Some sightings from yesterday

Holt Town tram stop

7 clumps of Primrose
Small Tortoiseshell

Miles Platting (Upper Helena Street)

Brimstone
Speckled Wood

No sign of any butterflies today in blustery conditions

Hairy Shieldbug, present in almost exactly same place I saw it last week
Grey Squirrel
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Alder Leaf Beetles

Early afternoon - Upper Helena Street

Common Blue
2 Small White
7-spot Ladybird
Hairy Shieldbug

Alder Leaf Beetles again present on alders along the footpath between Etihad Campus and Holt Town.

Alder Leaf Beetle present on several Alders between the Etihad and Holt Town tram stops, some relatively untouched although a few signs of the beetles
3 Speckled Wood on Upper Helena Street
1 Large White also on Upper Helena Street

This afternoon between Etihad tram stop and Holt Town tram stop

5 Brown Hawker including 2 chasing Large Whites
1 Common Blue
2 Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown
6 Large White
1 Red Admiral
1Comma
2 Gatekeeper
Harlequin Ladybird

Good numbers of Cinnabar moths today

100+ on ground near Holt Town tram stop
10+ on Upper Helena Street

Also Upper Helena Street

12+ Large Skipper
3+ Common Blue
10+ Meadow Brown
2 Large White
Speckled Wood
Silver Y
7-spot Ladybird

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Sunday 29th of June 2014 05:49:15 PM

I saw a dead Hedgehog near Holt Town tram stop yesterday (23/11/2013). I initially thought it may have been hit by a tram, but on slightly closer inspection there were no injuries, which I would have expected if this was so. My only other conclusion is that it was caught out by the drop in temperatures and hadn't actually hibernated.

A small bat species was flying around Victoria Mill when I left work this evening, probably a Pipistrelle

Small Tortoiseshell in Victoria Mill car park
White butterfly (probably Large White) seen from office window
4 Harlequin ladybirds on the window in the office

Upper Helena Street

4 Speckled Wood
2 Large White

Grey Squirrel

3+ Common Blue
4 Meadow Brown
2 Peacock
4 Large White
Still plenty of Cinnabar caterpillars on the Ragwort

1 Brown Hawker

Meadow Grasshopper

Grey Squirrel

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Friday 23rd of August 2013 02:10:15 PM

Lots of butterflies today

3+ Common Blue 2 males and 1 female at least
1-2 Comma
4 Peacock
1 Green-veined White
10+ Large White
20+ Meadow Brown
2 Gatekeeper
Lots of Cinnabar caterpillars on the Ragwort

Also 2 Brown Hawker (the only dragonfly I can identify!)

Sightings from near tram station and Upper Helena Street


Small Skipper

Meadow Brown (many)

Large White

Cinnabar

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Monday 15th of July 2013 01:04:25 PM

Some sightings in the area from yesterday (9/6/13)

Common Blue
Speckled Wood
Small White
Cinnabar

A bat species was flying around the corner of Varley Street and Bradford Road this evening. It did look a little larger than a Pipistrelle although it was more than likely this species.

1 Brown Hawker Dragonfly at Queensbury Court today

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 13th of October 2011 11:48:17 PM