Bringsty turns orange

Today was spent with Ian Draycott walking a route in readiness for a bryophyte group next month on Bringsty Common.  I 've been looking for Orange Underwing since I moved here, unsuccessfully I might add until today when I spotted 2 possibly 3 flying up and around the taller birches.  Rather early, but a lovely sighting. One flew very close to us for quite some seconds before returning to the canopy again. Earliest record ever by about 2 weeks.  Peter Hall