Pretty Chalk Carpet. Photo: Bob Ford

Bob Ford sent us this photo of a Pretty Chalk Carpet which flew up on to a garden fence on the coast path in the NE corner of Portland Harbour today.

This is a remarkable sighting as the flight season is usually early June – August, though I have been reliably informed there has been a sighting recorded in the Dorset Moth group in mid April.

There is always a possibility that this could a moth that has been bred and released as it would emerge early due to the temperature in a house.  Something hard to prove unless someone tells us that is the case.

It is of course April Fools Day, but in this instance that can definitely be ruled out!