Lancashire Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings
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| Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid Ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Caton Green Road | Lancaster | SD556658 | Steve Graham | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 2 | Myers Allotment | Silverdale | SD475750 | KathArmstrong and Bryan Ingleby | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 5 | Myers Allotment | Silverdale | SD475750 | KathArmstrong and Bryan Ingleby | Males | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Myers Allotment | Silverdale | SD475750 | KathArmstrong and Bryan Ingleby | Males | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Small White | 1 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 7 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steve Graham | It's a very slow spring! | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steve Graham | ||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Bottom Oth Brow West Side | Heywood | SD847112 | Gavin Ashworth | 1 Male | |
| 21 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Bottom Oth Brow West Side | Heywood | SD847112 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Bottom Oth Brow West Side | Heywood | SD847112 | Gavin Ashworth | 1 Male | |
| 21 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Bullough Moor | Heywood | SD845104 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Bullough Moor | Heywood | SD845104 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | SW Gristlehurst Wood Meadows | Heywood | SD846115 | Gavin Ashworth | 1 Male | |
| 21 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 6 | SW Gristlehurst Wood Meadows | Heywood | SD846115 | Gavin Ashworth | 5 Males , 1 Female |  |
| 21 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 6 | SW Gristlehurst Wood Meadows | Heywood | SD846115 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 9 | SW Gristlehurst Wood Meadows | Heywood | SD846115 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Small White | 3 | SW Gristlehurst Wood Meadows | Heywood | SD846115 | Gavin Ashworth |  | |
| 21 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 5 | Noyna Hill | Foulridge | SD901427 | Graham Robinson | Alt. 280m |  |
| 21 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Noyna Hill | Foulridge | SD901427 | Graham Robinson | Alt. 263m | |
| 21 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Fog Lane Park | Manchester | SJ851917 | Ian Hillier |  | |
| 21 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Abraham Heights | Lancaster | SD467611 | Peter Crooks | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 1 | Wycoller | Colne | SD931389 | Graham Robinson | Alt. 263m |  |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Long Lane | Quernmore Lancaster | SD513591 | Helen Webb | Male | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 15 | Rigg Lane | Quernmore Lancaster | SD528603 | KathArmstrong and Bryan Ingleby | Most on gorse. Some on ling |  |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD474767 | Lynne Farrell | Male | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD474767 | Lynne Farrell | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 16 | Pickerings Pasture | Widnes | SJ489835 | Paul Hillyer | 13Males 3females |  |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Comma | 3 | Hawksworth Drive | Formby | SD305087 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | Hawksworth Drive | Formby | SD305087 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 5 | Hawksworth Drive | Formby | SD305087 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Hawksworth Drive | Formby | SD305087 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Small White | 1 | Hawksworth Drive | Formby | SD305087 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 6 | Hawksworth Drive | Formby | SD305087 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steve Graham | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 4 | Clincton Woods | Widnes | SJ4818285215 | Paul Hillyer | 3 males 1 female | |
| 19 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Clincton Woods | Widnes | SJ4818285215 | Paul Hillyer | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Clincton Woods | Widnes | SJ4818285215 | Paul Hillyer | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Clincton Woods | Widnes | SJ4818285215 | Paul Hillyer | Male | |
| 19 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Clincton Woods | Widnes | SJ4818285215 | Paul Hillyer | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 4 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Painted Lady | 2 | Clarks/Sharps Lots | Silverdale | SD469747 | Sue Brindle | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Clarks/Sharps Lots | Silverdale | SD469747 | Sue Brindle | Ignore previous entry, pressed wrong species in error, not sure (...) | |
| 19 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Clarks/Sharps Lots | Silverdale | SD469747 | Sue Brindle | ||
| 17 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Witton Park | Blackburn | SD648263 | John Wright |  | |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Witton Park | Blackburn | SD648263 | John Wright | Male | |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Witton Park | Blackburn | SD648263 | John Wright | ||
| 17 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Witton Park | Blackburn | SD648263 | John Wright |  | |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 2 | Leighton Moss RSPB | Silverdale | SD478745 | Steve Graham | Marginal conditions with cool breeze. | |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Leighton Moss RSPB | Silverdale | SD478745 | Steve Graham | Marginal conditions with cool breeze. | |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Warton Crag LNR | Silverdale | SD491723 | Steve Graham | Male | |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Garden | Silverdale | SD469747 | Sue Brindle | ||
| 17 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Leighton Moss RSPB | Silverdale | SD478751 | Tony Chapman | ||
| 17 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Leighton Moss RSPB | Silverdale | SD478751 | Tony Chapman | ||
| 17 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Leighton Moss RSPB | Silverdale | SD478751 | Tony Chapman | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Middleton Nature Reserve | Heysham | SD419591 | Alan Wilson | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Middleton Nature Reserve | Heysham | SD419591 | Alan Wilson |  | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Middleton Nature Reserve | Heysham | SD419591 | Alan Wilson |  | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Yealand Hall Allotment | Old Langho | SD492760 | Jane Jones |  | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 5 | Myers Allotment | Silverdale | SD473748 | Kath Armstrong Bryan Ingleby | Near lower gate sunny bank 4 males. 1 female at the top | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Myers Allotment | Silverdale | SD473748 | Kath Armstrong Bryan Ingleby | Near car park | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Myers Allotment | Silverdale | SD473748 | Kath Armstrong Bryan Ingleby | Near lower gate sunny bank | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 2 | Birk Bank | Quernmore Lancaster | SD527604 | Maurice Wilby | 2 individuals seen on same gorse bush. |  |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Comma | 2 | Hawksworth Drive | Formby | SD305087 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Hawksworth Drive | Formby | SD305087 | Pete Kinsella | 2m + 1f | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Hawksworth Drive | Formby | SD305087 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 3 | Hawksworth Drive | Formby | SD305087 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Borrowdale Road | Lancaster | SD4854261936 | Richard Evans | Male | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Lancaster Castle | Lancaster | SD4742561795 | Richard Evans | Nectaring on large dandelion patch on Castle Hill. | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 13 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | Full sun (at last). Around field boundaries, among nettles and (...) | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steve Graham | Marginal conditions. | |
| 14 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Langroyd Woods | Colne | SD890413 | Graham Robinson | ||
| 13 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Home Garden | Brockhall Village | SD702366 | Jane Jones | Flying in the garden | |
| 13 Apr 2024 | Emperor Moth | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | Male. | |
| 13 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Public footpath | Preston | SD542337 | Sarah Jane | Male orange tip, weather overcast but dry |  |
| 12 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Fletcher Moss Park | Manchester | SJ846906 | Ian Hillier | Very small,just emerged |  |
| 12 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | My Garden Longton | Preston | SD473250 | Robert Crawford | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | My Garden Longton | Preston | SD473250 | Bob crawford | Adult male 1st one seen in garden this year | |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Fletcher Moss Park | Manchester | SJ845900 | John Smith | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Comma | 2 | Fletcher Moss Park | Manchester | SJ845900 | John Smith | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Fletcher Moss Park | Manchester | SJ845900 | John Smith | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Fletcher Moss Park | Manchester | SJ845900 | John Smith | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Small White | 1 | Fletcher Moss Park | Manchester | SJ845900 | John Smith | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Fletcher Moss Park | Manchester | SJ845900 | John Smith | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 7 | Brockholes wetlands reserve | Preston | SD5831 | Les Price | All male | |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 7 | Brockholes wetlands reserve | Preston | SD5831 | Les Price | All male | |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 2 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD302112 | Pete Kinsella | Male and female. | |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Comma | 2 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD302112 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD302112 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 4 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD302112 | Pete Kinsella | Males | |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 2 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD302112 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD302112 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD4808661872 | Richard Evans | In brief sunny interval, nectaring on dandelion. | |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Small White | 1 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steve Graham | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Back Gardon | Aughton Ormskirk | SD399047 | Stuart Parker | Male | |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Back Gardon | Aughton Ormskirk | SD399047 | Stuart Parker | Male | |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | Mainly overcast. |  |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 5 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | Mainly overcast. | |
| 7 Apr 2024 | Small White | 1 | Home Garden | Lancaster | SD486604 | Pete Woodruff | ||
| 6 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 3 | Fletcher Moss Park | Manchester | SJ845900 | John Smith | ||
| 6 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Huncoat colliery | Huncoat | SD772304 | Nig liz berry | Flying towards flats boggy Marsh marigold area | |
| 6 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Alexandra Park | Crosby | SJ315995 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 6 Apr 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | Alexandra Park | Crosby | SJ315995 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 6 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Speke and Garston Coastal Reserve | Liverpool | SJ406831 | Richard Ghorbal |  | |
| 6 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Speke and Garston Coastal Reserve | Liverpool | SJ406831 | Richard Ghorbal |  | |
| 6 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steve Graham | Warm but very strong wind. | |
| 5 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD302112 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD302112 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303112 | Pete Kinsella | Male. | |
| 4 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale, Southport | SD301111 | Barry Smith | Male. | |
| 2 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale, Southport | SD302112 | Barry Smith | Male |
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John Bostock
Email: chairman@lancashire-butterflies.org.uk