15th Feb.

Hummingbird Hawkmoth active in garden at 15:00,
In bright sunshine.