Lancashire Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Site Town Grid Ref. Recorder Comment Image
9 Sep 2017 Small Copper 1 Home Garden Tarleton SD452212 Anne Blundell Nectaring on verbena bonariensis and rudbeckia 5148.jpeg
2 Sep 2017 Brown Hairstreak 1 Coldwell Parrock Arnside SD479778 Tom Dunbar egg on main hedge 5119.jpeg
2 Sep 2017 Green-veined White 1 Gait Barrows NNR Arnside SD483775 Tom Dunbar Nectaring on Devilsbit Scabious. 5113.jpeg
2 Sep 2017 Brimstone 5 Gait Barrows NNR Arnside SD477773 Tom Dunbar Nectaring on Devilsbit Scabious 5108.jpeg
28 Sep 2017 Comma 1 Own garden, Cabus SD4725446693 Bryan Ingleby
28 Sep 2017 Peacock 2 Own garden, Cabus SD4725446693 Bryan Ingleby
27 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 11 My Back Garden Rawtenstall SD836246 Mr J Hallsworth
24 Sep 2017 Brimstone 1 Wigan Flashes Wigan SD583034 Alison Brown Male
24 Sep 2017 Comma 15 Wigan Flashes Wigan SD583034 Alison Brown
24 Sep 2017 Green-veined White 2 Wigan Flashes Wigan SD583034 Alison Brown
24 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 10 Wigan Flashes Wigan SD583034 Alison Brown
24 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 2 Wigan Flashes Wigan SD583034 Alison Brown
24 Sep 2017 Comma 1 Knott End Golf Course Knott End SD346483 Bob crawford Nectering on thistles on rough ground
24 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 6 Knott End Golf Course Knott End SD346483 Bob crawford Nectering on thistles on rough ground
24 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Knott End Golf Course Knott End SD346483 Bob crawford Nectering on thistles on rough ground
24 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Own garden, Cabus SD4725446693 Bryan Ingleby
24 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Own garden, Cabus SD4725446693 Bryan Ingleby
24 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 Trans Pennine Trail Manchester SJ8390 John Smith
24 Sep 2017 Comma 1 Garden at home Preston SD4701322444 Louise Closed wings. Landed on conservatory.
24 Sep 2017 Comma 3 Marton Mere Blackpool Lancs. SD329357 Peter Smith
24 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Marton Mere Blackpool Lancs. SD329357 Peter Smith
24 Sep 2017 Small White 1 Marton Mere Blackpool Lancs. SD329357 Peter Smith
22 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 5 Garden Bury SD7860015600 Mike Horwood Feeding on sedum,this the most I have seen in my garden
22 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 5 Marton Mere Blackpool Lancs. SD329359 Peter Smith
19 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 12 Brockholes nature reserve Preston SD5830 John Smith 10 were on one ivy
19 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 6 Brockholes nature reserve Preston SD5830 John Smith 10 were on one ivy
19 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 70 Garden Great Crosby SJ3175699792 Phil Collins Also comma 3 on Ivy Bush Hedera helix
19 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 70 Garden Great Crosby SJ3175699792 Phil Collins Also comma 3 on Ivy Bush Hedera helix
19 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 70 Garden Great Crosby SJ3175699792 Phil Collins Also comma 3 on Ivy Bush Hedera helix
19 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 70 Garden Great Crosby SJ3175699792 Phil Collins Also comma 3 on Ivy Bush Hedera helix
19 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 Grisedale Scorton SD518483 Roger Fellows
19 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 M6 bridge Scorton SD503487 Roger Fellows
19 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 Nicky Nook Scorton SD518485 Roger Fellows
18 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 3 Lytham green Lytham SD36942703 Ashley Anderton
18 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Lytham green Lytham SD36942703 Ashley Anderton
18 Sep 2017 Small White 7 Lytham green Lytham SD36942703 Ashley Anderton
18 Sep 2017 Comma 1 Hightown Blundellsands/Hightown SD298009 Pete Kinsella
18 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 8 Hightown Blundellsands/Hightown SD298009 Pete Kinsella
18 Sep 2017 Small Copper 4 Hightown Blundellsands/Hightown SD298009 Pete Kinsella Presumably third generation.
18 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Hightown Blundellsands/Hightown SD298009 Pete Kinsella
17 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 5 Bankside Lane, Bacup Rossendale SD86592248 Kevin Lister
17 Sep 2017 Small White 1 Futures Park, Bacup Rossendale SD865218 Kevin Lister a rather belated first of the year!
17 Sep 2017 Comma 4 Gresgarth Hall Caton SD531635 Pete Woodruff At least this count on Sedum and Meadow Rue
17 Sep 2017 Peacock 3 Gresgarth Hall Caton SD531635 Pete Woodruff
17 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 65 Gresgarth Hall Caton SD531635 Pete Woodruff At least this count on Sedum and Meadow Rue
17 Sep 2017 Small Copper 2 Gresgarth Hall Caton SD531635 Pete Woodruff
17 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Gresgarth Hall Caton SD531635 Pete Woodruff
16 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 3 Hurdles Quarry Rossendale SD822218 Kevin Lister all 3 heading south over the moors
16 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 3 Staghills Woods Rossendale SD83152203 Kevin Lister all very fresh
16 Sep 2017 Small Copper 1 Warth, Waterfoot Rossendale SD829219 Kevin Lister
15 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 9 Own garden, Bolton SD742116 Janice Sutton unusual, local breeder reported to have recently release several (...)
15 Sep 2017 Small White 3 Worsley Mesnes Wigan SD57020327 John Gibson Feeding on Verbena
15 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 10 Garden Weir SD869252 Patricia feasting on organic banana
15 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 01 Own garden, Wigan SD6052605329 Shaun Brickhill Resting on wooden well in light rain.
15 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 15 The Fairway Manchester SD88390140 Sue Fanning Sighted on Arbutus Bush in front garden of house
15 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 15 The Fairway Manchester SD88390140 Sue Fanning Sighted on Arbutus Bush in front garden of house
14 Sep 2017 Large White 10 My Garden Longton Longton SD474250 Bob crawford Bright sunny day
14 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 6 My Garden Longton Longton SD474250 Bob crawford Bright sunny day
14 Sep 2017 Peacock 1 Own garden, Cabus SD4725446693 Bryan Ingleby
14 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Own garden, Cabus SD4725446693 Bryan Ingleby
14 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Own garden, Cabus SD4725446693 Bryan Ingleby
14 Sep 2017 Small White 1 Own garden, Cabus SD4725446693 Bryan Ingleby
14 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Garden Bury SD7860015600 Mike Horwood Feeding on sedum
14 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Hawthornthwaite Fell Bowland SD558518 Pete Woodruff
14 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Hawthornthwaite Fell Bowland SD558518 Pete Woodruff
10 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 13 Old Hollows Banks SD390227 Pete Kinsella Together feeding on thistles.
9 Sep 2017 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Home Garden Tarleton SD452212 Anne Blundell Feeding on verbena bonariensis
9 Sep 2017 Large White 1 Home Garden Tarleton SD452212 Anne Blundell Nectaring on verbena bonariensis and Bowles mauve
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 7 Home Garden Tarleton SD452212 Anne Blundell Nectaring on verbena bonariensis and rudbeckia
9 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Home Garden Tarleton SD452212 Anne Blundell Nectaring on verbena bonariensis and Bowles mauve
9 Sep 2017 Small White 3 Home Garden Tarleton SD452212 Anne Blundell Nectaring on verbena bonariensis and Bowles mauve
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 8 Garden at home Leyland SD51442204 Keith Middleton Feeding and sunning on ripe fruit on Fig tree.
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 Above Roeburndale Wray SD602674 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 Above Roeburndale Wray SD601670 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 10 Above Roeburndale Wray SD602654 Roger Fellows On Buddleja
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 Above Roeburndale Wray SD598665 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Above Roeburndale Wray SD602674 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 1 Above Roeburndale Wray SD599667 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 3 Above Roeburndale Wray SD605659 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Bridge House Farm Wray SD605674 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 Bridge House Farm Wray SD598678 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Near Londis Hornby SD585682 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 River Hindburn Wray SD599680 Roger Fellows On Blackberry
9 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Roeburndale Wray SD604672 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Roeburndale Wray SD604672 Roger Fellows
9 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 2 Roeburndale Wray SD604672 Roger Fellows
8 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 Worsley Mesnes Wigan SD57020327 John Gibson
8 Sep 2017 Small White 1 Worsley Mesnes Wigan SD57020327 John Gibson
4 Sep 2017 Large White 2 Garden Ormskirk SD40760886 B jones
4 Sep 2017 Painted Lady 2 Garden Ormskirk SD40760886 B jones
4 Sep 2017 Peacock 1 Garden Ormskirk SD40760886 B jones
4 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 6 Garden Ormskirk SD40760886 B jones
4 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Garden Ormskirk SD40760886 B jones
4 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 12 Garden at home Crosby SD3296100090 D Hardaker Sudden influx this morning feeding on Mint
4 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 5 Garden Leyland SD514220 Keith Middleton Feeding on over ripe figs on fig tree. 2 were on same fig
2 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Greenbooth Quarry East area Norden, Rochdale SD859163 G Ashworth
2 Sep 2017 Wall Brown 11 Greenbooth Quarry East area Norden, Rochdale SD859163 G Ashworth
2 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Greenbooth Quarry west Norden, Rochdale SD854156 G Ashworth
2 Sep 2017 Small Copper 6 Greenbooth Quarry west Norden, Rochdale SD854156 G Ashworth
2 Sep 2017 Wall Brown 28 Greenbooth Quarry west Norden, Rochdale SD854156 G Ashworth
2 Sep 2017 Green-veined White 1 Greenbooth Quarry west Norden, Rochdale SD854156 G Ashworth
2 Sep 2017 Large White 2 Leeds Liverpool canal Leigh SJ6499 John Smith
2 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 2 Leeds Liverpool canal Leigh SJ6499 John Smith
2 Sep 2017 Common Blue 1 Pennington Flash Leigh SJ6499 John Smith
2 Sep 2017 Purple Hairstreak 1 Coldwell Parrock Arnside SD479778 Tom Dunbar
2 Sep 2017 Brown Hairstreak 1 Gait Barrows NNR Arnside SD483775 Tom Dunbar Female in clearing. 2 eggs nearby.
2 Sep 2017 Comma 1 Gait Barrows NNR Arnside SD483775 Tom Dunbar
2 Sep 2017 Painted Lady 1 Gait Barrows NNR Arnside SD483775 Tom Dunbar
2 Sep 2017 Peacock 2 Gait Barrows NNR Arnside SD483775 Tom Dunbar
2 Sep 2017 Purple Hairstreak 2 Gait Barrows NNR Arnside SD483775 Tom Dunbar On ash
2 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 8 Gait Barrows NNR Arnside SD483775 Tom Dunbar On ash
2 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Gait Barrows NNR Arnside SD483775 Tom Dunbar Nectaring on Devilsbit Scabious.
2 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 11 Gait Barrows NNR Arnside SD483775 Tom Dunbar
1 Sep 2017 Common Blue 5 Lytham St Annes Dunes Lytham SD325282 Ashley Anderton
1 Sep 2017 Grayling 4 Lytham St Annes Dunes Lytham SD325282 Ashley Anderton
1 Sep 2017 Meadow Brown 7 Lytham St Annes Dunes Lytham SD325282 Ashley Anderton
1 Sep 2017 Small Heath 2 Lytham St Annes Dunes Lytham SD325282 Ashley Anderton
1 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 5 Lytham St Annes Dunes Lytham SD325282 Ashley Anderton
1 Sep 2017 Common Blue 16 Castleton Railway Sidings Castleton, Rochdale. SD878101 G Ashworth 12 Males, 4 Females.
1 Sep 2017 Meadow Brown 1 Castleton Railway Sidings Castleton, Rochdale. SD878101 G Ashworth
1 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Castleton Railway Sidings Castleton, Rochdale. SD878101 G Ashworth
1 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Castleton Railway Sidings Castleton, Rochdale. SD878101 G Ashworth
1 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Castleton Railway Sidings Castleton, Rochdale. SD878101 G Ashworth
1 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 10 Harrisend Fell Bowland SD533502 Pete Woodruff
1 Sep 2017 Small Copper 8 Harrisend Fell Bowland SD533502 Pete Woodruff
1 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Harrisend Fell Bowland SD533502 Pete Woodruff