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RE: Haigh Country Park (other wildlife)


Wednesday, 30th October 2019.

Red Admiral butterfly - Bridge 63 (Redrock) Leeds - Liverpool Canal (which is between Worthington Lakes and Haigh Country Park).

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Painted lady and 2 x red admiral in the walled gardens this morning



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Saturday, 21st April 2018

Orange-Tip Butterfly

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Skinner trap Thurs night - 2 x Hebrew character, 1 x early thorn, 1 x satellite, 1 x common quaker, 1 x brindled pug, 1 x March moth



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Skinner moth trap Wednesday night and despite near-identical weather conditions to previous week a much better haul

7 x Hebrew character, 2 x common quaker, 1 x clouded drab, 1 x chestnut, 1 x satellite and 1 x sexton beetle



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Skinner moth trap Thurs night - 1 x clouded drab and 1 x very worn chestnut



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Saturday, 22nd April 2017

Following butterflies were seen:

Brimstone (near Higher Plantations feeding station)
Orange-Tip
Peacock

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Saturday, 25th March 2017

2 Comma and 1 Small Tortoiseshell near Sennicar Bridge (Leeds Liverpool Canal) between Red Rock and Haigh Country Park

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Lesser Celandine in flower at Aspull Sough Mon 15th Feb



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3 Speckled Wood and 1 Small Tortoiseshell today



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2 Banded Demoiselle on River Douglas this afternoon by Coppull Lane dam, one just downstream, one just upstream. 2 Common Blue, 3 Meadow Brown and 1 Large Skipper seen in quick circuit around dam

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watched what i think was a daubentons bat hunting on the leeds / liverpool 0400 this morning, kept flying in and out of the small humpback bridge that goes over the little pond that joins the canal, further down from the red rock bridge. thought id seen one at the red rock bridge but could nt be certain.

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20 Feb:

Marsh-marigold in flower down by the River Douglas. Plenty of Snowdrops out too..

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Brimstone today in the Lower Plantations

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1 Orange Tip and 6 Peacock today from the Lower Plantations to the Coppull Lane dam

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American Skunk Cabbage along the River Douglas in the Lower Plantations - two plants visible from the bridge along the main access off Wigan Lane. Marsh Marigold and Wood Anemone also flowering in the vicinity.

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A walk in the park this morning looking for tracks was mainly disapointing, even at 9.30 the snow was thawing and dropping off branches completely wiping out any decent tracks. yellow snow near one of the fox dens might at least mean checking again in the near future and fresh tracks in the mud on the Dougy could possibly be Water Vole but Brown Rat cant be discounted, I struggle to differenciate these two.

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Water Vole present on pond in upper plantations again today, brief view and didnt show despite a long watch, several good signs of activity though including a small feeding platform.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulrisley/

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A good group of Scarlet Elf Cup today in woodland off Pendlebury Lane

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Along the banks of the River Dougas, Scarlet Elf Cup and Yellow Brain Fungus and Fox tracks.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 7th of June 2014 06:16:39 PM

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Nice views of a Roe Deer that startled me on the bank of the River Douglas, he went across the Dougy to the other bank and looked back, giving me chance to get a nice Photo.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulrisley/


-- Edited by Paul Risley on Monday 24th of December 2012 06:44:39 PM

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A Water Vole was present on one of the ponds in the upper plantations this morning

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulrisley/

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Silver Y Moth this morning, a short distance outside the recording area, at Patchcroft Fm north of Meadow Pit Lane

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Brown Hawker along same stretch of Canal as Common Darters seen last week

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Common Darters along Canal between Sennicar Lane bridge and Pendlebury Lane Bridge, first time I've seen them here, at least 8. http://youtu.be/amGDXNLFheU

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Late post for last night, 25th June.
single fox on paths around fields and at least 4 Pipistrelles hunting over the pathways

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Hedgehog crossing the road near the rookery last night, stopped and made sure it crossed safely

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Bird Cherry Ermine moths forming tents on a tree at Aspull Sough Wed 30/5 and audible as they collectively munched away!

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9.00pm - 10.00pm

late mooch for deer and foxes drew a blank, A Rabbit, 4 pipistrelles and 2 half grown frogs were the only other wildlife of note. oh and the midges were out in force and biting

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Green-Veined White and 5 Peacock Coppull Lane-Bottling Wood, the latter basking on bare bankings north of the new dam

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11/4/12

Wood Forget-me-not and Cowslip in flower around Aspull Sough/Whelley Loop Line..

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1 Small Tortoiseshell on a sunny bank at Bottling Wood/Coppull Lane today

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Sennicar Lane-Pendlebury Lane (west of canal) today:

plants in flower inc Yellow Dead-Nettle, Marsh Marigold, first few Bluebells in flower, Primrose, Butterbur, Forget Me Not sp, Dogs Mercury, Lesser Celandine, Dandelion, Opposite-Leaved Golden Saxifrage

in the slightly cooler conditions just 1 Small Tortoiseshell and single queens of Buff-Tailed and White-Tailed Bumblebees

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at least 10 grey squirrels seen this afternoon around the Lower Plantations

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26/3/12

5 Small Tortoiseshells around Rothwells Farm this afternoon..

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24/3/12

Various creatures seen in the vicinity of Lady Mabels Wood this morning:

3 Peacocks
1 Pond Skater
several 7-spot Ladybirds
3 Common Toads (lots more heard)
several species of Bumblebee
several species of Hover-fly

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22/3/12

Butterflies: 1 Brimstone, 2 Commas and 2 Peacocks at Aspull Sough midday..

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first butterflies today around Aspull sough, small tortoiseshell, Peacock and a Comma, Frogs still mating in lower plantations. couple of nights ago had 5 pipistrelle bats hunting around the pathways

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Peacock butterfly basking north of Coppull Lane today

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11/3/12

1 Common Toad (deceased), and a 2-spot Ladybird in the vicinity of Barkers Cottage this morning..

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1/3/12 (am)

A queen Garden Bumblebee was out foraging in Lady Mabels Wood, and rather bizarrely there was a red & white British Friesian cow wandering about between the trees

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Aspull Sough 2nd wetland pond/marsh absolutly bubbling with mating frogs, quite a bit of Spawn, pond in upper plantations near to old dissused Railway also has a lot of Spawn in it, couple of other ponds still empty and at another a Buzzard flew off on my approach carrying a frog.

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11/2/12

One American Mink, and one Stoat, both along canal between Hall Lane Bridge and Sennicar Lane Bridge.

One Bank Vole near to Thorn Hill Viaduct on the 6th Feb..

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Took an Apple an left it out for the Bank voles at the feeding station today, they didnt disapoint, after about 10 mins one showed in the undergrowth, possibly 2 they move that quick. I put the apple a bit to far from cover and for several mins the Vole tried several locations to see how it could get closer to the apple and remain in cover, as it was too dark for photo's I put the apple into the cover and left hopefully they got it before the Squirrels

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2 Roe Deer near Meadow Pit today

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Just come across this 5min video on YouTube which may be of interest to the locals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r8vTGyQQbM

Mostly pictures of the flora around the Hall, plus a nice shot of a Speckled Wood...

I challenge Mr Winnard to name all the species !

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5/11/11

3 Roe Deer at the western edge of the fishing lodge off Meadow Pit Lane at 7:30 this morning. Also, at least 7 Grey Squirrels seen around the School Lane/Sennicar Covert area...(very little bird-wise today ).

-- Edited by Ian Woosey on Sunday 6th of November 2011 12:09:08 PM

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Pipistrelles showing well tonight along the lanes with about 8 individuals which is good for this area (well at least for me ) at one point four came towards me at once and I ducked Also of note were a couple of giant puffballs, been waiting and hoping for these to appear since I found the remains of them last year, not in the best of nick but still chances of some more being around, it was too dark for a good search. finally thanks to Dave for hosting the previous website, I learned a lot from it and enjoyed it. and to Ian for taking it on board here, cheers guys

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