Lancashire Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings
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Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid Ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
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1 Sep 2018 | Wall Brown | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298010 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298010 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Small White | 14 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298010 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298010 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Large White | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298010 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Common Blue | 4 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298010 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Chorlton Water Park | Manchester | SJ817920 | Ian Hillier | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Small White | 3 | Chorlton Water Park | Manchester | SJ817920 | Ian Hillier | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 1 | Chorlton Water Park | Manchester | SJ817920 | Ian Hillier | caeruleo-punctata aberrant | |
1 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Birch Industrial Estate | Heywood | SD843087 | G Ashworth | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Silver Y | 1 | Birch Industrial Estate | Heywood | SD843087 | G Ashworth | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Meadow Brown | 1 | Birch Industrial Estate | Heywood | SD843087 | G Ashworth | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Common Blue | 2 | Birch Industrial Estate | Heywood | SD843087 | G Ashworth | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 11 | Gaitbarrows NNR | Silverdale | SD480775 | Bryan Ingleby/Kath Armstrong | The ONLY butterflies seen here today. No sun, calm, cool | |
1 Sep 2018 | Small White | 6 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 19degC, hazy sunny, on scabious, buddleia | |
1 Sep 2018 | Small Tortoiseshell | 5 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 19degC, hazy sunny, on scabious, buddleia | |
1 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 2 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 19degC, hazy sunny, on scabious, | |
1 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 4 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 19degC, hazy sunny, on scabious, buddleia | |
1 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 3 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 19degC, hazy sunny, on scabious, buddleia | |
1 Sep 2018 | Comma | 2 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 19degC, hazy sunny, on scabious, buddleia | |
1 Sep 2018 | Silver Y | 3 | Front Garden | Ormskirk. | SD40760886 | B jones | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | Front Garden | Ormskirk. | SD40760886 | B jones | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 1 | Front Garden | Ormskirk. | SD40760886 | B jones | ||
1 Sep 2018 | Large White | 2 | Front Garden | Ormskirk. | SD40760886 | B jones | ||
2 Sep 2018 | Wall Brown | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298022 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298022 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2018 | Small White | 8 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298022 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2018 | Small Heath | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298022 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298022 | Pete Kinsella | Fresh third brood individuals. | |
2 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298022 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2018 | Common Blue | 3 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298022 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2018 | Small White | 5 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | Saw them each day they isn't stop but flew through except (...) | |
2 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 2 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | Saw them each day except yesterday when it rained | |
2 Sep 2018 | Large White | 2 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | Saw them each day except yesterday when it rained | |
2 Sep 2018 | Small White | 6 | Garstang | Garstang | SD483451 | Kath armstrong | They have been active on my Buddlia | |
2 Sep 2018 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Garstang | Garstang | SD483451 | Kath armstrong | They have been active on my Buddlia | |
2 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 4 | Garstang | Garstang | SD483451 | Kath armstrong | They have been active on my Buddlia | |
2 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 1 | Garstang | Garstang | SD483451 | Kath armstrong | Been around all week. Active when sunny | |
2 Sep 2018 | Green-veined White | 2 | Garstang | Garstang | SD483451 | Kath armstrong | They have been active on my Buddlia and Nasturtiums | |
2 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | Garstang | Garstang | SD483451 | Kath armstrong | first visit today. Warm 20 sunny | |
3 Sep 2018 | Meadow Brown | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298023 | Pete Kinsella | ||
3 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298023 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 17 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303110 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2018 | Small White | 14 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303110 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 30 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303110 | Pete Kinsella | Minimum count. Large emergence of 3rd gen butterflies. | |
5 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 3 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303110 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2018 | Large White | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303110 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2018 | Common Blue | 3 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303110 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2018 | Comma | 8 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303110 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2018 | Small White | 2 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | Male and Female mating | |
5 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | I got the dates wrong on my other 4 entries they should be the (...) | |
5 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | White Coppice | Chorley | SD620191 | Janice Sutton | ||
6 Sep 2018 | Wall Brown | 1 | Southport Dunes | Southport | SD326168 | Maria Pilling | The Wall was very worn | |
6 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 12 | Southport Dunes | Southport | SD326168 | Maria Pilling | Lots of Coppers all in good condition | |
6 Sep 2018 | Common Blue | 6 | Southport Dunes | Southport | SD326168 | Maria Pilling | The females were in good condition the Males a bit worn | |
6 Sep 2018 | Brimstone | 1 | Southport Dunes | Southport | SD326168 | Maria Pilling | really good condition | |
7 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 29 | Myers Allotment | Silverdale Lancs | SD474749 | Steve Graham | ||
7 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | Myers Allotment | Silverdale Lancs | SD474749 | Steve Graham | ||
11 Sep 2018 | Small White | 3 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | on buddleia, or nasturtium in sun, 17degC. ~2.30pm | |
11 Sep 2018 | Small Tortoiseshell | 5 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | on buddleia, or basking in sun, lt.breeze ,17degC. ~2.30pm | |
11 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 3 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | on buddleia or basking on pavings, cool breeze,17degC. 2.30pm | |
11 Sep 2018 | Peacock | 1 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | on buddleia, sun but breeze ,17degC. 2.30pm First sighting (...) | |
12 Sep 2018 | Small White | 4 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | Flew round the garden and out | |
12 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Hall-Lee-Brook | Westhoughton | SD658058 | Maria Pilling | Very windy day although bright after the morning rain, The SW (...) | |
12 Sep 2018 | Small White | 1 | Brockholes | Preston | SD585314 | James Beattie | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 3 | Brockholes | Preston | SD585314 | James Beattie | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 3 | Brockholes | Preston | SD585312 | James Beattie | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Green-veined White | 1 | Brockholes | Preston | SD585314 | James Beattie | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 6 | Allotment | Accrington | SD756292 | C Atherton | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 12 | Allotment | Accrington | SD756292 | C Atherton | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 3 | Allotment | Accrington | SD756292 | C Atherton | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Large White | 7 | Allotment | Accrington | SD756292 | C Atherton | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Comma | 8 | Allotment | Accrington | SD756292 | C Atherton | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 6 | My Garden Longton | Longton | SD474250 | Bob Crawford | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Small White | 20 | My Garden Longton | Longton | SD474250 | Bob Crawford | Good numbers all summer best year ever for whites | |
12 Sep 2018 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | My Garden Longton | Longton | SD474250 | Bob Crawford | Seen fewer than most years | |
12 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 5 | My Garden Longton | Longton | SD474250 | Bob Crawford | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | My Garden Longton | Longton | SD474250 | Bob Crawford | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 1 | My Garden Longton | Longton | SD474250 | Bob Crawford | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Large White | 40 | My Garden Longton | Longton | SD474250 | Bob Crawford | Lots of them all dsy | |
12 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | My Garden Longton | Longton | SD474250 | Bob Crawford | In sparkling conditio | |
12 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 9 | Crawford's Wood Woodland Trust | Aspull, Wigan | SD611081 | Alison Brown | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Green-veined White | 1 | Crawford's Wood Woodland Trust | Aspull, Wigan | SD611081 | Alison Brown | ||
12 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | Crawford's Wood Woodland Trust | Aspull, Wigan | SD611081 | Alison Brown | ||
13 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 12 | Brockholes nature reserve | Preston | SD584304 | Steve Graham | ||
13 Sep 2018 | Small White | 3 | Brockholes nature reserve | Preston | SD584304 | Steve Graham | ||
13 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 4 | Brockholes nature reserve | Preston | SD584304 | Steve Graham | All fresh and good to see recovery at this site after a couple (...) | |
13 Sep 2018 | Comma | 3 | Brockholes nature reserve | Preston | SD584304 | Steve Graham | ||
13 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 7 | Farm Track | Brockhall Village | SD703369 | Jane Jones | On White Buddleia | |
13 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 2 | NR Heywoods Farm | Heywood | SD842130 | Gavin Ashworth | Very Windy. | |
13 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 4 | NR Heywoods Farm | Heywood | SD842130 | Gavin Ashworth | Very Windy. On Creeping Thistle | |
13 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | NR Heywoods Farm | Heywood | SD842130 | Gavin Ashworth | Very Windy. | |
13 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 3 | Dobb Wood west side | Heywood | SD849123 | Gavin Ashworth | Very Windy. | |
13 Sep 2018 | Small White | 1 | Dobb Wood west side | Heywood | SD851121 | Gavin Ashworth | Very Windy | |
13 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 11 | Dobb Wood west side | Heywood | SD851121 | Gavin Ashworth | All on Yarrow. Very Windy | |
13 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 12 | Dobb Wood west side | Heywood | SD849123 | Gavin Ashworth | Very Windy. All on Knapweed | |
13 Sep 2018 | Comma | 2 | Dobb Wood west side | Heywood | SD849123 | Gavin Ashworth | Very Windy. | |
15 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 7 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby/Kath Armstrong | SUN/showers 16degC breezy | |
15 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 1 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby/Kath Armstrong | SUN/showers 16degC breezy. on white Cosmos | |
17 Sep 2018 | Small White | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298023 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298023 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298023 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2018 | Comma | 5 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298023 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2018 | Small White | 2 | Pennington Flash | Leigh | SJ645989 | Maria Pilling | We saw them in the distance in the Morning | |
17 Sep 2018 | Small White | 1 | Moor Park | Preston | SD536311 | Jim Beattie | ||
17 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | Moor Park | Preston | SD536311 | Jim Beattie | Flew over the ornamental flower beds but did not settle | |
17 Sep 2018 | Small White | 3 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby / | SUN, breezy 17degC breezy. on lavender | |
17 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 7 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby / | SUN, breezy 17degC breezy. on buddleia,scabious | |
17 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 1 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby / | SUN, breezy 17degC breezy. on scabious | |
17 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | Own garden | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby / | SUN, breezy 17degC breezy. on buddleia | |
18 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 3 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | In spite of the wind the RA's were on my Buddleia | |
22 Sep 2018 | Holly Blue | 2 | Grassendale | Liverpool | SJ391849 | Richard Ghorbal | Caterpillars on ivy. | |
23 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 1 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | The Butterfly didn't stop | |
23 Sep 2018 | Small White | 1 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | It shared a flower with a Bee | |
23 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 2 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | ||
23 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 45 | Healey Dell, Whitworth | Rossendale | SD879169 | Kevin Lister | ||
23 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 6 | Healey Dell, Whitworth | Rossendale | SD879169 | Kevin Lister | ||
23 Sep 2018 | Silver Y | 1 | Healey Dell, Whitworth | Rossendale | SD879169 | Kevin Lister | ||
23 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | Healey Dell, Whitworth | Rossendale | SD879169 | Kevin Lister | ||
23 Sep 2018 | Peacock | 1 | Healey Dell, Whitworth | Rossendale | SD879169 | Kevin Lister | ||
23 Sep 2018 | Green-veined White | 2 | Healey Dell, Whitworth | Rossendale | SD879169 | Kevin Lister | ||
23 Sep 2018 | Comma | 22 | Healey Dell, Whitworth | Rossendale | SD879169 | Kevin Lister | All feeding on blackberries. Double my previous highest count (...) | |
23 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 1 | clevelands Av | Silverdale | SD463757 | Jim Stonehouse | On Buddleia in garden | |
23 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | Fulwood | Preston | SD551322 | Jim Beattie | ||
24 Sep 2018 | Small White | 2 | Lancaster City Centre | Lancaster | SD478616 | Tom Dunbar | Ivy not fully in flower yet. | |
24 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 15 | Lancaster City Centre | Lancaster | SD478616 | Tom Dunbar | Ivy not fully in flower yet. | |
24 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 1 | Lancaster City Centre | Lancaster | SD478616 | Tom Dunbar | Exploring ivy flowers | |
24 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | Crosslee | Johnstone | NS4165 | Margaret Campbell | Lovely unespected sight and not seen for many years | |
24 Sep 2018 | Peacock | 1 | Front Garden | Ormskirk. | SD40760886 | B jones | ||
25 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | MY Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | In my garden in the early morning | |
25 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Brockholes CP | Preston | SD584308 | Maria Pilling | One was rather worn | |
25 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 5 | Brockholes CP | Preston | SD584308 | Maria Pilling | they looked very fresh | |
25 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | Brockholes CP | Preston | SD584308 | Maria Pilling | ||
25 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 5 | Marshside RSPB | Southport | SD354206 | Janice Sutton | ||
25 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | Roadside | Old Langho | SD702366 | Jane Jones | ||
26 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | The Admiral was an ab biababa | |
26 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | The Comma was the form Hutchinsons | |
26 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 12 | Greenbooth Quarry west | Norden, Rochdale | SD854158 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
26 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 2 | Front Garden | Ormskirk | SD40760886 | B jones | ||
27 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Key Park | Blundellsands | SJ304999 | Pete Kinsella | ||
27 Sep 2018 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Key Park | Blundellsands | SJ304999 | Pete Kinsella | ||
27 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 1 | Key Park | Blundellsands | SJ304999 | Pete Kinsella | ||
27 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 4 | Key Park | Blundellsands | SJ304999 | Pete Kinsella | ||
27 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | 4 Kem Mill Lane | Chorley | SD578213 | Mike Pringle | Feeding on Bugbane (Cimifuga) | |
27 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 1 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | Seen in the Morning in the back garden | |
27 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 3 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | Seen in the Morning in the front garden | |
27 Sep 2018 | Comma | 3 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | Seen in the Morning | |
27 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 7 | Darcy Lever Gravel Pits | Bolton | SD742078 | Janice Sutton | ||
27 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | Darcy Lever Gravel Pits | Bolton | SD742078 | Janice Sutton | ||
28 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Lancaster Urban Walk | Lancaster | SD475619 | Tom Dunbar | Surprisingly low numbers today. | |
28 Sep 2018 | Small White | 4 | Lancaster Urban Walk | Lancaster | SD475619 | Tom Dunbar | ||
28 Sep 2018 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Lancaster Urban Walk | Lancaster | SD475619 | Tom Dunbar | An uncommon 2018 sighting. | |
28 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 23 | Lancaster Urban Walk | Lancaster | SD475619 | Tom Dunbar | 4 species nectaring on sedum in full sunshine. | |
28 Sep 2018 | Painted Lady | 1 | Lancaster Urban Walk | Lancaster | SD475619 | Tom Dunbar | On rich habitat brownfield site about to be obliterated for (...) | |
28 Sep 2018 | Common Blue | 1 | Lancaster Urban Walk | Lancaster | SD475619 | Tom Dunbar | On rich brownfield site about to be obliterated for housing. | |
28 Sep 2018 | Comma | 3 | Lancaster Urban Walk | Lancaster | SD475619 | Tom Dunbar | Nectaring on sedum in readiness for hibernation. | |
28 Sep 2018 | Large White | 1 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | It was in good condition | |
28 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | ||
29 Sep 2018 | Speckled Wood | 6 | Douglas medows addlington | Adlington | SD60631293 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
29 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 7 | Douglas medows addlington | Adlington | SD60631293 | Stephen hollinrake | Also more feeding on a buddliea type in town near co op | |
29 Sep 2018 | Peacock | 1 | Douglas medows addlington | Adlington | SD60631293 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
29 Sep 2018 | Large White | 2 | Douglas medows addlington | Adlington | SD60631293 | Stephen hollinrake | Worn females | |
29 Sep 2018 | Comma | 1 | Douglas medows addlington | Adlington | SD60631293 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
29 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 1 | Grassendale | Liverpool | SJ391849 | Richard Ghorbal | ||
29 Sep 2018 | Red Admiral | 2 | My Garden | Westhoughton | SD656065 | Maria Pilling | One was rather tatty, the other one just a little | |
29 Sep 2018 | Small Copper | 1 | Middleton Nature Reserve | Heysham | SD406591 | Janice Sutton |
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