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Andy Bissitt


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Shannon Llewellyn wrote:

Hi Andy,

Could well have been; fairly fleeting view (without underwing confirmation), just looked a bit darker than I normally associate with the holly blue. Is late April / early May more likely for the first brood, then? My guide just said 'April'.

Cheers for the info, anyway!

Shannon,

My brother delivered the 2016 Cheshire Butterfly report on Monday, and after my post I just thought I'd check my 'facts'. The earliest ever recorded sighting in Cheshire was 9th April, 2011, so it's not impossible. However, last year it was not seen until 6th May!!!, and since that 2011 sighting, the next earliest was 23rd April in 2015. I once sent a May sighting in to the Greater Manchester recorder, and he said it must have been a 'holly' as it was too early for a common!! Global warming has changed things a little since then.

All the best,

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Hi Andy,

Could well have been; fairly fleeting view (without underwing confirmation), just looked a bit darker than I normally associate with the holly blue. Is late April / early May more likely for the first brood, then? My guide just said 'April'.

Cheers for the info, anyway!

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Shannon Llewellyn wrote:

First orange tips of the year today, with several around Irlam Moss. Also around here and Little Woolden Moss were small tortoiseshell (several), peacock, brimstone, green-veined white and common blue (a first for me here).

Single common lizard on Little Woolden Moss.

 Got to tell you Shannon that common blue is highly unlikely this early in the year. Must have been holly blue for sure.

Cheers,

 Andy Bissitt



-- Edited by Andy Bissitt on Tuesday 11th of April 2017 09:02:49 PM

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First orange tips of the year today, with several around Irlam Moss. Also around here and Little Woolden Moss were small tortoiseshell (several), peacock, brimstone, green-veined white and common blue (a first for me here).

Single common lizard on Little Woolden Moss.

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On a sunny corner of the junction of Cutnook Lane and Twelve Yards Road on Chat Moss around midday today, 4 Commas and a Small Tortoishell were feeding on Pussy Willow tree bloom along with a multitude of various bees, whilst three Brimstones patrolled the edges of the wood.



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Buff-tailed, tree and red-tailed bumblebee queens all seen yesterday on Irlam Moss, along with a few honey bees.

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Little Woolden Moss NR

1 Peacock Butterfly, but no sign of any bumble bees or mating frogs yet.

Coltsfoot in flower,

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15.00-16.45
1 small dragonfly still flying around along the track down LW Moss seen from the car. I assume either Black Darter or Common Darter but couldn't get a clear ID
Spindle Tree noted along Astley Road
A number of interesting fungi but most I couldn't put a name to!

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Croxden 15.45-16.30

1 Short-tailed Vole along track next to Dixon's Wood

Flowers still out included:
Evening Primrose, Herb Robert, Ragwort, Rhododendron, Bramble

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Comma Butterfly, Common Darter, several Black Darters.



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lots of Black and Common Darters and a Southern Hawker

Several Comma, Large and Small Whites, Spechled Woods, Red Admiral and Small Tortoiseshell.



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Lots of common and (especially) black darters on Little Woolden Moss on Sunday, and a couple of common hawker; smaller species mating over the water.

Butterfly wise, small white, speckled wood, small tortoiseshell (quite a few), painted lady.

Rabbit on Irlam Moss.

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Painted Lady at Little Woolden Moss this morning, just a few Black Darter seen in the wind



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Irlam Moss - Twelve Yards Rd 21.00

1 Brown Rat
3 Toads
1 Rabbit
1 Dragonfly sp still flying around in the faded light



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Croxden 10.00-11.30

Dragonflies: numerous Black Darter (all males), 1 Brown Hawker, 2 Common Darter
Butterflies: 5 Common Blue, 2 Meadow Brown, 2 Large White
Flowers: numerous Evening Primrose

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Little Woolden Moss 16.30-18.00

5 Common Lizard
2 Toadlets
Lots of Dragonfies - Black Darter, Emperor, Common Hawker, Common Darter
Butterflies - Meadow Brown, Large White, Peacock, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper
An interesting Hoverfly sp. - googled it later - I think it was a Deadhead Hoverfly?
Horseflies !!furious

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Two common lizard on Little Woolden Moss.

Also here, plenty of common and black darter, and several red admiral.

Lots of horseflies on both Irlam and Little Woolden Mosses; although I can't ID them beyond 'horsefly', at least two different species got me today. Did at least give me an opportunity to properly appreciate what stunning looking little animals they are, though.



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Excellent day for butterflies on Irlam and Little Woolden Mosses yesterday, with the following species all spied:

Green-veined white, small white, large white, ringlet, gatekeeper, small copper, comma, small tortoiseshell, peacock, speckled wood and red admiral.

No meadow brown, though, which was just plain bizarre. Very happy to see small copper, as I've only ever had a couple of sightings before, and they're glorious little creatures; small, but perfectly formed.

Black darter, common darter, brown hawker, migrant hawker and a couple of un-ID'd larger hawkers around too; mostly on Irlam Moss, surprisingly, with only black darter seen on little Woolden (lots of them there, though).

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Little Woolden Moss this afternoon

Black Darter
Common Darter
Brown Hawker
Painted Lady
Red Admiral

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Little Woolden Moss

Speckled Wood, Common Darter

Rutpela maculate Longhorn Beetle Photo is one seen last year

 



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Astley Moss Emerald Damsel, Banded demoiselle, Emperor Dragonfly Male

Meadow Browns and Speckled Wood



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Little Woolden Moss NR 15.30-17.00

2 Large Skipper
1 Small Tortoishell

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Little Woolden Moss (10.00-12.00)

1 Brown Hawker, 1 Broad Bodied Chaser dragonflies and 1 Large Red damselfly. 1 Birds Wing moth. 2 groups of "Nemophora Degeerella" micro-moths doing their aerial dance.

1 Small Copper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 1 Speckled Wood butterflies. 2 "Ichneumon Suspiciosus" or similar species.

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Painted Lady off Light Oaks Road/Old Moss Lane today



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13.30 Little Woolden Moss

6-8 Dingy Skipper seen along the path. Never seen these before on the mosses!
1 Large Skipper
1 Short-tailed Vole ran across the path just in front of me.

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Miridae Bug Orthops Campestris on Cow Parsley

Longhorn Beetle Agapanthia Villoviridescens=stonker photo from last year

Azure Damsel & Broad Bodied Chaser



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Little Woolden Moss:
1 Small Copper butterfly (2 seen on 17th May)
Croxden: 1 small black and yellow micro-moth later identified as Pammene regiana

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50+ large red damselflies on Little Woolden Moss today; my first odonata of the year.

Also about over Irlam / Little Woolden Mosses were peacock, orange tip, small tortoiseshell, speckled wood (my first of the year) and large white butterflies.

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3 Red Damsels on Astley Moss.



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Few inverts knocking about but a search revealed this little critter a Pseudo-scorpion. It's a member of the spider family. Twenty nine species recorded in the UK very difficult to ID. They live in birds nests, in books, in sphagnum, under bark, in leaf litter, etc. Reported to be common if unrecorded due to their elusive nature . Another was found on Chatmoss/little Woolden Moss as seen on their Facebook Page. Looks similar to this but that was found in sphagnum. This was found in leaf litter on Astley Moss. The coin is a 5p.



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Sun Spurge in flower Little Woolden Moss last WE



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Stunning white ermine Stoat hunting grass verge next to road on Irlam Moss this afternoon.

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Late post for Mon 26th Oct

1 Pipistrelle bat on Irlam Moss at 17.10

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10.30-12.30

Little of interest insect wise on the walk from Rindle Road, but the reserve was teeming with wildlife.

Little Woolden Moss

Dragonflies: 1 Brown Hawker, 1 Southern Hawker, plus masses of Black and Common Darters, with many of them breeding.

Butterflies : 1 Red Admiral, 2 Comma, 3 Peacock, 1 Green Veined White, plus Small Tortoiseshell and Speckled Woods in abundance.

1 Silver Y moth. Also an impressive ichneumon wasp, "Netelia Testaceus", which showed really well as it rested on an Angelica umbellifer.

Plenty of grasshoppers along the edge of the moss too.



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Lots of small tortoiseshell today; also small white and speckled wood in decent numbers.

Common darter, black darter and common hawker on Little Woolden Moss.

Weasel on the path from Astley Road to Little Woolden Moss.

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Walk from Rindle Road, through Rindle Wood, along the edge of the moss and scrapes (18.15-19.45)

1 Southern Hawker, 1 Common Hawker, 2 Snout Moths , 1 White Ermine Moth, 1 Clouded Border Moth & 1 Violet Ground Beetle.

Clegs and mosquitos a real nuisance throughout.

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Loads of dragonfly on Little Woolden Moss:

Black-tailed skimmer
Black darter (by far the most numerous, it seemed)
Common darter
Common hawker
Emperor

Did a few butterfly counts, too; gatekeeper by far the most numerous, but small white, meadow brown, small tortoiseshell and peacock in decent numbers, and a couple of red admiral, too.

Horseflies. Lots and lots of horseflies.

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Astley Moss.
Chrysolina fastuosa Dead Netle Leaf Beetle on Hemp Nettle also flowering. Electric Green, Blue and red. Only seen in GM before by me at Highfield Moss. Also Rutpela maculate a bright yellow black longhorm beetle.

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Twelve Yards Road - Little Woolden Moss - Croxden Peat Pools

Small Tortoiseshell x 15
Red Admiral x 3
Peacock x 7
Gatekeeper x 3
Meadow Brown


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Ian Boote wrote:

try the latin name which allowed me to report it ok




Ian,

I did, but it definitely doesn't compute on the ad hoc reporting system. Anyway, I signed in for the 'full service' and was able to put the report in. What a great little creature it is, and a fine addition to our local biodiversity.

Andy

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Irlam moss:

Brown hawker and a common shrew.

Little Woolden moss:

Common blue damselfly, large red damselfly, plenty of speckled wood, and quite a few peacock and small tortoiseshell.

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try the latin name which allowed me to report it ok

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Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Agapanthia villosoviridescens more of this longhorn beetle with two seen



Saw a couple of these myself during the week locally (Romiley). I tried to add the sighting on RODIS (ad-hoc) but because the species is not in their data bank, I couldn't. Is there a way round this?

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Few bits
Moth-Gold Swift Phymatopus hecta feeds on Bracken.
Common Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus vespilloides Red banded beetle
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Agapanthia villosoviridescens more of this longhorn beetle with two seen
and Luperus longicornis (a Leaf Beetle)

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little woolden moss

Bugs Spear Thistle Lacebug - Tingis cardui seen as common but under recorded. red legged shield bug instar
Butterflies Small Copper Common Blue, Small T.Shell, large Skipper,
Moths Yellow-barred Long-horn , cinnabar moth,
Four Spotted Chaser, Red Damsel Azure Damsel,

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Two visits produced

Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens, Azure Damsel, Common Blue Damsel, Blue Tailed Damsel
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Agapanthia villosoviridescens (Prev seen by LWT staff) Common Malachite Beetle - Malachius bipustulatus
Dolycoris baccarum Hairy Shieldbug

Today on the LWT/GMRC event with among a lot of other stuff on a very enjoyable few hours Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator with gamasid mites hitching a ride
Highfield Moss recovering from recent fires lots of Lousewort in flower and Heath Bedstraw

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Walk round Liitle Woolden and Chat Moss
Bit of a weevil fest with Nettle Weevil - Phyllobius pomaceus, Phyllobius roboretanus, Rhinoncus pericarpius on dock, Temnocerus nanus on birch, tachyerges stigma on Salix which took a bit to ID, Common Leaf Weevil - Phyllobius pyri on oak, Polydrusus pterygomalis on Hawthorn, and Dorytomus tortrix with confirmed ID on willow.
Leaf Beetle Hydrothassa marginella on Buttercup
Ground Bug Scolopostethus thomsoni, Plant Bug Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus Black and Yellow predator
Plants what looks like Broad Leaved Spurge, white Campion, and Wild Hop several plants scattered in hedges poss a former crop

also alder leaf beetle seems to be branching out with limited success compared to when you see it on alder as seen munching, or trying to, on willow, nettle, buttercup, birch and oak.

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lots and lots of invertebrates but best of were Common Groundhopper-not often recorded but almost certainly overlooked, Ampedus balteatus Click beetle with a two third bright red electra, Longhorn Beetle Rhagium mordax fierce looking big things that is in reality a veggie, and a bright red weevil Attelabus nitens which is a leaf rolling weevil. It lays a single egg and rolls is up in a leaf to protect it. appears to be quite rare in GMC again probably overlooked and possibly at the edge of its range in the northwest according to NBN.

En route to Little Woolden I noticed a huge Rhubarb plant growing wild in a Hedge, and then another and then three more on the Horizon. An Advisory Plan originally published in 1947 by Rowland Nicholas and J. Hellier reported that at that time Celery Lettuce and Rhubarb were chief in the area.

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Lochmaea caprea Willow Leaf Beetle, Kleidocerys resedae Birch Catkin Bug, alder leaf beetle , longhorn beetle Tetrops praeustus, Birch Leaf Roller Weevil - Deporaus betulae, Willow Flea Beetle - Crepidodera aurata Hover Fly Platycheirus rosarum, Orange Tipped Butterfly, Broad Based Chaser, Blue Tailed Damsel Red Damsel and more to ID

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08.00-10.30


3 Peacock & 5 Small Tortoiseshell butterflies seen, mainly around Astley Moss Scrapes.

1 dragonfly here too, unsure of the species, but not a Four Spotted Chaser, as the wings were unmarked, it also had a thin brown body, looked a smallish hawker?.

Lots of St. Marks Flies around.

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