I don't think any of these have had Berkshire records reported on the blog yet, so I hope the recorders concerned don't mind me passing on the details of their records.
Berkshire joined this year's Crimson Speckled club when Mark Calway found on in Reading on 28 October. It's the second county record, after Martin Albertini added it to the Berks list back in 1990.
Crimson Speckled - photo by Mark Calway
Also in Reading, Jon Cole found a lovely pink-tinted Blair's Mocha a few days ago (I think on 27 October), the fifth county record.
Blair's Mocha - photo by Jon Cole
And on 30 October we had a brand new species for the county, when David Fearneyhough recorded Uresiphita gilvata (Yellow-underwing Pearl) in Didcot. In the photo it looks a little like Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella, but in life it is significantly larger and with yellow hindwings.
Uresiphita gilvata - photo by David Fearneyhough
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