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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5 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 2 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 19 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Small White | 1 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Large White | 1 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 1 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Brimstone | 1 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD4927172669 | Richard Evans | ||
15 Sep 2021 | Small White | 1 | Turton Moor | Bolton | SD71201601 | Chris White | ||
15 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 20 | Turton Moor | Bolton | SD71201601 | Chris White | ||
15 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 1 | Turton Moor | Bolton | SD71201601 | Chris White | ||
22 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 1 | The Lots | SILVERDALE | SD458752 | Sue Brindle | On dry cow pat | |
25 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | The Centre, Halton | Lancaster | SD506649 | Steve Graham | Fresh individual on foliage in warm, humid conditions. | |
7 Sep 2021 | Small White | 3 | Sefton street | Heywood | SD863102 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
7 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Sefton street | Heywood | SD863102 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
7 Sep 2021 | Silver Y | 1 | Sefton street | Heywood | SD863102 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
7 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 5 | 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 | |
2 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 4 | Ridshaw Farm Area | Ramsbottom Area | SD813156 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
6 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 5 | RHS Bridgewater | Salford | SD736005 | John Smith | ||
6 Sep 2021 | Small White | 1 | RHS Bridgewater | Salford | SD736005 | John Smith | ||
15 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 30 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704214 | Stephen hollinrake | Plenty of fresh individuals | |
15 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704214 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
15 Sep 2021 | Peacock | 1 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704214 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
15 Sep 2021 | Green-veined White | 10 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704214 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
16 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 20 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704213 | Stephen hollinrake | Min count, steady stream throughout the day | |
16 Sep 2021 | Peacock | 6 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD704213 | Stephen hollinrake | Fresh individuals | |
29 Sep 2021 | Green-veined White | 1 | Pole lane | Darwen | SD703213 | Stephen hollinrake | In the hours break in weather | |
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 | 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 | 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 | Peacock | 1 | Own garden, | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 12-3 pm, bright sun, 21 deg | |
14 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Own garden, | Cabus, nr Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 12-3 pm, bright sun, 21 deg | |
2 Sep 2021 | Small White | 2 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | ||
2 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 1 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | Male | |
3 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Mersey Footpath East Didsbury | Manchester | SJ8589 | John Smith | ||
3 Sep 2021 | Small White | 2 | Mersey Footpath East Didsbury | Manchester | SJ8589 | John Smith | ||
16 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 15 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steven Graham | ||
16 Sep 2021 | Small White | 1 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steven Graham | ||
16 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 2 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steven Graham | ||
16 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steven Graham | ||
16 Sep 2021 | Purple Hairstreak | 1 | Meadow View, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Female seen egglaying. I thought their season had finished! | |
8 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 10 | 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 | Small Tortoiseshell | 12 | 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 | Purple Hairstreak | 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 | Painted Lady | 1 | Meadow View | Brookhouse | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Hot and full sun upto 27C. | |
8 Sep 2021 | Green-veined White | 1 | Meadow View | Brookhouse | SD541642 | Steven Graham | Hot and full sun upto 27C. | |
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 | 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 | Small Tortoiseshell | 5 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling | SD414494 | Bryan Ingleby | v. light breeze where open to shore, inland very calm, full, (...) | |
9 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Lancaster garden | Lancaster | SD482607 | Clare Mumford | 1 WEEK EARLIER THAN LAST YEAR'S SIGHTING | |
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 (...) | |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Comma | 2 | Lancaster Canal Glasson-Galgate | Glasson, Lancs. | SD452557 | Steven Graham | Midway grid reference for walk along canal between Glasson Dock (...) | |
25 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 7 | Lancashire Canal | Carnforth | SD516710 | Darren Hurst | Seen during a canal walk from Tewitfield Marna to Canal Turn (...) | |
20 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Home Garden | Haslingden | SD788233 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
20 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Home Garden | Haslingden | SD788233 | Stephen hollinrake | Fresh male , first of year around local patch ! | |
21 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Home Garden | Haslingden | SD787226 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
21 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 11 | Home Garden | Haslingden | SD787226 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
21 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Home Garden | Haslingden | SD787226 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
21 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 7 | Home Garden | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja | |
21 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 1 | Home Garden | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on marigolds | |
21 Sep 2021 | Silver Y | 2 | Home Garden | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on salvia at sunset | |
21 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 5 | Home Garden | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja | |
21 Sep 2021 | Painted Lady | 2 | Home Garden | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja | |
2 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 5 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2021 | Small White | 12 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2021 | Small Heath | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2021 | Large White | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2021 | Green-veined White | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2021 | Gatekeeper | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
2 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 5 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD297020 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 4 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 12 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Small White | 15 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Small Heath | 3 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 1 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 6 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Comma | 2 | Hightown Dunes | Hightown | SD298021 | Pete Kinsella | ||
7 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Heysham Nature Reserve | Heysham | SD4059 | Chris White | ||
7 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 10 | Heysham Nature Reserve | Heysham | SD4059 | Chris White | ||
7 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 5 | Heysham Nature Reserve | Heysham | SD4059 | Chris White | ||
7 Sep 2021 | Meadow Brown | 1 | Heysham Nature Reserve | Heysham | SD4059 | Chris White | ||
7 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Heysham Nature Reserve | Heysham | SD4059 | Chris White | ||
22 Sep 2021 | Small White | 1 | Heysham Nature Reserve | Morecambe | SD406598 | Darren Hurst | ||
22 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Heysham Nature Reserve | Morecambe | SD406598 | Darren Hurst | ||
22 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Heysham Nature Reserve | Morecambe | SD406598 | Darren Hurst | ||
18 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 13 | Haslingden | Haslingden | SD788233 | Stephen hollinrake | , 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 | Red Admiral | 3 | Haslingden | Haslingden | SD788233 | Stephen hollinrake | All very fresh, on very late buddlia in garden | |
5 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Grassendale | LIVERPOOL | SJ391849 | Richard Ghorbal | On a swing. | |
24 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Grassendale | LIVERPOOL | SJ391849 | Richard Ghorbal | Feeding on rotting pear | |
17 Sep 2021 | Large White | 1 | Garden at home | Failsworth | SD906011 | Catherine Smith | Butterfly was in garden near to lavender and honeysuckle (...) | |
20 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Garden at home | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja and verbena bonariensis | |
20 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 3 | 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 | Large Yellow Underwing | 1 | Garden at home | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja in sunshine | |
20 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Garden at home | Tarleton | SD452212 | Anne Blundell | Feeding on buddleja | |
24 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 1 | Garden at home | Widnes | SJ486864 | Paul Hillyer | Aberrant female in my garden. Nice surprise | |
24 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 1 | Garden at home | Widnes | SJ486864 | Paul Hillyer | Aberrant female in my garden. Nice surprise | |
15 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Bolton | SD71281478 | Chris White | ||
29 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Ormskirk | SD403074 | Kath Holding | Resting on Elder Leaf i n late sunshine | |
7 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 25 | 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 | Red Admiral | 1 | 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 | Holly Blue | 2 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD483776 | Steven Graham | Ideal condition 11:15 - 13:15 c25C. | |
7 Sep 2021 | Comma | 2 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale Lancs | SD483776 | Steven Graham | Ideal condition 11:15 - 13:15 c25C. | |
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 | 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 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Fletcher Moss Park | Manchester | SJ8490 | John Smith | ||
8 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 3 | Fallowfield Loop West | Manchester | SJ8593 | John Smith | ||
16 Sep 2021 | Large White | 1 | Darwen | Darwen | SD687228 | Stephen hollinrake | Flying high around tree feeding on aphid sap | |
2 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 5 | Croston Close Road | Ramsbottom Area | SD821156 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
2 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Croston Close Road | Ramsbottom Area | SD821156 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
14 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
14 Sep 2021 | Small White | 11 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
14 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
14 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 5 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
14 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
14 Sep 2021 | Comma | 2 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ310983 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2021 | Small White | 5 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ309984 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 4 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ309984 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ309984 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ309984 | Pete Kinsella | Female | |
17 Sep 2021 | Comma | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ309984 | Pete Kinsella | ||
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 | 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 (...) | |
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 (...) | |
16 Sep 2021 | Meadow Brown | 1 | Borrowdale Road | Lancaster | SD4853961937 | Richard Evans | Very faded. Rather unexpected in mid-September. | |
1 Sep 2021 | Wall Brown | 4 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2021 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2021 | Small White | 3 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2021 | Small Heath | 2 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2021 | Small Copper | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2021 | Green-veined White | 2 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2021 | Common Blue | 6 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD298120 | Pete Kinsella | ||
25 Sep 2021 | Holly Blue | 1 | Abraham Heights | Lancaster | SD467611 | Peter Crooks | Briefly in back garden during period of late afternoon sunshine |
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John Bostock
Email: chairman@lancashire-butterflies.org.uk