After the rain showers quite a few small frogs on path around diggle flash, loads of slugs and snails.

What looked like a vole scurried across the path,both cinnabar and 6 spot Burnett seen this morning, small tortoiseshell,large and small white and meadow brown butterfly,blue damselfly,

David Walsh wrote:

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Bernard McGurrin wrote:

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am walk
3 six spot burnet moths

Six spot burnets are hatching at present, but there have been lots of Cinnabar moths flying over the past month, which look similar, if more red, in flight. Their black and yellow larvae will be appearing on ragwort over the next few weeks. I wondered whether your sighting from last week may have been of a Cinnabar?

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late dog walk, 3 bats i think pipistrelle, over path near diggle flash.

David the moths last week definitely had spots, as kids we always called them ladybird moths, i would say they were definitely burnets.

am walk
3 six spot burnet moths, plenty of meadow brown and small tortoiseshell butterfly, good numbers blue damselfly.

1 Fox close to New Water @ 10.45, 2 Broad-bodied Chaser(both female), 3 Meadow Brown Butterfly, numerous Six-Spot Burnet Moth, numerous Common Blue Damselfly & plenty Horsefly

2 burnet moths, probably 6 spot but i didn't count the spots

azure damselfly and blue tailed damselfly around diggle flash paths.

Weasel darts across the path above diggle flash,plenty of common blue butterfly again, a few dragonfly darting about.

5 rabbits feeding this morning, also 1 toad on the edge of fir tree flash

Fox on path between diggle flash and new road,2 bats around flash,

Weasel ran across new road @approx 10-30.

good numbers of common blue butterfly also small white, peacock and tortoiseshell, squirrel feeding alongside a blackbird until another blackbird divebombed it and sent it packing.

Fox skulking near Scrapyard's this evening, bat overhead.

Young fox unsuccessfully stalking pheasant.

Weasel darted across path near the new road, also 3 feeding rabbits.

at least 6 common blue butterfly this afternoon.

Bat overhead on path at top of Diggle flash this evening.

Visit this WE found apart from the birds already listed Broad Leaved Everlasting Pea. (Rare in GM more common on the coast it also exists elsewhere in Wigan.) Also Birds foot trefoil and common vetch were both in flower and about 2 weeks early. This area is enormous and offers huge potential for all sorts of wildlife and is perhaps overlooked by none local observers. Clearly one for more vist

fox nipped through gap from C8 to C6 near choked pond, approx 20-45,

20+ orange tip butterfly this morning also small white, small tortoiseshell and peacock, 2 rabbit, 4 carp showing well basking in the sun at diggle flash.

4 peacock and 2 tortoiseshell butterfly in C9 this morning, plus a small cloud of midges.

weasel darted across path in C9 above diggle flash.

2 squirrel disputing an old magpie nest with a magpie.

fox in C9 @ 09-15 this morning.