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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9 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Above Roeburndale | Wray | SD601670 | Roger Fellows | ||
9 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Above Roeburndale | Wray | SD602674 | Roger Fellows | ||
9 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Above Roeburndale | Wray | SD598665 | Roger Fellows | ||
9 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 10 | Above Roeburndale | Wray | SD602654 | Roger Fellows | On Buddleja | |
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 | ||
17 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 5 | Bankside Lane, Bacup | Rossendale | SD86592248 | Kevin Lister | ||
9 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Bridge House Farm | Wray | SD598678 | Roger Fellows | ||
9 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Bridge House Farm | Wray | SD605674 | Roger Fellows | ||
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 | |
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 | ||
2 Sep 2017 | Brown Hairstreak | 1 | Coldwell Parrock | Arnside | SD479778 | Tom Dunbar | egg on main hedge | |
2 Sep 2017 | Purple Hairstreak | 1 | Coldwell Parrock | Arnside | SD479778 | Tom Dunbar | ||
17 Sep 2017 | Small White | 1 | Futures Park, Bacup | Rossendale | SD865218 | Kevin Lister | a rather belated first of the year! | |
2 Sep 2017 | Brimstone | 5 | Gait Barrows NNR | Arnside | SD477773 | Tom Dunbar | Nectaring on Devilsbit Scabious | |
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 | Green-veined White | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Arnside | SD483775 | Tom Dunbar | Nectaring on Devilsbit Scabious. | |
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 | ||
22 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 5 | Garden | Bury | SD7860015600 | Mike Horwood | Feeding on sedum,this the most I have seen in my garden | |
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 | |
15 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 10 | Garden | Weir | SD869252 | Patricia | feasting on organic banana | |
14 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Bury | SD7860015600 | Mike Horwood | Feeding on sedum | |
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 | 5 | Garden | Leyland | SD514220 | Keith Middleton | Feeding on over ripe figs on fig tree. 2 were on same fig | |
24 Sep 2017 | Comma | 1 | Garden at home | Preston | SD4701322444 | Louise | Closed wings. Landed on conservatory. | |
9 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 8 | Garden at home | Leyland | SD51442204 | Keith Middleton | Feeding and sunning on ripe fruit on Fig tree. | |
4 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 12 | Garden at home | Crosby | SD3296100090 | D Hardaker | Sudden influx this morning feeding on Mint | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
19 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Grisedale | Scorton | SD518483 | Roger Fellows | ||
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 | ||
14 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Hawthornthwaite Fell | Bowland | SD558518 | Pete Woodruff | ||
14 Sep 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Hawthornthwaite Fell | Bowland | SD558518 | Pete Woodruff | ||
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 | ||
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 Copper | 1 | 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 | |
16 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 3 | Hurdles Quarry | Rossendale | SD822218 | Kevin Lister | all 3 heading south over the moors | |
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
19 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | M6 bridge | Scorton | SD503487 | Roger Fellows | ||
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 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Marton Mere | Blackpool Lancs. | SD329359 | Peter Smith | ||
27 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 11 | My Back Garden | Rawtenstall | SD836246 | Mr J Hallsworth | ||
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 | |
9 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Near Londis | Hornby | SD585682 | Roger Fellows | ||
19 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Nicky Nook | Scorton | SD518485 | Roger Fellows | ||
10 Sep 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 13 | Old Hollows | Banks | SD390227 | Pete Kinsella | Together feeding on thistles. | |
28 Sep 2017 | Comma | 1 | Own garden, | Cabus | SD4725446693 | Bryan Ingleby | ||
28 Sep 2017 | Peacock | 2 | Own garden, | Cabus | SD4725446693 | Bryan Ingleby | ||
24 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Own garden, | Cabus | SD4725446693 | Bryan Ingleby | ||
24 Sep 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Own garden, | Cabus | SD4725446693 | Bryan Ingleby | ||
15 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 9 | Own garden, | Bolton | SD742116 | Janice Sutton | unusual, local breeder reported to have recently release several (...) | |
15 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 01 | Own garden, | Wigan | SD6052605329 | Shaun Brickhill | Resting on wooden well in light rain. | |
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 | ||
2 Sep 2017 | Common Blue | 1 | Pennington Flash | Leigh | SJ6499 | John Smith | ||
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 | ||
16 Sep 2017 | Speckled Wood | 3 | Staghills Woods | Rossendale | SD83152203 | Kevin Lister | all very fresh | |
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 | |
24 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Trans Pennine Trail | Manchester | SJ8390 | John Smith | ||
16 Sep 2017 | Small Copper | 1 | Warth, Waterfoot | Rossendale | SD829219 | Kevin Lister | ||
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 | ||
15 Sep 2017 | Small White | 3 | Worsley Mesnes | Wigan | SD57020327 | John Gibson | Feeding on Verbena | |
8 Sep 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Worsley Mesnes | Wigan | SD57020327 | John Gibson | ||
8 Sep 2017 | Small White | 1 | Worsley Mesnes | Wigan | SD57020327 | John Gibson |
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