I have had some excellent catches in recent nights here in South Somerset but they seem to pale behind Peter's catches in the west of the county. I have never seen, let alone caught in my garden, half of the species that Peter is catching.

My firsts for the year recently include Muslin and Rosy Footman, Dunbar, Small Emerald, Scarce Silver Lines, Poplar Kitten and my first Garden Tiger since 2006. I was very pleased to see the latter moth as it was the only species that failed to appear in 2007 that didn't reappear last year. However one individual is still a long way awy from the 48 I recorded in 2005.