Butterfly Sightings

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

A red admiral on telephone post at bottom of our garden in Birch Avenue today. and yesterday a Red Admiral near Clough Head and a Wall Brown at Troy Quarry... Bryan

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Huttock Top 1 wall brown Whitworth Quarry 1 wall brown, 4 peacocks & 2 red admirals cheers Kevin

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

green veined white - 4 peacock - 1 wall brown - 1 speckled wood - 2 small copper - 1 cheers Kevin

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

2 peacocks, 1 red admiral & 4small tortoisesheels cheers Kevin

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/deejaybeejay/SmallCopperatGraneHeadTOK300808.jpg

Ina · Ina

1 Red Admiral 3 Speck wood 1 Peacock Whites were conspicuous by their absence. Regards Ina

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

3 red admirals seen in Whitworth Quarry today in the brief period between the fog and the rain. At Park Road, Bacup there was a red admiral, a green veined white, a large white and the first small tortoiseshell I've seen in weeks on Friday. cheers Kevin

brian · brian

Several peacocks [probable 7+] Large white 2 G V White 5 S Wood 4 S Skipper 1 All on thistles near the lodge

Ina · Ina

Bury Old Road nr cattery. 1 Small Copper 1 Wall Brown 2 GVW 1 Lg White 1 Speck Wood Regards Ina

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

red admiral - 1 at Clough Bottom & 1 at Dean Lane, Water. speckled wood - 2 at Clough Bottom. wall brown - 1 at Clough Bottom. meadow brown - 1 at Shadlock Cote, 3 at Barley Lodge, Lumb & 7 at Clough Bottom. small skipper - 1 at Barley Lodge, Lumb. green veined white - 11 at Shadlock Cote, 10 at Barley...

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

Some great stuff at Troy today (1000hrs - 1200hrs) Butterflies: Peacock (1) Small Tortoiseshell (1) Small Skipper (3) Small Heath (1) Green Veined White (3) Large White Butterfly (1) also dragonflies and damselflies - yet unable to identify... If you want to see todays photos of Peacock and small s...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

wall brown 1 at Holden Wood green veined white 1 at Warth, 11 at Holden Wood & 1 at Heap Clough. speckled wood 2 at Ewood Bridge meadow brown 1 at Ewood Bridge, 1 at Ravenshore, 1 at Holden Wood & 1 at Heap Clough. cheers Kevin

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

It was brilliant, just got there whilst the sun showed through for a hour or so. Had lots of stuff all from around the Hartley House, and following the footpath to the West of Calf Hey.. and also a checkover around the Top O'th Knoll area... Peacock (1) and my first this year.. Thistles - West of Reservoi...

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/deejaybeejay/SmallHeath-KirkhillTollhouse110808.jpg

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

1 red admiral 1 speckled wood 2 meadow brown 2 green veined white cheers Kevin

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

A brilliant colony with a minimum of 20 Gatekeepers at rear of Top O'th Knoll (near the mushroom timber sculptures) at Haslingden Grane... also a few on the thistle to the front of Top O'th Knoll alongside the footpath together with about 4 small skippers.... Also had throughout walk about 15 Green Ve...

Ina · Ina

Several Large Whites in and about my garden today, including 1 egg laying on my salad/herb patch. Think it was aiming mainly for the wild rocket, is that a brassica? Ina

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

Had One Small Tortoiseshell (my second of the year!!) and One Red Admiral (my first of the year!!) at Pitt Heads, also had 3 Large Whites. At Top O'th Slate had a couple of Large Whites, about 15 Green Veined Whites, 6 Meadow Browns, and 2 Small Skippers at Kirkhill. Bryan. -- Edited by Birderbryan at 17...

Ina · Ina

2 Small Skipper 1 Large Skipper 1 Speck Wood 1 Large White, couple of other ? whites 30+ Meadow Browns Has summer arrived? Ina

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

11am -2pm 25th July 2008 - Top O'th'Slate Small Tortoishell - 1 feeding on Ragwort (in lovely condition) Large Skipper - 5 (photo if interested at http://topoftheslate.blogspot.com/ ) Large White - 3 Meadow Brown - 12 Also a small white butterfly, but was unable to establish species. Cheers, Brya...

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

About 30 plus Meadow Browns and 1 Small Skipper on Common Spotted Orchid (photo can be seen at: http://topoftheslate.blogspot.com/ )at Top O'th Slate. Also missed a good one which went past, think it was a Red Admiral but cant be sure.... it would have been a cracker this year how things are... I sti...

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Meadow Browns 1 Small Skipper feeding on blue vetch with a lot of Burnet moths and 1 Large Skipper 1 Small Heath Cheers Ian

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

meadow brown 1 near Cowm Farm, 1 at Cowm Res, 25 below Spring Mill Res. large skipper 1 at Cowm Res & 6+ below Spring Mill Res. Small skipper 12 below Spring Mill Res. cheers Kevin -- Edited by KEVIN LISTER at 19:43, 2008-07-13

Ina · Ina

Lots of Meadow Browns 1 Speck Wood C a dozen in all, Large and Small Skippers Irwell Vale (Lumb) Meadow Browns 3 Gatekeepers in one spot. Early? Skippers lots, but not sure which. 1 Sm White. Ina

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

1 large skipper near Graver Weir, Water 1 small heath Clough Bottom 1 meadow brown Clough Bottom cheers Kevin

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

3 speckled woods today cheers Kevin

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

18:00 - 19:00, Large Skipper, 3, Meadow Brown, 2, Regards, David Nuttall.

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Ewood Bridge - 16:30hrs approx 2 Common Blue and 2 Meadow Brown on land adjacent to football pitch. Bob.

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

2 Small Coppers near to Kirkhill Tollbar House and a Speckled Wood near Cedar Avenue/Poplar Street. Bryan.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

at least 12 green hairstreaks at Hurdles Quarry today. cheers Kevin

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Red Admiral and Wall Brown (Preview) A red admiral on telephone post at bottom of our garden in Birch Avenue today. and yesterday a Red Admiral near Clough Head and a Wall Brown at Troy Quarry... Bryan	Birderbryan	0	182	Fri Sep 19 3:26 PM, 2008 by Birderbryan
	Whitworth Quarry & Huttock Top 14/09/08 (Preview) Huttock Top 1 wall brown Whitworth Quarry 1 wall brown, 4 peacocks & 2 red admirals cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	199	Sun Sep 14 9:09 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
	Edge Cote & Marl Pits 07/09/08 (Preview) green veined white - 4 peacock - 1 wall brown - 1 speckled wood - 2 small copper - 1 cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	225	Sun Sep 7 10:21 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
	Whitworth Quarry 06/09/08 (Preview) 2 peacocks, 1 red admiral & 4small tortoisesheels cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	299	Sat Sep 6 8:15 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
	Small Copper & Wall Brown yesterday at Calf Hey. (Preview) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/deejaybeejay/SmallCopperatGraneHeadTOK300808.jpg	Birderbryan	3	249	Mon Sep 1 6:32 PM, 2008 by Ste Rush
	Irwell Vale 1/9/08 (Preview) 1 Red Admiral 3 Speck wood 1 Peacock Whites were conspicuous by their absence. Regards Ina	Ina	0	178	Mon Sep 1 4:46 PM, 2008 by Ina
	Whitworth Quarry & Park Road, Bacup 31/08/08 (Preview) 3 red admirals seen in Whitworth Quarry today in the brief period between the fog and the rain. At Park Road, Bacup there was a red admiral, a green veined white, a large white and the first small tortoiseshell I've seen in weeks on Friday. cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	1	272	Sun Aug 31 11:49 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
	PEACOCKS AND PALS (Preview) Several peacocks [probable 7+] Large white 2 G V White 5 S Wood 4 S Skipper 1 All on thistles near the lodge	brian	0	214	Mon Aug 25 6:54 PM, 2008 by brian
	Edenfield/Turn 25/8/08 (Preview) Bury Old Road nr cattery. 1 Small Copper 1 Wall Brown 2 GVW 1 Lg White 1 Speck Wood Regards Ina	Ina	0	211	Mon Aug 25 3:21 PM, 2008 by Ina
	sites various 24/08/08 (Preview) red admiral - 1 at Clough Bottom & 1 at Dean Lane, Water. speckled wood - 2 at Clough Bottom. wall brown - 1 at Clough Bottom. meadow brown - 1 at Shadlock Cote, 3 at Barley Lodge, Lumb & 7 at Clough Bottom. small skipper - 1 at Barley Lodge, Lumb. green veined white - 11 at Shadlock Cote, 10 at Barley...	KEVIN LISTER	0	176	Sun Aug 24 7:57 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
	Troy Quarry Grane 23rd Aug 2008 (Preview) Some great stuff at Troy today (1000hrs - 1200hrs) Butterflies: Peacock (1) Small Tortoiseshell (1) Small Skipper (3) Small Heath (1) Green Veined White (3) Large White Butterfly (1) also dragonflies and damselflies - yet unable to identify... If you want to see todays photos of Peacock and small s...	Birderbryan	0	220	Sat Aug 23 1:54 PM, 2008 by Birderbryan
	wall brown etc 17/08/08 (Preview) wall brown 1 at Holden Wood green veined white 1 at Warth, 11 at Holden Wood & 1 at Heap Clough. speckled wood 2 at Ewood Bridge meadow brown 1 at Ewood Bridge, 1 at Ravenshore, 1 at Holden Wood & 1 at Heap Clough. cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	201	Sun Aug 17 10:36 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
	Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Gatekeepers, Small Heath - Calf Hey Grane 1400-1600hrs (Preview) It was brilliant, just got there whilst the sun showed through for a hour or so. Had lots of stuff all from around the Hartley House, and following the footpath to the West of Calf Hey.. and also a checkover around the Top O'th Knoll area... Peacock (1) and my first this year.. Thistles - West of Reservoi...	Birderbryan	0	254	Fri Aug 15 5:14 PM, 2008 by Birderbryan
	Small Heath Butterfly - Kirkhill Tollbar House (Preview) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v379/deejaybeejay/SmallHeath-KirkhillTollhouse110808.jpg	Birderbryan	2	289	Tue Aug 12 8:44 AM, 2008 by Birderbryan
	marl pits 10/09/08 (Preview) 1 red admiral 1 speckled wood 2 meadow brown 2 green veined white cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	250	Sun Aug 10 5:20 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
	Another Gatekeeper colony plus Red Admiral.. (Preview) A brilliant colony with a minimum of 20 Gatekeepers at rear of Top O'th Knoll (near the mushroom timber sculptures) at Haslingden Grane... also a few on the thistle to the front of Top O'th Knoll alongside the footpath together with about 4 small skippers.... Also had throughout walk about 15 Green Ve...	Birderbryan	0	259	Sun Aug 10 1:20 PM, 2008 by Birderbryan
	Large Whites 8/8/08 (Preview) Several Large Whites in and about my garden today, including 1 egg laying on my salad/herb patch. Think it was aiming mainly for the wild rocket, is that a brassica? Ina	Ina	0	203	Fri Aug 8 8:29 PM, 2008 by Ina
	TORT, RED ADMIRAL, SKIPPERS ETC. (Preview) Had One Small Tortoiseshell (my second of the year!!) and One Red Admiral (my first of the year!!) at Pitt Heads, also had 3 Large Whites. At Top O'th Slate had a couple of Large Whites, about 15 Green Veined Whites, 6 Meadow Browns, and 2 Small Skippers at Kirkhill. Bryan. -- Edited by Birderbryan at 17...	Birderbryan	0	207	Fri Aug 8 5:09 PM, 2008 by Birderbryan
	Cliffe Lodge area 21/7/08 (Preview) 2 Small Skipper 1 Large Skipper 1 Speck Wood 1 Large White, couple of other ? whites 30+ Meadow Browns Has summer arrived? Ina	Ina	5	238	Sun Aug 3 9:33 PM, 2008 by brian
	First SMALL TORTOISHELL plus Skippers etc. (Preview) 11am -2pm 25th July 2008 - Top O'th'Slate Small Tortoishell - 1 feeding on Ragwort (in lovely condition) Large Skipper - 5 (photo if interested at http://topoftheslate.blogspot.com/ ) Large White - 3 Meadow Brown - 12 Also a small white butterfly, but was unable to establish species. Cheers, Brya...	Birderbryan	0	215	Fri Jul 25 4:50 PM, 2008 by Birderbryan
	Meadow Browns & Skipper - Top O'th'Slate 23rd July 2008 (Preview) About 30 plus Meadow Browns and 1 Small Skipper on Common Spotted Orchid (photo can be seen at: http://topoftheslate.blogspot.com/ )at Top O'th Slate. Also missed a good one which went past, think it was a Red Admiral but cant be sure.... it would have been a cracker this year how things are... I sti...	Birderbryan	0	205	Wed Jul 23 5:04 PM, 2008 by Birderbryan
	Holden Wood 20-07-08 (Preview) Meadow Browns 1 Small Skipper feeding on blue vetch with a lot of Burnet moths and 1 Large Skipper 1 Small Heath Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	192	Sun Jul 20 7:22 PM, 2008 by Ian Brady
	meadow browns and skippers 13/07/08 (Preview) meadow brown 1 near Cowm Farm, 1 at Cowm Res, 25 below Spring Mill Res. large skipper 1 at Cowm Res & 6+ below Spring Mill Res. Small skipper 12 below Spring Mill Res. cheers Kevin -- Edited by KEVIN LISTER at 19:43, 2008-07-13	KEVIN LISTER	0	194	Sun Jul 13 7:41 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
	K Steels to Ewood Bridge 4/7/08 (Preview) Lots of Meadow Browns 1 Speck Wood C a dozen in all, Large and Small Skippers Irwell Vale (Lumb) Meadow Browns 3 Gatekeepers in one spot. Early? Skippers lots, but not sure which. 1 Sm White. Ina	Ina	0	199	Fri Jul 4 5:27 PM, 2008 by Ina
	bits 29/06/08 (Preview) 1 large skipper near Graver Weir, Water 1 small heath Clough Bottom 1 meadow brown Clough Bottom cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	220	Sun Jun 29 11:32 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
	Staghills Woods 28/06/08 (Preview) 3 speckled woods today cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	198	Sat Jun 28 7:59 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
	Marl Pits, 23/06/08 (Preview) 18:00 - 19:00, Large Skipper, 3, Meadow Brown, 2, Regards, David Nuttall.	David Nuttall	0	189	Mon Jun 23 10:40 PM, 2008 by David Nuttall
	Ewood Bridge - 23/6/07 (Preview) Ewood Bridge - 16:30hrs approx 2 Common Blue and 2 Meadow Brown on land adjacent to football pitch. Bob.	Bigbadbob	0	210	Mon Jun 23 5:23 PM, 2008 by Bigbadbob
	Small Coppers & Speckled Wood 1400-1500hrs Mon Jun16th 2008 (Preview) 2 Small Coppers near to Kirkhill Tollbar House and a Speckled Wood near Cedar Avenue/Poplar Street. Bryan.	Birderbryan	0	178	Mon Jun 16 3:05 PM, 2008 by Birderbryan
	green hairstreaks 04/06/08 (Preview) at least 12 green hairstreaks at Hurdles Quarry today. cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	196	Wed Jun 4 5:51 PM, 2008 by KEVIN LISTER
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