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Light Emerald moth at Windsor Road, also a small, quite worn moth, probably a pug, but the underwing pattern looked more like a carpet moth.

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Fox on Watts Street last night around 22.40. Looked a bit scrawny but seemed lively enough.

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First local butterflies of the year with Peacock and a quite small Small Tortoiseshell. Several Harlequin Ladybirds emerged recently as well.

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1st Shaggy Inkcap and Sulphur Tuft of the autumn on Watts St and Apfel Lane respectively yesterday

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1st Shaggy Inkcap on Watts Street today and a good crop of Brown Rollrim emerged on Suthers Street since Monday

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Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar heading for the shrubbery on Watts Street around 16.30

Brown Hawker over brownfield area on Suthers Street about 15 mins later.

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Angle Shades was an unexpected find on the grass verge of Featherstall Road South this evening

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Several White-tailed & Buff-tailed Bumblebees around the streets and verges today. More Harlequin Ladybirds emerging from the metal gatepost

Good Friday Grass, Mayflower, Groundsel, Common Fumitory, Wall Pennywort, all in flower between Apfel Lane and Manchester Street, along with the Dandelions, Coltsfoot, and various crucifers, chickweeds etc.

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No sign of any Butterflies up on The Coppice yet, but a large brown Hawkmoth type caterpillar was heading for Oldham grammar School playing fields this morning. A few of the Harlequin Ladybirds have emerged from hibernation in the metal gatepost as well.

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Mottled Umber "roosting" on the glass panel of a door on Apfel Lane.

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A couple of Harlequin Ladybirds still wandering around the gatepost of the Windsor Road flats.

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Redlead Roundhead on woodchip at flats on Apfel Lane. 1st specimen for this site

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Good spread of Sulphur Tuft at Apfel Lane, along with a few clumps of Shaggy Inkcap

Minimum of 8 Harlequin Ladybirds on one of the intercom panels for Windsor Road flats

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Lesser Yellow Underwing - Windsor Road

Sulphur Tuft- Dalto Street
Shaggy Inkcap-Watts Street
Mottled Bolete - Suthers Street (my first record for this patch)

Orange Hawkweed - Suthers Street - 2nd flowering on this patch

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Heart and Dart tonight. First Macro Moths locally this year

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Using a similar method to David Lumb's I had a visit from an Angle Shades last night

(the cut and paste method for the emoticons seems to work as well )

-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Wednesday 17th of July 2013 02:24:21 PM

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Cinnabar Moth StocKfield Street

Single Orange Hawkweed Suthers Street

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A rather smart & glossy Water Carpet trying to blemd in with the window pane on Windsor Road this afternoon.

Several sightings of Fox in the area recently.

Common Violet, Mayflower, Field Forget-me-not all in flower on Peel Street, brightening up the industrial estate

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Fox crossing Peel St at around 18.50 yesterday

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28-10-2012 23.00 approx.

Fox foraging along Featherstall Road.

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New crop of Sulphur Tuft, lots of Common Bonnet, Ivory waxcap at a new site - all at Apfel lane

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Shaggy Inkcap (in good numbers) and Ivory Waxcap Apfel Lane

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Glistening Inkcap - good crop on old timber Suthers Street
Shaggy Inkcap - Peel Street
possible Sheathed Woodtuft (aka Velvet Toughshank) on Stockfield Street, but too far from the public highway to collect samples

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Clumps of Sulphur Tuft on Apfel Lane and Dalton Street
Blackening Waxcap Watts Street
Brown Rollrim (a bit old!) on Suthers Street

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2 Harlequin Ladybirds Windsor Road

Blackening Waxcap Watts Street

Large Yellow Underwing Apfel Lane

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Cinnabar Moth caterpillar Watts St.

Harlequin Ladybird larva Windsor Road

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Single Orange Hawkweed on Suthers Street

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Thanks to some prompting from a friend at Kew, confirmed that the Wild Clary was in fact a slightly hairless Hedge Woundwort

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Grey Dagger moth failing to camoflage itself on a pale interior stairwell wall on Windsor Road. Relocated to the ivy around the bin store

3 Cinnabar Moth caterpillars on Ragwort on Peel Street

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Oh dear! Now You've got me worried, Henry I'll have to go back and give it a more thorough check, in case I got it wrong.

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Birdsfoot Trefoil and Wild Clary coming into flower on Lansdowne Road near the recycling plant. There seems to have been a good array of 'common weeds of cultivation' on the earth bank at this end.

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The Wild Clary is a parituclarly good find Mike. Only one record for recent times in GM. A further two records date back to before 1930.

-- Edited by Henry Cook on Friday 13th of July 2012 09:35:34 PM

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Fox sprinted across Sothers Street last night 10.45 p.m.

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Windsor Road, Werneth

Silver Ground Carpet Moth disturbed from the Ivy on our bin store fence today

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Male Orange Tips on Napier Street East and at Alder Root

Tufted Vetch - Watts Street

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Now in bloom between Apfel Lane and Windsor Road

Wall Pennywort (lots)
Smooth Sowthistle
Prickly Sowthistle
Common Vetch
Herb Robert
Red Deadnettle

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Several clumps of Lesser Celandine now in bloom, 2 on Apfel Lane (with lots of Cuckooflower) and 1 at Alder Root. Cuckooflower also coming into bloom along Watts Street together with a couple of Common Violets and a good display of Field Forget-me-not.

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Good Friday Grass (a week late) in several places around the area, the biggest concentration in a sheltered spot on Apfel Lane. Also known as Field Woodrush; not seen in any of these localities in previous years.

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7 Spot Ladybird - Lansdowne Road

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Buff-tailed Bumblebee-Windsor Road another 1st of the year here

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Lansdown Road

Small Tortoiseshell 2 (fighting), possibly a 3rd
Large White 1
Another, smaller butterfly on the eco-net by the recycling plant. Either Small White or a pale Brimstone. Too distant to confirm for certain

-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Monday 26th of March 2012 08:54:50 PM

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Hot on the heels of the first Butterfly, the first Caterpillar of the year for me; a large yelloe Underwing on Spencer Street.

As usual with this species, moving faily quickly, but on the pavement, where it could easily get squished. R-directed to the adjacent grass verge

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Werneth Park

Later than for many, but 1st local Butterfly of the year for me: Peacock

Lansdown Road

Speedwell and Red DeadNettle coming into flower on the eco-net cover over the infill for the new recycling plant. also a yellow Crucifer, but the plants can't be viewed closely enough to i.d.

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Added to local moth list:

A rather bedraggled Satellite

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Fungi:

Couple of new clumps of Common Bonnet on Napier Street West.

Good scatter of Snowy Waxcap on the same lawns as previous years.

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Harlequin Ladybird -3- Windsor Road

Shaggy Inkcap - 2 clumps - Stockfield Street & Apfel Lane
Stagshorn - Stockfield Street
Sulphur Tuft - good second 'crop' Apfel Lane
plus at least one more fungus species from Manchester Street to be identified.

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Fungi

Several clusters of Glistening Inkcap on an old tree trunk on Suthers Street.

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Shaggy Scalycap 2 clumps on tree roots - Napier Street West.

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Bearded Milkcap - Oldham Road grass verge in front of the Avant Hotel

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Apfel Lane
At least 8 clumps of Sulphur Tuft

Stockfield Road
Stagshorn on usual stump

Lansdowne Road
Blackening Waxcap }
Common Bonnet (lots of them) } all in the grass verge opposite the recycling centre
Snowy Waxcap }

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