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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22 Sep 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Garden | Rawtenstall | SD822226 | James Cowdery | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Garden | Rawtenstall | SD822226 | James Cowdery | ||
12 Sep 2020 | Brimstone | 3 | Wigan Flashes LNR | Wigan | SD585033 | Alison Brown | ||
6 Sep 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Worsley Mesnes | Wigan | SD57020327 | M | Male feeding on yellow Dahlia | |
29 Sep 2020 | Comma | 1 | Roeacre Brook | Heywood | SD867106 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
29 Sep 2020 | Comma | 2 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD4809461880 | Richard Evans | On ivy. | |
29 Sep 2020 | Comma | 4 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD4808661809 | Tom Dunbar | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Comma | 7 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ313981 | Pete Kinsella | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Comma | 2 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD481618 | Richard Evans | 100 metre section of towpath with 3 large areas of ivy. | |
18 Sep 2020 | Comma | 1 | Blundellsands | Crosby | SD299006 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Comma | 1 | Grassendale | Liverpool | SJ391849 | Richard Ghorbal | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Comma | 1 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | 13.20 - 13.50 c24C. | |
14 Sep 2020 | Comma | 1 | Hawthornthwaite Fell | Abbeystead Lancs | SD5651 | Pete Woodruff | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Comma | 1 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
12 Sep 2020 | Comma | 1 | Wigan Flashes LNR | Wigan | SD585033 | Alison Brown | ||
3 Sep 2020 | Comma | 1 | Worsley Mesnes | Wigan | SD57020327 | M | Male feeding on Sedum in garden | |
29 Sep 2020 | Common Blue | 1 | Sefton street | Heywood | SD864101 | Gavin Ashworth | Female | |
18 Sep 2020 | Common Blue | 1 | Blundellsands | Crosby | SD299006 | Pete Kinsella | Female | |
1 Sep 2020 | Common Blue | 3 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ311980 | Pete Kinsella | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Green-veined White | 1 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | ||
13 Sep 2020 | Green-veined White | 2 | Mitchell house reservoir | Haslingden Grane | SD790272 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
12 Sep 2020 | Green-veined White | 5 | Wigan Flashes LNR | Wigan | SD585033 | Alison Brown | ||
12 Sep 2020 | Green-veined White | 1 | Wigan Flashes LNR | Wigan | SD579032 | Alison Brown | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Silverdale village | Silverdale | SD464757 | Jim Stonehouse | ||
29 Sep 2020 | Large White | 1 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD4808661809 | Tom Dunbar | All today's sightings on flowering ivy or buddleia | |
19 Sep 2020 | Large White | 1 | Yealand allotments | Yealand Redmayne | SD492766 | Kath ArmstrongBryan Ingleby | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Large White | 1 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD481618 | Richard Evans | 100 metre section of towpath with 3 large areas of ivy. | |
18 Sep 2020 | Large White | 1 | Blundellsands | Crosby | SD299006 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Large White | 1 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling | SD414494 | Kath ArmstrongBryan Ingleby | Sunny on the banking | |
17 Sep 2020 | Large White | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ314981 | Pete Kinsella | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Large White | 1 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Large White | 2 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
12 Sep 2020 | Large White | 1 | Wigan Flashes LNR | Wigan | SD579032 | Alison Brown | ||
9 Sep 2020 | Large White | 1 | Fallowfield Loop West | Manchester | SJ8593 | John Smith | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Large White | 1 | Garden at home | bury.BL0 9RE | SD78601560 | George Michael Horwood | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Large White | 2 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ311980 | Pete Kinsella | ||
12 Sep 2020 | Meadow Brown | 2 | Wigan Flashes LNR | Wigan | SD585033 | Alison Brown | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Painted Lady | 1 | Jack Scout/ Jenny Browns Point | Silverdale | SD459737 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Painted Lady | 1 | Jack Scout/ Jenny Browns Point | Silverdale | SD459737 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Painted Lady | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ314981 | Pete Kinsella | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Painted Lady | 1 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Painted Lady | 7 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ311980 | Pete Kinsella | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Garden | Rawtenstall | SD822226 | James Cowdery | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Hawthornthwaite Fell | Abbeystead Lancs | SD5651 | Pete Woodruff | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ311980 | Pete Kinsella | ||
3 Sep 2020 | Purple Hairstreak | 1 | Elbut Wood | Heywood | SD844115 | Gavin Ashworth | Low down on a sheltered Oak tree in late afternoon full sun | |
29 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 6 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD4809461880 | Richard Evans | All on ivy in warm sun. | |
29 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 5 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD4705460615 | Richard Evans | Canal parallel to Aldcliffe Road. On ivy. | |
29 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 1 | Lancaster castle | Lancaster | SD4737761835 | Richard Evans | In the castle precinct. | |
29 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 11 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD4808661809 | Tom Dunbar | ||
27 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 3 | Tewitfield Marina | Tewitfield | SD519735 | Jon C | 2 Red Admirals resting on the gravel at the end of the canal and (...) | |
20 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 1 | Happy Mount Park | Morecambe | SD435645 | Jon C | Appeared to be feeding on Ivy | |
19 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 2 | Yealand allotments | Yealand Redmayne | SD492766 | Kath ArmstrongBryan Ingleby | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 23 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ313981 | Pete Kinsella | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 43 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD481618 | Richard Evans | 100 metre section of towpath with 3 large areas of ivy. | |
18 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 9 | Blundellsands | Crosby | SD299006 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 2 | Jack Scout/ Jenny Browns Point | Silverdale | SD459737 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 7 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ314981 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 5 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ308986 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 5 | Crosby Village | Crosby | SJ319998 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 3 | Grassendale | Liverpool | SJ391849 | Richard Ghorbal | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 6 | Woodgate Avenue | Bury | SD828118 | Gavin Ashworth | On Ivy flowers | |
15 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 11 | Garden | Rawtenstall | SD822226 | James Cowdery | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 16 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 17 | Hawthornthwaite Fell | Abbeystead Lancs | SD5651 | Pete Woodruff | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 4 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
13 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 1 | Mitchell house reservoir | Haslingden Grane | SD790272 | Stephen hollinrake | Moving through | |
9 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 1 | Fallowfield Loop West | Manchester | SJ8593 | John Smith | ||
6 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 2 | Front Garden | Ormskirk | SD40760886 | BJones | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden at home | bury.BL0 9RE | SD78601560 | George Michael Horwood | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 11 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ311980 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Red Admiral | 2 | Harrisend Fell | Forest of Bowland | SD533504 | Pete Woodruff | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Silver Y | 2 | Yealand allotments | Yealand Redmayne | SD492766 | Kath ArmstrongBryan Ingleby | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Silver Y | 4 | Jack Scout/ Jenny Browns Point | Silverdale | SD459737 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Silver Y | 1 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Silver Y | 24 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | 13.20 - 13.50 c24C. | |
12 Sep 2020 | Silver Y | 6 | Wigan Flashes LNR | Wigan | SD585033 | Alison Brown | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Silver Y | 2 | Harrisend Fell | Forest of Bowland | SD533504 | Pete Woodruff | ||
29 Sep 2020 | Small Copper | 1 | Sefton street | Heywood | SD864101 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Small Copper | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ313981 | Pete Kinsella | ||
18 Sep 2020 | Small Copper | 1 | Lancaster garden | Lancaster | SD464621 | Barrie Cooper | Nectaring on Scabious | |
18 Sep 2020 | Small Copper | 2 | Blundellsands | Crosby | SD299006 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Small Copper | 2 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling | SD414494 | Kath ArmstrongBryan Ingleby | First we have seen this year. Sunny 22deg | |
15 Sep 2020 | Small Copper | 1 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | 13.20 - 13.50 c24C. | |
1 Sep 2020 | Small Copper | 1 | Harrisend Fell | Forest of Bowland | SD533504 | Pete Woodruff | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Small Heath | 2 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ311980 | Pete Kinsella | ||
29 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD4808661809 | Tom Dunbar | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ313981 | Pete Kinsella | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD481618 | Richard Evans | 100 metre section of towpath with 3 large areas of ivy. | |
17 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 10 | Jack Scout/ Jenny Browns Point | Silverdale | SD459737 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling | SD414494 | Kath ArmstrongBryan Ingleby | Sunny 22deg | |
17 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Garden | Rawtenstall | SD822226 | James Cowdery | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 23 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | Looks like the Common Blue colony season over here. Possibly (...) | |
14 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 12 | Hawthornthwaite Fell | Abbeystead Lancs | SD5651 | Pete Woodruff | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 6 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
13 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 13 | Mitchell house reservoir | Haslingden Grane | SD790272 | Stephen hollinrake | All fresh | |
12 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Wigan Flashes LNR | Wigan | SD585033 | Alison Brown | ||
4 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | My garden | Preston | SD5439334497 | Jenny Buchanan | On colchicum flower | |
4 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | My garden | Preston | SD5439334497 | Jenny Buchanan | On colchicum flower | |
4 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | My garden | Preston | SD5439334497 | Jenny Buchanan | On colchicum flower | |
1 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 37 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ311980 | Pete Kinsella | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 18 | Harrisend Fell | Forest of Bowland | SD533504 | Pete Woodruff | ||
29 Sep 2020 | Small White | 1 | Roeacre Brook | Heywood | SD867106 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
29 Sep 2020 | Small White | 1 | Sefton street | Heywood | SD864101 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
29 Sep 2020 | Small White | 2 | Fairfield allotments | Lancaster | SD4705261300 | Richard Evans | Footpath on north side of allotments. | |
29 Sep 2020 | Small White | 1 | Lancaster Canal | Lancaster | SD4705460615 | Richard Evans | Canal parallel to Aldcliffe Road. | |
19 Sep 2020 | Small White | 1 | Yealand allotments | Yealand Redmayne | SD492766 | Kath ArmstrongBryan Ingleby | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Small White | 3 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ313981 | Pete Kinsella | ||
18 Sep 2020 | Small White | 6 | Blundellsands | Crosby | SD299006 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Small White | 4 | Jack Scout/ Jenny Browns Point | Silverdale | SD459737 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Small White | 1 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling | SD414494 | Kath ArmstrongBryan Ingleby | Sunny 22deg | |
17 Sep 2020 | Small White | 4 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ314981 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Small White | 2 | Crosby Village | Crosby | SJ319998 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Small White | 1 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Small White | 2 | Garden | Rawtenstall | SD822226 | James Cowdery | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Small White | 1 | Miss Whalley's Field | Lancaster | SD48506203 | Richard Evans | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Small White | 3 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | 13.20 - 13.50 c24C. | |
14 Sep 2020 | Small White | 2 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
12 Sep 2020 | Small White | 4 | Wigan Flashes LNR | Wigan | SD585033 | Alison Brown | ||
12 Sep 2020 | Small White | 1 | Wigan Flashes LNR | Wigan | SD579032 | Alison Brown | ||
9 Sep 2020 | Small White | 1 | Fallowfield Loop West | Manchester | SJ8593 | John Smith | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Small White | 1 | Garden at home | bury.BL0 9RE | SD78601560 | George Michael Horwood | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Small White | 14 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ311980 | Pete Kinsella | ||
29 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Roeacre Brook | Heywood | SD867106 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
21 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Barlow Tip | Manchester | SJ8192 | John Smith | ||
21 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Chorlton Water Park | Manchester | SJ8292 | John Smith | ||
19 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 37 | Yealand allotments | Yealand Redmayne | SD492766 | Kath ArmstrongBryan Ingleby | 2 hour walk plenty in sunny wood glades | |
19 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ313981 | Pete Kinsella | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 3 | Jack Scout/ Jenny Browns Point | Silverdale | SD459737 | Gavin Ashworth | ||
17 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Grassendale | Liverpool | SJ391849 | Richard Ghorbal | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Garden | Rawtenstall | SD822226 | James Cowdery | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Sale Water Park | Manchester | SJ7993 | John Smith | ||
15 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Halton ECO Housing Butterfly Bank | Lancaster | SD510647 | Steve Graham | 13.20 - 13.50 c24C. | |
14 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
14 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Hill Farm, Brookhouse | Lancaster | SD541641 | Steve Graham | ||
9 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 4 | Fallowfield Loop West | Manchester | SJ8593 | John Smith | ||
3 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Elbut Wood | Heywood | SD844115 | Gavin Ashworth | Same tree as PH | |
1 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Platt Fields Park | Manchester | SJ8594 | John Smith | ||
1 Sep 2020 | Speckled Wood | 3 | Crosby Marine Park | Crosby | SJ311980 | Pete Kinsella |
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John Bostock
Email: chairman@lancashire-butterflies.org.uk