Lancashire Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings
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| Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid Ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2024 | Brimstone | 2 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale | SD484774 | Peter Crooks | At least 2 wide ranging males | |
| 12 May 2024 | Duke of Burgundy | 7 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale | SD484774 | Peter Crooks | At least 7 in the fenced-off area on the NE side of the reserve | |
| 12 May 2024 | Large White | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale | SD484774 | Peter Crooks | ||
| 12 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale | SD484774 | Peter Crooks | 2 males, 1 female | |
| 11 May 2024 | Brimstone | 5 | Warton crag | Warton Carnforth | SD493724 | Barry Dyson | Light SE breeze, Full sunshine | |
| 11 May 2024 | Dingy Skipper | 2 | Warton crag | Warton Carnforth | SD493724 | Barry Dyson | Light SE breeze, Full sunshine | |
| 11 May 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 1 | Warton crag | Warton Carnforth | SD493724 | Barry Dyson | Light SE breeze, Full sunshine | |
| 11 May 2024 | Mother Shipton | 1 | Warton crag | Warton Carnforth | SD493724 | Barry Dyson | Light SE breeze, Full sunshine | |
| 11 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Warton crag | Warton Carnforth | SD493724 | Barry Dyson | Light SE breeze, Full sunshine | |
| 11 May 2024 | Small Heath | 2 | Warton crag | Warton Carnforth | SD493724 | Barry Dyson | Light SE breeze, Full sunshine | |
| 11 May 2024 | Speckled Yellow | 3 | Warton crag | Warton Carnforth | SD493724 | Barry Dyson | Light SE breeze, Full sunshine | |
| 11 May 2024 | Dingy Skipper | 1 | Trowbarrow Quarry | Silverdale | SD480758 | Josh Hedley | ||
| 11 May 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Trowbarrow Quarry | Silverdale | SD480758 | Josh Hedley | ||
| 11 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 12 | Cowpe Reservoir | Rossendale | SD842202 | Kevin Lister | ||
| 11 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 25 | Cowpe Reservoir | Rossendale | SD842202 | Kevin Lister | only males seen | |
| 11 May 2024 | Comma | 1 | Kearns Mill, Cowpe | Rossendale | SD840204 | Kevin Lister | very fresh | |
| 11 May 2024 | Cinnabar | 2 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303100 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303100 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 May 2024 | Large White | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303100 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 4 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303100 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 May 2024 | Small Heath | 2 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303100 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 May 2024 | Small White | 1 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303100 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 3 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303100 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 11 May 2024 | Wall Brown | 2 | Ainsdale NNR | Ainsdale | SD303100 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Brimstone | 2 | RSPB Marshside | Southport | SD347194 | Jack Taylor | From Faircloughs platform. Male and a female | |
| 10 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 3 | RSPB Marshside | Southport | SD347194 | Jack Taylor | From Faircloughs platform. | |
| 10 May 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | RSPB Marshside | Southport | SD347194 | Jack Taylor | From Faircloughs platform. | |
| 10 May 2024 | Small White | 1 | RSPB Marshside | Southport | SD347194 | Jack Taylor | From Faircloughs platform. | |
| 10 May 2024 | Large White | 1 | Sunnyhurst Woods | Darwen | SD681231 | John Wright | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Sunnyhurst Woods | Darwen | SD681231 | John Wright | Male | |
| 10 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 4 | Sunnyhurst Woods | Darwen | SD681231 | John Wright | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Lancaster Canal | Forton | SD477514 | Maurice Wilby | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Lancaster Canal | Forton | SD484523 | Maurice Wilby | Male | |
| 10 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Weavers Lane | Cabus | SD496485 | Maurice Wilby | 2 males , 1 female near R. Were | |
| 10 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 2 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Holly Blue | 2 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Large White | 1 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 4 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Small Heath | 1 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Small White | 2 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 7 | Ravenmeols LNR | Formby | SD281056 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 10 May 2024 | Duke of Burgundy | 6 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale | SD484774 | Roger Cope | Lots of males scrapping and basking in roped-off area. |  |
| 9 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 2 | Jacks Key Reservoir | Darwen | SD702202 | John Wright | ||
| 9 May 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Jacks Key Reservoir | Darwen | SD702202 | John Wright | ||
| 9 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 7 | Jacks Key Reservoir | Darwen | SD702202 | John Wright | 5 nales and 2 females | |
| 9 May 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Smallholding | Orrell, Wigan | SD5303405240 | Mandy Wellens-Bray | First time spotted on site. Lots of ivy and Holly in (...) | |
| 9 May 2024 | Brimstone | 4 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale | SD484774 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 9 May 2024 | Duke of Burgundy | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale | SD484774 | Pete Kinsella | Male | |
| 9 May 2024 | Large White | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale | SD484774 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 9 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale | SD484774 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 9 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Gait Barrows NNR | Silverdale | SD484774 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 9 May 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Grassendale | Liverpool | SJ391849 | Richard Ghorbal | In my garden | |
| 9 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 12 | Cribden area | Haslingden | SD796245 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 9 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 22 | Cribden area | Haslingden | SD796245 | Stephen hollinrake | In the general area mainly males | |
| 9 May 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Cribden area | Haslingden | SD796245 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 9 May 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Cribden area | Haslingden | SD796245 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 9 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Cribden area | Haslingden | SD796245 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 9 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Cribden area | Haslingden | SD796245 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 8 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | RSPB Marshside | Southport | SD347194 | Jack Taylor | From Faircloughs platform | |
| 8 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | RSPB Marshside | Southport | SD347194 | Jack Taylor | Both males. From Faircloughs platform | |
| 8 May 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | RSPB Marshside | Southport | SD347194 | Jack Taylor | From Faircloughs platform | |
| 7 May 2024 | Holly Blue | 2 | Ainsdale garden | Ainsdale, Southport | SD315122 | Jack Taylor | First butterflies seen in garden this year | |
| 7 May 2024 | Large White | 1 | Ainsdale garden | Ainsdale, Southport | SD315122 | Jack Taylor | First butterflies seen in garden this year | |
| 7 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Ainsdale garden | Ainsdale, Southport | SD315122 | Jack Taylor | First butterflies seen in garden this year. Male | |
| 7 May 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Ainsdale garden | Ainsdale, Southport | SD315122 | Jack Taylor | First butterflies seen in garden this year. | |
| 7 May 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Fishmoor Reservoir | Blackburn | SD700257 | John Wright | Male | |
| 7 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 10 | Fishmoor Reservoir | Blackburn | SD700257 | John Wright | 7 males and 3 females | |
| 7 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling Lane | SD415494 | KathArmstrong and Bryan Ingleby | ||
| 7 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 6 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling Lane | SD415494 | KathArmstrong and Bryan Ingleby | ||
| 7 May 2024 | Peacock | 3 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling Lane | SD415494 | KathArmstrong and Bryan Ingleby | ||
| 7 May 2024 | Small White | 7 | Lane Ends Amenity area | Pilling Lane | SD415494 | KathArmstrong and Bryan Ingleby | ||
| 7 May 2024 | Small White | 1 | Meadow Close | Reedley | SD850358 | Mike Jackson | ||
| 7 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 4 | Birk Bank | Lancaster | SD529605 | Steve Graham | Mainly cloud but a brief window of sunshine. | |
| 7 May 2024 | Small White | 1 | Birk Bank | Lancaster | SD529605 | Steve Graham | Mainly cloud but a brief window of sunshine. | |
| 7 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Birk Bank | Lancaster | SD529605 | Steve Graham | Mainly cloud but a brief window of sunshine. | |
| 6 May 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 1 | Lords Hall | Darwen | SD683203 | John Wright |  | |
| 6 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Roddlesworth Woods | Tockholes | SD655219 | John Wright | 2 males and a female |  |
| 6 May 2024 | Brimstone | 2 | Warton Crag | Carnforth | SD494724 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 6 May 2024 | Brimstone | 2 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD494724 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 6 May 2024 | Dingy Skipper | 2 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD494724 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 6 May 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 4 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD494724 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 6 May 2024 | Large White | 1 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD494724 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 6 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD494724 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 6 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 8 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD494724 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 6 May 2024 | Speckled Yellow | 3 | Warton Crag | Warton | SD494724 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Noel Road | Lancaster | SD473631 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Noel Road | Lancaster | SD473631 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 2 | Roddlesworth Woods | Tockholes | SD663199 | John Wright | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Roddlesworth Woods | Tockholes | SD663202 | John Wright | Males |  |
| 5 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 5 | Roddlesworth Woods | Tockholes | SD663199 | John Wright | Males |  |
| 5 May 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Roddlesworth Woods | Tockholes | SD663199 | John Wright |  | |
| 5 May 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Roddlesworth Woods | Tockholes | SD663202 | John Wright |  | |
| 5 May 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Roddlesworth Woods | Tockholes | SD663199 | John Wright | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Roddlesworth Woods | Tockholes | SD663199 | John Wright | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Copp Lane | Great Eccleston | SD421394 | Maurice Wilby | Male | |
| 5 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Meagles Lane | Elswick | SD416388 | Maurice Wilby | Male | |
| 5 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Meagles Lane | Little Eccleston | SD411395 | Maurice Wilby | Male | |
| 5 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Carrs Green | Inskip | SD4713437008 | Nasreen Akhtar | female |  |
| 5 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | Alt Bridge | Formby | SD308057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Alt Bridge | Formby | SD308057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Peacock | 3 | Alt Bridge | Formby | SD308057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Silver Y | 3 | Alt Bridge | Formby | SD308057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Alt Bridge | Formby | SD308057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 5 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 3 | Alt Bridge | Formby | SD308057 | Pete Kinsella | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Clitheroe Castle | Clitheroe | SD742415 | Christiane Voets | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Clitheroe Castle | Clitheroe | SD742415 | Christiane Voets | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Near Edisford Bridge | Clitheroe | SD726410 | Christiane Voets | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 5 | Jacks Key Reservoir | Darwen | SD704203 | John Wright | Males |  |
| 2 May 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Jacks Key Reservoir | Darwen | SD704203 | John Wright | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Small White | 1 | Jacks Key Reservoir | Darwen | SD704203 | John Wright | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Beacon Fell CP | Whitechapel | SD569428 | Maurice Wilby | Female resting on Cuckoo Flower in a strong Easterly wind |  |
| 2 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Beacon Fell CP | Whitechapel | SD572428 | Maurice Wilby | 2 males and 1 female including a mating pair. |  |
| 2 May 2024 | Common Heath | 12 | Birk Bank | Quernmore | SD5291060518 | Richard Evans | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 6 | Birk Bank | Quernmore | SD5291060518 | Richard Evans | All on bilberry. Warm, sunny, but very windy. |  |
| 2 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 2 | Birk Bank | Quernmore | SD5291060518 | Richard Evans | Mating pair. |  |
| 2 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Birk Bank | Quernmore | SD5291060518 | Richard Evans | Males. | |
| 2 May 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Birk Bank | Quernmore | SD5291060518 | Richard Evans | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 5 | Rigg Lane | Quernmore | SD5290560961 | Richard Evans | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 5 | Speke and Garston Coastal Reserve | Liverpool | SJ404832 | Richard Ghorbal | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Speke and Garston Coastal Reserve | Liverpool | SJ404832 | Richard Ghorbal |  | |
| 2 May 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Speke and Garston Coastal Reserve | Liverpool | SJ404832 | Richard Ghorbal |  | |
| 2 May 2024 | Small White | 1 | Speke and Garston Coastal Reserve | Liverpool | SJ404832 | Richard Ghorbal | ||
| 2 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Home Garden | Darwen | SD684239 | Sarah Fletcher |  | |
| 2 May 2024 | Brimstone | 4 | Warton Crag | Carnforth | SD494725 | Sue and Finn Bugge | 19.5C | |
| 2 May 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 3 | Warton Crag | Carnforth | SD494725 | Sue and Finn Bugge | 19.5C | |
| 2 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Warton Crag | Carnforth | SD494725 | Sue and Finn Bugge | 19.5C | |
| 2 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Warton Crag | Carnforth | SD494725 | Sue and Finn Bugge | 19.5C | |
| 2 May 2024 | Speckled Yellow | 1 | Warton Crag | Carnforth | SD494725 | Sue and Finn Bugge | 19.5C | |
| 1 May 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | My garden | Yealand Storrs | SD494760 | Dave Wrigley | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | My garden | Yealand Storrs | SD494760 | Dave Wrigley | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 4 | My garden | Yealand Storrs | SD494760 | Dave Wrigley | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | My garden | Yealand Storrs | SD494760 | Dave Wrigley | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Fishmoor Reservoir | Blackburn | SD699261 | John Wright | Female |  |
| 1 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | Fishmoor Reservoir | Blackburn | SD699261 | John Wright | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 9 | Fishmoor Reservoir | Blackburn | SD699261 | John Wright | 7 males and 2 females |  |
| 1 May 2024 | Peacock | 5 | Fishmoor Reservoir | Blackburn | SD699261 | John Wright | 7 males and 2 females | |
| 1 May 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Fishmoor Reservoir | Blackburn | SD699261 | John Wright | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Fishmoor Reservoir | Blackburn | SD699261 | John Wright |  | |
| 1 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Meadow Close | Reedley | SD850358 | Mike Jackson | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Meadow Close | Reedley | SD850358 | Mike Jackson | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Brimstone | 2 | Lead Mines Clough | Chorley | SD630161 | Russ Briers | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 4 | Lead Mines Clough | Chorley | SD630161 | Russ Briers | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Peacock | 3 | Lead Mines Clough | Chorley | SD630161 | Russ Briers | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Comma | 1 | Royal road | Rochdale | SD886116 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | Royal road | Rochdale | SD886116 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Royal road | Rochdale | SD886116 | Stephen hollinrake | 2 males 1 female | |
| 1 May 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Royal road | Rochdale | SD886116 | Stephen hollinrake | ||
| 1 May 2024 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Royal road | Rochdale | SD886116 | Stephen hollinrake |
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