Lancashire Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings
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| Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid Ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Garden at home | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja | |
| 20 Sep 2021 | Large Yellow Underwing | 1 | Garden at home | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja in sunshine | |
| 20 Sep 2021 | Peacock | 1 | Garden at home | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja | |
| 20 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 3 | Garden at home | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja in sunshine | |
| 20 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Garden at home | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja and verbena bonariensis | |
| 20 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Home Garden | Haslingden | SD788233 | Stephen hollinrake | Fresh male , first of year around local patch ! | |
| 20 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Home Garden | Haslingden | SD788233 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 18 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 3 | Haslingden | Haslingden | SD788233 | Stephen hollinrake | All very fresh, on very late buddlia in garden | |
| 18 Sep 2021 | Small Skipper | 1 | Haslingden | Haslingden | SD788233 | Stephen hollinrake | Around buddlia but not feeding, male | |
| 18 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 13 | Haslingden | Haslingden | SD788233 | Stephen hollinrake | , on very late buddlia in garden | |
| 17 Sep 2021 | Large White | 1 | Garden at home | Failsworth | SD906011 | Catherine Smith | Butterfly was in garden near to lavender and honeysuckle (...) | |
| 17 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ309984 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 17 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ309984 | Pete Kinsella | Female | |
| 17 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ309984 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 17 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 4 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ309984 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 17 Sep 2021 | Small White | 5 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ309984 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 16 Sep 2021 | Meadow Brown | 1 | Borrowdale Road | Lancaster | SD4853961937 | Richard Evans | Very faded. Rather unexpected in mid-September. | |
| 16 Sep 2021 | Large White | 1 | Darwen | Darwen | SD687228 | Stephen hollinrake | Flying high around tree feeding on aphid sap | |
| 16 Sep 2021 | Peacock | 6 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704213 | Stephen hollinrake | Fresh individuals | |
| 16 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 20 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704213 | Stephen hollinrake | Min count, steady stream throughout the day | |
| 16 Sep 2021 | Purple Hairstreak | 1 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Female seen egglaying. I thought their season had finished! | |
| 16 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steven Graham | ||
| 16 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 2 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steven Graham | ||
| 16 Sep 2021 | Small White | 1 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steven Graham | ||
| 16 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 15 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steven Graham | ||
| 15 Sep 2021 | Green-veined White | 10 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704214 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 15 Sep 2021 | Peacock | 1 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704214 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 15 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704214 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 15 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 30 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704214 | Stephen hollinrake | Plenty of fresh individuals | |
| 15 Sep 2021 | Comma | 2 | Lancaster Canal Glasson-Galgate | Glasson, Lancs. | SD452557 | Steven Graham | Midway grid reference for walk along canal between Glasson Dock (...) | |
| 15 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 1 | Lancaster Canal Glasson-Galgate | Glasson, Lancs. | SD452557 | Steven Graham | Midway grid reference for walk along canal between Glasson Dock (...) | |
| 15 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 2 | Lancaster Canal Glasson-Galgate | Glasson, Lancs. | SD452557 | Steven Graham | Midway grid reference for walk along canal between Glasson Dock (...) | |
| 15 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Lancaster Canal Glasson-Galgate | Glasson, Lancs. | SD452557 | Steven Graham | Midway grid reference for walk along canal between Glasson Dock (...) | |
| 15 Sep 2021 | Small White | 2 | Lancaster Canal Glasson-Galgate | Glasson, Lancs. | SD452557 | Steven Graham | Midway grid reference for walk along canal between Glasson Dock (...) | |
| 15 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Lancaster Canal Glasson-Galgate | Glasson, Lancs. | SD452557 | Steven Graham | Midway grid reference for walk along canal between Glasson Dock (...) | |
| 14 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Own garden, | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 12-3 pm, bright sun, 21 deg | |
| 14 Sep 2021 | Peacock | 1 | Own garden, | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 12-3 pm, bright sun, 21 deg | |
| 14 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 2 | Own garden, | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 12-3 pm, bright sun, 21 deg Both at same time | |
| 14 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 7 | Own garden, | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 12-3 pm, bright sun, 21 deg Max, 7 at one time | |
| 14 Sep 2021 | Small White | 7 | Own garden, | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 12-3 pm, bright sun, 21 deg C | |
| 14 Sep 2021 | Comma | 2 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 14 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 14 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 5 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 14 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 14 Sep 2021 | Small White | 11 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 14 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 9 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 10 | Canal Aquaduct River Brock | Catterall | SD506404 | Margaret and David Eastlick | warm, humid day on towpath aggrgated grid reference seen over (...) | |
| 8 Sep 2021 | Green-veined White | 1 | Meadow View | Brookhouse | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Hot and full sun upto 27C. | |
| 8 Sep 2021 | Painted Lady | 1 | Meadow View | Brookhouse | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Hot and full sun upto 27C. | |
| 8 Sep 2021 | Peacock | 1 | Meadow View | Brookhouse | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Hot and full sun upto 27C. | |
| 8 Sep 2021 | Purple Hairstreak | 1 | Meadow View | Brookhouse | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Hot and full sun upto 27C. | |
| 8 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 2 | Meadow View | Brookhouse | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Hot and full sun upto 27C. | |
| 8 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 12 | Meadow View | Brookhouse | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Hot and full sun upto 27C. | |
| 8 Sep 2021 | Small White | 4 | Meadow View | Brookhouse | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Hot and full sun upto 27C. | |
| 8 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 10 | Meadow View | Brookhouse | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Hot and full sun upto 27C. | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 5 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling | SD414494 | Bryan Ingleby | v. light breeze where open to shore, inland very calm, full, (...) | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Small White | 5 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling | SD414494 | Bryan Ingleby | v. light breeze where open to shore, inland very calm, full sun (...) | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 17 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling | SD414494 | Bryan Ingleby | calm in wooded area, very calm, full, sun 26 deg C | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 5 | Sefton street | Heywood | SD863102 | Gavin Ashworth |  | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Silver Y | 1 | Sefton street | Heywood | SD863102 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 7 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Sefton street | Heywood | SD863102 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 7 Sep 2021 | Small White | 3 | Sefton street | Heywood | SD863102 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 7 Sep 2021 | Brimstone | 1 | Salterforth | Barnoldswick | SD890454 | Kevin Singleton | first for salterforth for me |  |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Brimstone | 1 | Salterforth | Barnoldswick | SD890454 | Kevin Singleton | first for salterforth for me |  |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Cold well Parrock | Silverdale Lancs | SD478778 | Steven Graham | Lovely day c20C short visit 10:00 - 11:00. No sign of any BHS in (...) | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 11 | Cold well Parrock | Silverdale Lancs | SD478778 | Steven Graham | Lovely day c20C short visit 10:00 - 11:00. No sign of any BHS in (...) | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Brimstone | 6 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD483776 | Steven Graham | All males. | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Brimstone | 6 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD483776 | Steven Graham | All males. | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Brown Hairstreak | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD481768 | Steven Graham | Excellent find a fading, female egglaying in the S part of the (...) | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Comma | 2 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD483776 | Steven Graham | Ideal condition 11:15 - 13:15 c25C. | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Holly Blue | 2 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD483776 | Steven Graham | Ideal condition 11:15 - 13:15 c25C. | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Large White | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD483776 | Steven Graham | ||
| 7 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD483776 | Steven Graham | Ideal condition 11:15 - 13:15 c25C. | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD483776 | Steven Graham | Ideal condition 11:15 - 13:15 c25C. | |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 25 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD483776 | Steven Graham | Ideal condition 11:15 - 13:15 c25C. | |
| 5 Sep 2021 | Comma | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 6 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Small Heath | 3 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Small White | 15 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 12 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 4 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Brimstone | 1 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 1 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Large White | 1 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Small White | 1 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 19 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 2 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
| 5 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Grassendale | LIVERPOOL | SJ391849 | Richard Ghorbal | On a swing. |  |
| 2 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Croston Close Road | Ramsbottom Area | SD821156 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 5 | Croston Close Road | Ramsbottom Area | SD821156 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 4 | Ridshaw Farm Area | Ramsbottom Area | SD813156 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 5 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Gatekeeper | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Green-veined White | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Large White | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Small Heath | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Small White | 12 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 5 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 2 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 1 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | Male | |
| 2 Sep 2021 | Small White | 2 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | ||
| 1 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 6 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 1 Sep 2021 | Green-veined White | 2 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 1 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 1 Sep 2021 | Small Heath | 2 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 1 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 1 Sep 2021 | Small White | 3 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 1 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 1 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 4 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella |
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Chair/Moth Officer
Jane Jones
Tel: 01254 248832 / 07798 758852
Email: chairman@lancashire-butterflies.org.uk