MB

 

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
BACK TO THE MANCHESTER BIRDING WEBSITE HOMEPAGE -> Manchester Birding Forum -> All other Greater Manchester wildlife sightings -> Astley, Chat and Irlam mosses (other wildlife)
Post Info TOPIC: Astley, Chat and Irlam mosses (other wildlife)
Dave Steel


Status: Offline
Posts: 1716
Date:
RE: Astley, Chat and Irlam mosses (other wildlife)
Permalink  

030823

Home Garden Irlam

5 Large White Butterfly

3 Holly Blue Butterfly

2 Red Admiral

1 Peacock Butterfly.



__________________
Dave Steel


Status: Offline
Posts: 1716
Date:
Permalink  

030823 am

Little Woolden Moss

9 Peacock Butterfly

6 Comma

10 Red Admiral

60 Plus Large White Butterfly on a Sunflower Rich Stewardship crop

 



Attachments
__________________
Dave Steel


Status: Offline
Posts: 1716
Date:
Permalink  

010823

Chat Moss

1 Field Mouse which fitted the description of a 'Wee Sleekit Cowrin Tim'rous beastie' as it seemed not know where to hide...



Attachments
__________________
Dave Steel


Status: Offline
Posts: 1716
Date:
Permalink  

020823

Home Garden Irlam

1 Brimstone

1 Holly Blue

4 Large White

1 Small White.



__________________
Dave Steel


Status: Offline
Posts: 1716
Date:
Permalink  

010823 

Home Garden Irlam

1 Brown Hawker

1 Red Admiral

3 Large White Butterfly.



__________________
Dave Steel


Status: Offline
Posts: 1716
Date:
Permalink  

250723 1200-1355

Home Garden Irlam

5 Peacock Butterfly

2 Speckled Wood

6 Large White

2 Red Admiral

1 Small white

3 Holly Blue

1 Southern Hawker

3 Grasshopper.

 



Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Irlam Moss - this evening

c10 Purple Hairstreaks in flitting between Oak trees

__________________
Dave Steel


Status: Offline
Posts: 1716
Date:
Permalink  

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Peacock

7 Speckled Wood

2 Red Admiral

1 Comma

1 Gatekeeper.



__________________
Jeff Gorse


Status: Offline
Posts: 132
Date:
Permalink  

Female short-winged conehead on fence post at Lancs WT Little Woolden Moss this PM



Attachments
__________________
Dave Steel


Status: Offline
Posts: 1716
Date:
Permalink  

290723 Chat Moss

2 Brimstone

6 Meadow Brown

2 Peacock

2 Southern Hawker

1 Common Darter

11 Gatekeeper

12 Black Darter

3 Peacock

2 Red Admiral



Attachments
__________________
Dave Steel


Status: Offline
Posts: 1716
Date:
Permalink  

280723 Little Woolden Moss

8 Peacock Butterfly

3 Small Tortoiseshell

3 Red Admiral

60 + Large White Butterfly

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Emperor Dragonfly

30 + Black Darter

1 Brown Hawker

20 + Emerald Damselfly

9 Peacock

1 Common Blue Butterfly

6 Red Admiral

4 Comma.

50 + Field Grasshopper...

 



Attachments
__________________
Dave Steel


Status: Offline
Posts: 1716
Date:
Permalink  

250723 Carbon Landscape Dragonfly Survey along the Glaze near Little Woolden Hall

33 Banded Demoiselle...Male

26 Banded Demoiselle...Female

3 Black Darter

1 Comma

1 Common Blue Butterfly

1 Peacock Butterfly

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

36 Black Darter...recently emerged

6 Gatekeeper

18 Peacock Butterfly

1 Comma

4 Emerald Damselfly

1 Small Tortoiseshell.

 



Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Little Woolden Moss NR

13 Common Stinkhorn - 1 newly emerged covered in flies, another past its best plus a further 9 eggs at various stages of development.

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Chat Moss - am

Moths:
1 Yellow Shell
1 Shaded Broad-bar
4 Common Carpet

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Little Woolden Moss NR

A few fungi starting to appear in the wet conditions:
2 Tawny Grisette
1 Common Stinkhorn egg

Attachments
__________________
pete berry


Status: Offline
Posts: 1187
Date:
Permalink  

Saw this Hornet Plumehorn (that's what the app says it is) on Croxdens this morning, don't remember having ever noticed one before.

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Chat Moss - am

Round Leaved Sundews in flower.

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Chat and Irlam Mosses - late am-early pm

Dragonflies:
Numerous Black Darter have emerged - mostly females
Black-tailed Skimmers in good numbers
2 Emperor dragonflies

Moths:
Clouded Border
Shaded Broad Bar
Common Carpet
Common White Wave
Marbled Whitespot
Hedya salicella

Butterflies:
2 Red Admiral
2 Peacock caterpillars crawling across the road

Beetles:
Common Red Soldier Beetle

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Chat Moss - this evening

1 Ringlet butterfly - A new butterfly species for me on the mosses

1 Fox - male

5 Black-tailed Skimmer dragonflies

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Little Woolden Moss NR

1 Noctule Bat over the reserve this evening 21/6/23

__________________
John Williams


Status: Offline
Posts: 1841
Date:
Permalink  

Little Woolden Moss NR 10.00-14.00

Butterflies :1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1m Orange Tip and 3 Large Whites.

Odonata: Numerous Large Red Damselflies and 5 Four-spotted Chasers.



Attachments
__________________
John Williams
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Irlam and Chat Mosses - am

Butterflies:
1 Holly Blue
10 Orange Tip
1 Peacock
1 Small Tortoiseshell

Odonata:
5 Four-spotted Chaser
Numerous Large Red Damselfly

Late post for 10/5/23
1 Wood Mouse ran across the road

__________________
Steve Judge


Status: Offline
Posts: 515
Date:
Permalink  

1st May 2023. Late morning.

Fox seen along eastern perimeter fence of Barton Airport.

__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Irlam and Chat Mosses - am

Good numbers of Orange Tip butterflies on the wing. At least 26 counted

Also
1 Brimstone
3 Peacock
5 Green-veined White

1 Red Damselfly

__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Irlam Moss this evening - 1 Brown Rat ran across the road

__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

3 Orange Tip butterflies on Irlam Moss this afternoon. 2 males and 1 female.

__________________
pete berry


Status: Offline
Posts: 1187
Date:
Permalink  

2 Speckled Wood butterflies along the old mineral line nr. the m/c-lpool railway line this afternoon.

__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

1 Female Orange Tip butterfly this afternoon on Chat Moss

__________________
Steve Judge


Status: Offline
Posts: 515
Date:
Permalink  

27th March 2023

Common lizard on path in Little Woolden Moss NR.

__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Chat Moss - late am

A small cluster of slightly past their best Pestle Puffballs.

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Chat Moss - morning

2 Peacock butterflies and 2 Common Darter dragonflies flying around in the unseasonably warm and sunny weather.

__________________
Mike Chorley


Status: Offline
Posts: 1549
Date:
Permalink  

You're welcome, Steve. I had to have a good scour of Richard Phillips' tome myself to even take a guess. Luckily there are some examples of 'gone over' caps on someof the specimen plates!

__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Many thanks Mike. Certainly looks like it could be. Ive still got a lot to learn! Much appreciated.

__________________
Mike Chorley


Status: Offline
Posts: 1549
Date:
Permalink  

You're right about Common Rustgill etc too

-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Sunday 6th of November 2022 07:10:55 PM

__________________
Mike Chorley


Status: Offline
Posts: 1549
Date:
Permalink  

Hi Steve

Re that last one: possibly an old sppecimen of Ivory or Fool's Funnel. If it is either treat with caution. Both are deadly according to Phillips .....and common.

__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Little Woolden Moss NR this morning:

Fungi that I think Ive identified correctly:

Common Rustgill - photo
Ciollard Earthstar - photo
Common Earthball - photo
Shaggy Scalycap - photo
Fly Agaric
Sulphur Tuft
Coral spot
Candle Snuff


Ones Im not sure about - any help appreciated:
Gloeoporus dichrous? - photos 5 & 6
Mycena sp. ? - photo

One Ive no idea (white fungus in last 2 photos) - again any help appreciated.

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Saturday 5th of November 2022 07:51:01 PM

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Irlam and Chat Mosses - late am

3 Red Admiral butterflies and 8 Common Darter dragonflies flying in the warm sunshine

Fungi:
Pleated Inkcap
Fly Agaric
Birch Polypore

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Rufous Milkcap looks a good call. Many thanks Lez.

__________________
Lez Fairclough


Status: Offline
Posts: 323
Date:
Permalink  

Steven Nelson wrote:

Little Woolden Moss NR - pm

Fungi:
Shaggy Scalycap - photo
Candle Snuff - photo
Fly Agaric
Deceiver
Yellow Russula
Blackish-purple Russula
Sulphur Tuft
Turkey Tail
Also one I cant identify - see 3rd photo. Any help with ID appreciated.
Hi Steve

Dragonflies
2 Black Darter

 Hi Steve, the best match I can find for the 3rd photo based on gills, stem, colour & cap shape is 'Rufous Milkcap'.   Lez



__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Little Woolden Moss NR - pm

Fungi:
Shaggy Scalycap - photo
Candle Snuff - photo
Fly Agaric
Deceiver
Yellow Russula
Blackish-purple Russula
Sulphur Tuft
Turkey Tail
Also one I cant identify - see 3rd photo. Any help with ID appreciated.


Dragonflies
2 Black Darter

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Irlam and Chat Mosses - late am
Some warm sunshine brought out some late butterflies and dragonflies:

1 Gatekeeper was very late
3 Red Admiral

Quite a few Common Darters

Fungi:
16 Fly Agaric

__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Chat Moss - am

Fungi that I could identify:
Another patch of 6 Fly Agaric found
White Saddle
Blackish-Purple Russula
Brown Roll Rim
Brown Birch Bolete
Bolete eater
Common Earthball
Stinking dapperling?
Lactarius rufus
Tricholoma fulvum

Plants:
Orange hawkweed (Fox and cubs) in flower - very late

Dragonflies:
Common and Black Darters


-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Saturday 15th of October 2022 09:09:56 PM

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Chat Moss - Early evening

Looks like a really good year for Fly Agaric. A total of at least 55 specimens in four locations including one cluster of at least 32 specimens at different stages of growth, some of which were really big measuring approx 15-20cm across the cap and similar height. I dont recall ever seeing any this size before.

Some good numbers of other species as well. Those that I could identify included:

Orange Birch Bolette
Birch Bolette
Brown Roll Rim
Common Puffball
Girdled Knight
Clouded Funnel
Deceiver
Yellow Russula
Lactifluus controversus ?

Also a few dragonflies in the late sunshine
Common Darter
Black Darter

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Thursday 13th of October 2022 10:58:07 PM

Attachments
__________________
Lez Fairclough


Status: Offline
Posts: 323
Date:
Permalink  

River Glaze near Little Woolden Moss - a new sighting today which very much resembles a cooked egg - an  'Egg-Yolk Fieldcap' or 'Yellow Fieldcap'.  



Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Little Woolden Moss NR this afternoon

Some nice fungi about. Ones I could identify are:

Fly Agaric
Ochre Brittlegill
Common Stinkhorn - a bit past its best
Sulphur Tuft
Turkey Tail
Deceiver



Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Irlam and Chat Mosses this morning

Butterflies:
1 Small Copper
1 Green-viewed White

Dragonflies:
Black Darter
Common Darter
Southern Hawker

Plants:
Shaggy Soldier

Fungi (that I hope Ive identified properly!):
Brown Birch Bolete
Deceiver
Stubble Rosegill
Common Fieldcap
Birch Bracket
Lactarius rufus







-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Sunday 2nd of October 2022 07:56:02 PM

Attachments
__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Chat Moss - late am

1 late and very faded Small Copper
3 Green-veined Whites
1 Red Admiral

__________________
John Williams


Status: Offline
Posts: 1841
Date:
Permalink  

Little Woolden Moss NR (Morning visit)

Throughout my stay, along the footpath that borders most of the reserve I had an escort of Black and Common Darter dragonflies.

Also a Southern Hawker zoomed up and down the path at one point.

One large hawker though clearly broke the rules, Emperors according to information online are not recorded locally beyond early

September, but with an all green slightly swollen looking thorax, and blue abdomen, today's example could only be a male Emperor.

He patrolled a smallish but deep looking pool near the site of the former hide, that looked like it had been created recently with a JCB.

Quite frequently he paused to hover, but not long enough for me to get a photo, and he did not land and settle even for a second.

Just 2 butterflies were seen today, a Small Tortoiseshell and a Comma.

__________________
John Williams
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Field 62 around midday today had in excess of 150 Large White Butterflies flitting low over the rapeseed crop that has now gone to seed. Quite a spectacle.

__________________
Steven Nelson


Status: Offline
Posts: 1893
Date:
Permalink  

Little Woolden Moss NR - this evening

1 Common Toad on the path

__________________
«First  <  1 2 3 4 … 8  >  Last»  | Page of 8  sorted by
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
BACK TO THE MANCHESTER BIRDING WEBSITE HOMEPAGE -> Manchester Birding Forum -> All other Greater Manchester wildlife sightings -> Astley, Chat and Irlam mosses (other wildlife)

RODIS

 

This forum is dedicated to the memory of Eva Janice McKerchar.