Butterfly Sightings

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

1 wall brown at Holden Wood & 1 green hairstreak at Calf Hey today. cheers Kevin

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

First Small Heath Butterfly today along with lots of Orange Tip and occasional Green Veined White at Top O'th' Slate - Haslingden. Bryan

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

Hi Jim, Really great to hear of Green Hairstreak territories. I have not yet been up Grane to check out the 2 known territories there, but sure I saw a posting earlier by Ian and Kevin that they had them on the side of the scrubber (musbury heights - South back of Calf Hey Res). I was wondering if you are op...

Ina · Ina

Lots of Whites Mostly Green Veined, at least 2 Small W, and some female Orange tip. 3 Male Orange tip. Most interesting thing was 2 Peacocks starting to make more peacocks!! Ina

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Orange Tips Green Veined Whites 1 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Peacock 1 Red Admiral (in woods) Cheers Ian

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

Orange Tip, c6 in flower meadow.

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

Not much about during Wildfowl Count: several smallish whites, all the ones ID'd were Green-veined. At least 1 male Orange Tip. Speckled Wood near Holden Wood car park.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Green Veined White 10 at Shadlock Cote, 13 Peers Clough & 5 at Swallow Shore. Small Copper 1 at Peers Clough Orange Tip 1 male at Jack Lodge & 4m at Peers Clough. cheers Kevin

JimOrmerod · JimOrmerod

Whilst looking for damselflies we found a couple of small colonies of Green Hairstreaks and they were performing well in the sunshine. There were about 4 or 5 at SD766162 and 2 or 3 near Paddy's Pond (SD766171). We could see loads of Bilberry on the side of Holcombe Hill so there ought to be GHs there to...

Ina · Ina

2pm. Orange Tip females - 10+ along river edge Peacocks - 5+ all looking very worn Other whites flying in distance - not all ID'd, but lots Holly Blues - a fair colony at Lumb, very good view of a lovely female...where's the camera when you need it!!! With all the reports of Hollys around, and a few from ou...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Beautiful afternoon very warm with light easterly wind Horncliffe Top - many male Orange Tips, Peacocks, Sml. & Lrg. Whites Gincroft Lane near to Sand Beds lane turn off - 2 Green Hairstreaks, 3 Sml. Coppers + Orange Tips, Peacocks and Sml.Tortoishells. Plunge near to camp site - 1 Speckled Wo...

Ina · Ina

Good numbers of Speck Woods. A few Orange Tips (m&f) 1 Comma

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Two seen along Oakenhead Wood Rd between the ski slope and Cribden Clough. Extensive areas of whin and heather on this hillside right the way round into the clough making it an area for further investigation on a less windy day. Odd male Orange Tips and Sml. Torts seen around the two lodges below the roa...

Dog Nobbler · Dog Nobbler

Holly blue seen in my garden in Helmshore amazingly on a holly tree. (Moved to Butterflies area) -- Edited by JimOrmerod at 19:14, 2007-04-30

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

female brimstone at EBSW, males at Irwell Vale and Fisherman's Retreat. Holly blue, 1 at Stubbins & 1 at Irwell Vale. Speckled Wood, 1 alongside the train station at Rawtenstall & 2 at Irwell Vale. Orange tips, males common along the Irwell from Townsendfold to Irwell Vale & at least 1 fe...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Good numbers of Peacocks and Sml. Tortoishells mostly on Dandelions ,1 G.V. White and 2/3 male Orange Tips. Bob.

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

1x Green Hair Streak 2 Orange Tip males 1x Peacock numbers of Small torts and Green Veined Whites Cheers Ian

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

a holly blue was in a garden opposite Waterfoot Primary School on Thornfield Avenue, Waterfoot this afternoon. cheers Kevin

Ina · Ina

Lots of male ORANGE TIP on Ladies Smock Sml White 1 Sml Tortoiseshells several Lge White 1 near Tesco Ina

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

1 speckled wood on the roadside near the entrance to Rossendale Golf Club today. Also had a male orange tip at Gaghills today. cheers Kevin

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

1 Comma 1 Brimstone A few Small Torts A good number of Peacocks A few probable Green Veined Whites but possible female Orange Tips - not close enough

Birderbryan · Birderbryan

A Speckled Wood at Haslingden Clough Head Information centre 1230hrs Sat April 21st 2007. Bryan

Ina · Ina

Eden Wood lodge 17/4. pm. 1 Orange Tip,m. & 1 White prob GV. Strongestry 18/4. am. 1 Sm Tortoiseshell.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

4 green hairstreaks seen today, loads of peacocks and small torts and 1 unidentified white butterfly. cheers Kevin

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Walk from Holden Wood, Calf Hey, Troy Quarry, Holden Wood. Lots of Peacock, Small Torts with a couple of Green Hairstreak near Fairy Glen at Calf Hey, Green Veined Whites at Troy Quarry and an Orange Tip near The Wellington pub. Good birdwatching walk! Cheers Ian

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Reedsholme A single Brimstone seen along with 1 m. Orange Tip and sml Tortoishell. Bob.

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Ewood Bridge - Irwell Vale. 13/04/07 14:30 hrs Down by the riverside. Several Peacocks and Sml Tortoishells, 2 Whites poss. large, 1 Brimstone, and 3 male Orange Tips. Bob.

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

E.B.S.W. Perimiter curcuit. Exellent numbers of Peacocks c15 and Sml. Tortoishells c10 also first Orange Tips of the year - 2 males. Bob.

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Plunge 07/04/07 At least 8 contacts with Peacocks - maybe some duplication. Bob.

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

Seat Naze Small Torts ~10 Edge Cote 4 Peacocks, Small Torts, 2 Speckled Woods - I didn't expect these Cheers Ian

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	grane 30/05 (Preview) 1 wall brown at Holden Wood & 1 green hairstreak at Calf Hey today. cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	1	241	Wed May 30 8:18 PM, 2007 by JimOrmerod
	Small Heath - Top O'th' Slate, Haslingden - Fri May 25th 2007 (Preview) First Small Heath Butterfly today along with lots of Orange Tip and occasional Green Veined White at Top O'th' Slate - Haslingden. Bryan	Birderbryan	0	209	Sat May 26 8:48 AM, 2007 by Birderbryan
	Green Hairstreaks & Moths (Preview) Hi Jim, Really great to hear of Green Hairstreak territories. I have not yet been up Grane to check out the 2 known territories there, but sure I saw a posting earlier by Ian and Kevin that they had them on the side of the scrubber (musbury heights - South back of Calf Hey Res). I was wondering if you are op...	Birderbryan	5	332	Tue May 22 11:46 AM, 2007 by JimOrmerod
	Strongstry to Irwell Vale pm. (Preview) Lots of Whites Mostly Green Veined, at least 2 Small W, and some female Orange tip. 3 Male Orange tip. Most interesting thing was 2 Peacocks starting to make more peacocks!! Ina	Ina	0	208	Mon May 21 5:55 PM, 2007 by Ina
	Clough Bottom + Windy Bank 20/05/07 (Preview) Orange Tips Green Veined Whites 1 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Peacock 1 Red Admiral (in woods) Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	252	Sun May 20 10:58 PM, 2007 by Ian Brady
	Bacup Rec, 20/05/07 (Preview) Orange Tip, c6 in flower meadow.	David Nuttall	0	228	Sun May 20 2:02 PM, 2007 by David Nuttall
	Grane 13th May (Preview) Not much about during Wildfowl Count: several smallish whites, all the ones ID'd were Green-veined. At least 1 male Orange Tip. Speckled Wood near Holden Wood car park.	JimOrmerod	0	206	Sun May 13 3:09 PM, 2007 by JimOrmerod
	green veined white, small copper & orange tip 12/05 (Preview) Green Veined White 10 at Shadlock Cote, 13 Peers Clough & 5 at Swallow Shore. Small Copper 1 at Peers Clough Orange Tip 1 male at Jack Lodge & 4m at Peers Clough. cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	201	Sat May 12 7:10 PM, 2007 by KEVIN LISTER
	Green Hairstreaks at Holcombe Moor Camp 5th May (Preview) Whilst looking for damselflies we found a couple of small colonies of Green Hairstreaks and they were performing well in the sunshine. There were about 4 or 5 at SD766162 and 2 or 3 near Paddy's Pond (SD766171). We could see loads of Bilberry on the side of Holcombe Hill so there ought to be GHs there to...	JimOrmerod	2	280	Sun May 6 8:18 AM, 2007 by JimOrmerod
	Irwell Vale 1/5/07 (Preview) 2pm. Orange Tip females - 10+ along river edge Peacocks - 5+ all looking very worn Other whites flying in distance - not all ID'd, but lots Holly Blues - a fair colony at Lumb, very good view of a lovely female...where's the camera when you need it!!! With all the reports of Hollys around, and a few from ou...	Ina	1	275	Thu May 3 1:03 PM, 2007 by Ian Brady
	Horncliffe Top and Plunge 2/5/07 (Preview) Beautiful afternoon very warm with light easterly wind Horncliffe Top - many male Orange Tips, Peacocks, Sml. & Lrg. Whites Gincroft Lane near to Sand Beds lane turn off - 2 Green Hairstreaks, 3 Sml. Coppers + Orange Tips, Peacocks and Sml.Tortoishells. Plunge near to camp site - 1 Speckled Wo...	Bigbadbob	0	223	Wed May 2 8:47 PM, 2007 by Bigbadbob
	Buckden Woods 2/5/07 (Preview) Good numbers of Speck Woods. A few Orange Tips (m&f) 1 Comma	Ina	0	253	Wed May 2 6:38 PM, 2007 by Ina
	Green Hairstreak 1/5/7 (Preview) Two seen along Oakenhead Wood Rd between the ski slope and Cribden Clough. Extensive areas of whin and heather on this hillside right the way round into the clough making it an area for further investigation on a less windy day. Odd male Orange Tips and Sml. Torts seen around the two lodges below the roa...	Bigbadbob	0	234	Tue May 1 5:09 PM, 2007 by Bigbadbob
	Holly blue (Preview) Holly blue seen in my garden in Helmshore amazingly on a holly tree. (Moved to Butterflies area) -- Edited by JimOrmerod at 19:14, 2007-04-30	Dog Nobbler	0	247	Mon Apr 30 6:50 PM, 2007 by Dog Nobbler
	Brimstones, holly blues et al 29/04/2007 (Preview) female brimstone at EBSW, males at Irwell Vale and Fisherman's Retreat. Holly blue, 1 at Stubbins & 1 at Irwell Vale. Speckled Wood, 1 alongside the train station at Rawtenstall & 2 at Irwell Vale. Orange tips, males common along the Irwell from Townsendfold to Irwell Vale & at least 1 fe...	KEVIN LISTER	0	227	Sun Apr 29 8:43 PM, 2007 by KEVIN LISTER
	Clowbridge Res. 29/4/7 (Preview) Good numbers of Peacocks and Sml. Tortoishells mostly on Dandelions ,1 G.V. White and 2/3 male Orange Tips. Bob.	Bigbadbob	0	206	Sun Apr 29 1:59 PM, 2007 by Bigbadbob
	Troy Quarry 28/04/07 (Preview) 1x Green Hair Streak 2 Orange Tip males 1x Peacock numbers of Small torts and Green Veined Whites Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	208	Sat Apr 28 6:48 PM, 2007 by Ian Brady
	Holly Blue 28/04/07 (Preview) a holly blue was in a garden opposite Waterfoot Primary School on Thornfield Avenue, Waterfoot this afternoon. cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	215	Sat Apr 28 3:40 PM, 2007 by KEVIN LISTER
	Townsend Fold 20/4/07 (Preview) Lots of male ORANGE TIP on Ladies Smock Sml White 1 Sml Tortoiseshells several Lge White 1 near Tesco Ina	Ina	2	217	Sun Apr 22 7:53 AM, 2007 by Ina
	speckled wood 21/04/07 (Preview) 1 speckled wood on the roadside near the entrance to Rossendale Golf Club today. Also had a male orange tip at Gaghills today. cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	197	Sat Apr 21 9:38 PM, 2007 by KEVIN LISTER
	Musbury Brook (Preview) 1 Comma 1 Brimstone A few Small Torts A good number of Peacocks A few probable Green Veined Whites but possible female Orange Tips - not close enough	Ian Brady	0	255	Sat Apr 21 5:21 PM, 2007 by Ian Brady
	Speckled Wood - Haslingden Grane - Clough Head Inf - Sat Apr21st 2007 (Preview) A Speckled Wood at Haslingden Clough Head Information centre 1230hrs Sat April 21st 2007. Bryan	Birderbryan	0	228	Sat Apr 21 1:29 PM, 2007 by Birderbryan
	Edenfield 17th/18th (Preview) Eden Wood lodge 17/4. pm. 1 Orange Tip,m. & 1 White prob GV. Strongestry 18/4. am. 1 Sm Tortoiseshell.	Ina	0	213	Wed Apr 18 11:27 AM, 2007 by Ina
	Spring Mill Res 15/04/07 (Preview) 4 green hairstreaks seen today, loads of peacocks and small torts and 1 unidentified white butterfly. cheers Kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	208	Sun Apr 15 6:15 PM, 2007 by KEVIN LISTER
	Green Hairstreak ++ (Preview) Walk from Holden Wood, Calf Hey, Troy Quarry, Holden Wood. Lots of Peacock, Small Torts with a couple of Green Hairstreak near Fairy Glen at Calf Hey, Green Veined Whites at Troy Quarry and an Orange Tip near The Wellington pub. Good birdwatching walk! Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	230	Sun Apr 15 4:29 PM, 2007 by Ian Brady
	Brimstone (Preview) Reedsholme A single Brimstone seen along with 1 m. Orange Tip and sml Tortoishell. Bob.	Bigbadbob	0	242	Sun Apr 15 1:54 PM, 2007 by Bigbadbob
	Ewood Bridge 13/04/07 (Preview) Ewood Bridge - Irwell Vale. 13/04/07 14:30 hrs Down by the riverside. Several Peacocks and Sml Tortoishells, 2 Whites poss. large, 1 Brimstone, and 3 male Orange Tips. Bob.	Bigbadbob	0	217	Fri Apr 13 5:51 PM, 2007 by Bigbadbob
	E.B.S.W - 11/04/07 (Preview) E.B.S.W. Perimiter curcuit. Exellent numbers of Peacocks c15 and Sml. Tortoishells c10 also first Orange Tips of the year - 2 males. Bob.	Bigbadbob	0	474	Wed Apr 11 6:53 PM, 2007 by Bigbadbob
	Plunge 07/04/07 (Preview) Plunge 07/04/07 At least 8 contacts with Peacocks - maybe some duplication. Bob.	Bigbadbob	0	221	Sat Apr 7 10:10 PM, 2007 by Bigbadbob
	Seet Naze + Edge Cote 06-04-07 (Preview) Seat Naze Small Torts ~10 Edge Cote 4 Peacocks, Small Torts, 2 Speckled Woods - I didn't expect these Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	251	Sat Apr 7 9:37 AM, 2007 by Ian Brady
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