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For interest a link to copy and paste for a paper Some Flowering Plants of the Leigh Area of Lancashire. Written by legendary local naturalist Tom Edmondson in 1947 and belatedly published by the North West Naturalist Union in 1954.

https://northwesternnaturalistsunion.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/flowering-plants-Leigh.pdf




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A Brimstone was moving through gardens this morning not far from Lilford Park

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A Brimstone butterfly was in flight today at Pennington Hall Park

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Holly Blue today at Firs Park. Several Banded Demoiselle active along Pennington Brook between St Helens Road and Hope Carr.

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Thursday 10th August, a Hummingbird Hawk Moth was around amenity planting and front gardens at Eyet Street near the town centre

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A minimum of ten Roesels Bush Cricket calling today to the west of Westleigh Lane, nr to the former railway which runs through to Leigh Road

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Lez Fairclough wrote:

dave broome wrote:

Hi Dave, looks like a species of Mining Bee but there are over 60 species of them in the UK & a lot of them look very similar - the nearest I can find is 'Andrena Bicolor' or 'Gwynne's Mining Bee' which is common in spring.  Lez.

 





Thanks for the pointer Lez, much appreciated


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dave broome wrote:

A Holly Blue today at Pennington Hall Park
On open space at Staveacre, just north of Hope Carr, 2 fresh Speckled Wood, feeding on Dandelion, also a Tawny Mining Bee and several of another species I have yet to identify. Can anyone suggest what it is from the photo?

 Hi Dave, looks like a species of Mining Bee but there are over 60 species of them in the UK & a lot of them look very similar - the nearest I can find is 'Andrena Bicolor' or 'Gwynne's Mining Bee' which is common in spring.  Lez.

 



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A Holly Blue today at Pennington Hall Park
On open space at Staveacre, just north of Hope Carr, 2 fresh Speckled Wood, feeding on Dandelion, also a Tawny Mining Bee and several of another species I have yet to identify. Can anyone suggest what it is from the photo?

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A Brimstone was in Lilford Woods today and a Buff-Tailed Bumblebee

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A beautifully marked  'Silver Ground Carpet'  moth on my garden furniture this afternoon.



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A Holly Blue butterfly in my son's back yard on some ivy yesterday, he lives a few hundred yards from Leigh town centre

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3 Hornet Mimic Hoverfly Volucella zonaria today at Buddleia flowers on the roadside where Kirkham Road crosses Pennington Brook, huge impressive critters

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A Weasel ran across a path at Lilford Park today carrying prey, a rodent of some kind

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Hi Lez
Ran it past a few folk and it was identified (by Ste Culley) as a Ruby Tiger moth Butterfly Conservation

-- Edited by dave broome on Sunday 25th of April 2021 10:17:15 AM

 Thanks for that Dave I can't believe my Google image search didn't throw that one up!



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Hi Lez
Ran it past a few folk and it was identified (by Ste Culley) as a Ruby Tiger moth Butterfly Conservation

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No birding for last couple of weeks due to kitchen renovation & yesterday had this little devil destroy a freshly sprayed

kitchen cabinet door. I managed to rescue it & take a pic but have not a clue what it is - Moth, Wasp, Bee, Beetle or other

insect. Nearest match after an hour on Google images came up with 'Milkweed Tussock Moth' (Euchaetes Egle) but that's only found in N. America & Canada.

'Doc' maybe you could shed some light on it?



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Henry the Hedgehog can't even wait till it goes dark for his steal of the cat biscuits.

There is only the cat that doesn't eat them!



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Nice quiet afternoon sunbathing until a 'Hairy Footed Flower Bee' landed on my hairy chest & frightened the life out of me!

Also a very colourful 'Green Shield Bug' (Pic Attached).



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Hope Carr Nature Reserve.

My first 'Orange Tip' butterfly of the year with plenty of 'Peacock' & a few 'Tortoiseshell' as well.



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16/5/19 Holly Blue at the former playing field on Melrose Reclamation, Westleigh

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A large white butterfly at edge of Lilford Park yesterday

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3 Ruddy Darter together today near Westleigh, on the dismantled railway between Westleigh Lane and Leigh Road, not far from the waterbody north of Abbey Lane. Also a Holly Blue along there



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one of the grimmest footpaths known to man, between Guest St and North St (behind Drummond Way) was brightened up today by 2 Holly Blue feeding on Bramble, also 3 Red Admiral, 3 Speckled Wood, Small White and a Large White



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Tues 30th July Public open space around margins of football pitch north of Abbey Lane/Melrose Avenue, Westleigh plenty of butterflies active - 1 Small Copper, 50 plus of both Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper, half a dozen Large White, 20 plus Small White, 19 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock

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Fox, trotting across sainsburys car park just after midnight.

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Vixen, very scrawny but looked in good shape, close to sainsburys 1220 this morning.

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Fox feeding from a litter bin, sainsburys car park, just after midnight.



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