Brockholes Wetlands Dragonfly sightings: an independent web-site

This website which is run independently of Lancashire Wildlife Trust lists dragonfly sightings, mainly from 2009 onwards, made by a small group of observers at Brockholes Wetlands nature reserve, Lancashire. The reserve is owned by the Trust and comprises a series of pools, reed-beds, scrub, grassland and planted woodland, all on disused gravel workings. It covers an area of approximately 100 hectares and is centred at Grid Reference SD585308. We are grateful to the Trust for allowing us access.

Showing posts with label * Moths - common species known to fly by day at Brockholes. Show all posts

Monday, 7 January 2013

Some common moths known to fly by day at Brockholes. Photographed there by M Foley and others.

Cinnabar (M F)

Common Marble (M F)

November Moth (M F)

Shaded Broad-bar (M F)

Silver Y (M F)

Silver-ground carpet (M F)

Six-spot Burnet (M F)

Smoky or Common Wainscot (M F)

Common Carpet (M F)

StrawDot (M F)

Humming-bird Hawkmoth (L Price, Boilton Wood margin, 19.8.2013

White Ermine (L Price, Fishing pool, 3.7.2015)

Beautiful China Moth (L Price, north side of Fishing pool, 16.7.2015)

Yponomeuta sp (L Price, M6 track, 6.7.2015)

Latticed Heath (L. Price, near the Dipping pool, 8.6.2016)

Flame Carpet (L.Price), near the Lookout (J7) 6.5.2017

Abbreviations for site localities (where used)

Dragonfly pool = DP; Meadow Pool = MP; No.1 pool = N1; N0.2 pool = N2; Quicksand pool south = QSS; Quicksand pool north = QSN, Fishing pool = FP; Allen's pool = AP; Boilton marsh = BM; Ribble Way & access road = RW; North-east, carpark & dipping pool areas = NE; M6 track area = M6T; Boilton Wood fringe = BWF.

See site map at the very bottom (left side)

Information provided includes: species, dates seen, location on the site (in the case of scarcer species), numbers, sex if recorded, breeding information, etc.