Butterflies

Ringlet Leanna Dixon Bickley Hall Farm
Painted Lady Leanna Dixon Chester Zoo Nature Reserve 21 August, 2019
Green-veined Whites Leanna Dixon Chester
Small Copper Leanna Dixon Brereton Heath
Large Skipper Leanna Dixon Bickley Hall Farm
Brimstone Leanna Dixon Jack Scout 21 July, 2021
Common Blue Leanna Dixon New Ferry Butterfly Park 13 August, 2021

Key Information

County Recorders:

Cheshire: Rupert Adams
Lancashire & Merseyside: Laura Sivell
Greater Manchester: Peter Hardy

Butterfly Conservation Local Branch websites:

Lancashire (plus Liverpool and Northern Greater Manchester)
Cheshire and Wirral (plus South Manchester and part of the Peak District)

Books:

World Museum library

Facebook Groups:
UK Recording Scheme (ran by Butterfly Conservation):

Butterflies for the new millennium

UK Surveys (ran by Butterfly Conservation):
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NW Resources and Publications

Checklists

A Checklist of the Macrolepidoptera of Lancashire & Cheshire
Alan Creaser
(2004)
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Books

Thirty years of butterflies in traditional Lancashire and Cheshire
Peter B. Hardy
(17th April 2020)
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Butterflies and Day-flying Moths of Lancashire
Pete Marsh and Steve White
(March 2019)
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Butterflies of Greater Manchester
Peter B. Hardy
(01/01/1998)
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The Butterflies of Cheshire
Barry Shaw
(1999)
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Education & ID resources

Spring Butterflies
RECORD & Tanyptera Trust
(21 April 2020)
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Other Resources

Land Management Practices for Rare Butterfly Species – Influences on Macro Moth Community Assemblages at Warton Crag SSSI, north Lancashire.
Justine Patton
(13th October 2018)
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