No doubt 1987 will be long remembered as a very poor year
for entomology but the records do not fully justify this assessment.
Six were added to our list of species recorded since 1960, this is well
up on our average over recent years. We also have over 450 new records
bringing the total to about 7350 for our 31 squares which is an average
of over 250 species per 10km square.
The two 'best' squares are running neck and neck to be
the first to 350 while two more (SJ77 & 98) have passed the 300
mark. There were no additions to the 23 squares with 200 species but
there was great activity in most of the previously little worked squares
and there is now only one (SJ36) with less than 100 species recorded
and now that Mrs Constable in Blacon has an effective trap the figure
should soon be passed. We must welcome another lady recorder to our
ranks, Ann Kearsley of Gee Cross in SJ99, who together with Geoff Oldham
of Romiley have already added over 50 species to the records for that
square and more will undoubtedly follow. I concentrated my efforts on
SJ86 where the new Woodlands Trust property of Park Moss Wood near Arley
proved a little disappointing in terms of variety of species recorded.
Only in two of our 31 squares did we get no records at all in the year,
these were SJ37 and 54, the latter was well worked by Peter Atherton
for some years but he has now left the County.
Of the six new species, three were due to the efforts of Steve McWilliam
and all must be regarded as resident species which have been overlooked
for many years; Small Brindled Beauty in Delamere Forest, Fen Wainscot
at Moore Nature Reserve and Coast Dart at Wallasey. Alan Roberts took
two specimens of Freyer's Pug at Knutsford, this must be a recent coloniser
of garden cupressus planting; Bill Hardwick's record of Marbled White
Spot, the first since 1901 !!, may be a wanderer but Hogshead Wood seems
to be the sort of terrain on which it would occur so we may hope it
is confirmed; my Scarce Bordered Straw at Alderley Edge seems to be
the first time this migrant has been seen in Cheshire since 1901. Another
migrant of note was the Death's Head Hawk-moth found in Marple, the
first for many years, we had no Convolvulus though I hear this was not
uncommon in Lincolnshire, we did however, have the Vestal again.
Other species not seen for many years of which confirmation is welcome
include: Purple-bordered Gold at Wybunbury National Nature Reserve,
Marsh Pug in Stockport, Heart and Club from Halton Common, and Barred
Sallow at Alderley Edge. The widespread recording of some species not
previously seen in any numbers is also pleasing, particularly Streamer,
Pale Tussock, Dotted Rustic and Oak Nycteoline.
C.I. Rutherford - (01625-583683)
February 1988
Longridge, Macclesfield Road
Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7BL
The following new records were received for Vice-County
58 (Cheshire) in 1987: - an asterisk (*) indicates a new species for the
county; the number at the extreme left is the Bradley & Fletcher code
from their publication: "A Recorder's Log Book or Label List of British
Butterflies and Moths" - J.D. Bradley and D.S. Fletcher (1979) :-
Code |
English Name |
10Km Squares (SJ)
|
14 |
Ghost Moth |
SJ36, 56 & 99
|
16 |
Gold Swift |
SJ86
|
161 |
Leopard Moth |
SJ98
|
171 |
Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet |
SJ27
|
1638 |
Fox Moth |
SJ27
|
1648 |
Pebble Hook-tip |
SJ55
|
1652 |
Peach Blossom |
SJ36 & 68
|
1653 |
Buff Arches |
SJ36, 66 & 99
|
1657 |
Common Lutestring |
SJ68
|
1659 |
Yellow Horned |
SJ58
|
1661 |
Orange Underwing |
SJ65 & 98
|
1665 |
Grass Emerald |
SJ36
|
1666 |
Large Emerald |
SJ58 & 99
|
1667 |
Blotched Emerald |
SJ58
|
1669 |
Common Emerald |
SJ78
|
1682 |
Blood-vein |
SJ36 & 86
|
1690 |
Small Blood-vein |
SJ27
|
1694 |
Smoky Wave |
SJ97
|
1698 |
Purple-bordered Gold |
SJ65
|
1702 |
Small Fan-footed Wave |
SJ68 & 86
|
1705 |
Dwarf Cream Wave |
SJ27
|
1708 |
Single Dotted Wave |
SJ86
|
1709 |
Satin Wave |
SJ87
|
1713 |
Ribband Wave |
SJ36 & 68
|
1715 |
Plain Wave |
SJ77
|
1716 |
The Vestal |
SJ98
|
1719 |
Oblique Carpet |
SJ27, 58 & 65
|
1722 |
Flame Carpet |
SJ56, 68 & 86
|
1724 |
Red Twin-spot Carpet |
SJ27 & 64
|
1725 |
Dark Barred Twin-spot Carpet |
SJ86
|
1728 |
Garden Carpet |
SJ36
|
1738 |
Common Carpet |
SJ99
|
1742 |
Yellow Shell |
SJ36, 56 & 58
|
1746 |
Shoulder Stripe |
SJ86
|
1747 |
Streamer |
SJ46, 76, 78, 86 & 98
|
1750 |
Water Carpet |
SJ58, 64, 65 & 98
|
1752 |
Purple Bar |
SJ27, 28 & 58
|
1754 |
Phoenix |
SJ65
|
1756 |
Northern Spinach |
SJ86
|
1757 |
The Spinach |
SJ99
|
1758 |
Barred Straw |
SJ55
|
1759 |
Small Phoenix |
SJ55 & 86
|
1762 |
Dark Marbled Carpet |
SJ55, 68 & 86
|
1764 |
Common Marbled Carpet |
SJ36 & 55
|
1765 |
Barred Yellow |
SJ99
|
1766 |
Blue-bordered Carpet |
SJ58, 68 & 86
|
1768 |
Grey Pine Carpet |
SJ68
|
1775 |
Mottled Grey |
SJ78
|
1776 |
Green Carpet |
SJ65
|
1777 |
July Highflyer |
SJ86
|
1778 |
May Highflyer |
SJ86
|
1779 |
Ruddy Highflyer |
SJ65
|
1790 |
Tissue |
SJ55
|
1799 |
Winter Moth |
SJ58
|
1800 |
Northern Winter Moth |
SJ99
|
1802 |
The Rivulet |
SJ27 & 68
|
1803 |
Small Rivulet |
SJ68
|
1807 |
Grass Rivulet |
SJ58
|
1808 |
Sandy Carpet |
SJ68 & 86
|
1809 |
Twin-spot Carpet |
SJ27 & 86
|
1811 |
Slender Pug |
SJ78, 86 & 88
|
1816 |
Toadflax Pug |
SJ75
|
1817 |
Foxglove Pug |
SJ68
|
1822 |
Marsh Pug |
SJ98
|
1823 |
Netted Pug |
SJ36
|
1827* |
Freyer's Pug |
SJ77
|
1828 |
Satyr Pug |
SJ46 & 88
|
1830 |
Wormwood Pug |
SJ46
|
1831 |
Ling Pug |
SJ65
|
1834 |
Common Pug |
SJ36 & 99
|
1835 |
White-spotted Pug |
SJ86
|
1837 |
Grey Pug |
SJ58, 68 & 86
|
1844 |
Ochreous Pug |
SJ56, 64, 65 & 88
|
1851 |
Golden Rod Pug |
SJ68, 87 & 98
|
1852 |
Brindled Pug |
SJ38, 58, 76 & 86
|
1853 |
Oak-tree Pug |
SJ28, 78 & 98
|
1854 |
Juniper Pug |
SJ86
|
1856 |
Larch Pug |
SJ88 & 98
|
1858 |
V-Pug |
SJ99
|
1860 |
Green Pug |
SJ36
|
1862 |
Double-striped Pug |
SJ36 & 64
|
1868 |
Lesser Treble-bar |
SJ65 & 77
|
1870 |
Chimney Sweeper |
SJ77
|
1876 |
Small Yellow Wave |
SJ58
|
1879 |
Seraphim |
SJ88
|
1881 |
Early Tooth-striped |
SJ27, 28, 64, 68, 86 & 98
|
1883 |
Yellow-barred Brindle |
SJ64 & 65
|
1884 |
Magpie |
SJ86
|
1887 |
Clouded Border |
SJ36
|
1894 |
Latticed Heath |
SJ27 & 68
|
1897 |
V-moth |
SJ36 & 99
|
1904 |
Scorched Wing |
SJ98
|
1906 |
Brimstone Moth |
SJ36, 68 & 86
|
1913 |
Canary Shouldered Thorn |
SJ86 & 99
|
1915 |
September Thorn |
SJ27
|
1917 |
Early Thorn |
SJ36 & 86
|
1919 |
Purple Thorn |
SJ86 & 99
|
1920 |
Scalloped Hazel |
SJ58
|
1921 |
Scalloped Oak |
SJ36
|
1922 |
Swallow-tailed Moth |
SJ36 & 99
|
1923 |
Feathered Thorn |
SJ86 & 99
|
1925* |
Small Brindled Beauty |
SJ57
|
1926 |
Pale Brindled Beauty |
SJ27 & 29
|
1930 |
Oak Beauty |
SJ58 & 86
|
1931 |
Peppered Moth |
SJ36 & 68
|
1934 |
Dotted Border |
SJ86
|
1935 |
Mottled Umber |
SJ36 & 86
|
1937 |
Willow Beauty |
SJ36 & 86
|
1940 |
Satin Beauty |
SJ56
|
1941 |
Mottled Beauty |
SJ68
|
1947 |
Engrailed |
SJ75, 78, 86 & 98
|
1948 |
Small Engrailed |
SJ77
|
1951 |
Grey Birch |
SJ27
|
1952 |
Common Heath |
SJ86
|
1955 |
Common White Wave |
SJ99
|
1956 |
Common Wave |
SJ86 & 99
|
1958 |
Clouded Silver |
SJ68 & 99
|
1961 |
Light Emerald |
SJ68, 86 & 99
|
1962 |
Barred Red |
SJ99
|
1970 |
Grass Wave |
SJ66
|
1973 |
Death's-head Hawk-moth |
SJ98
|
1980 |
Eyed Hawk-moth |
SJ36
|
1981 |
Poplar Hawk-moth |
SJ36 & 99
|
1996 |
Alder Kitten |
SJ88 & 98
|
1997 |
Sallow Kitten |
SJ77
|
2000 |
Iron Prominent |
SJ55
|
2006 |
Lesser Swallow Prominent |
SJ68 & 86
|
2008 |
Coxcomb Prominent |
SJ86 & 99
|
2011 |
Pale Prominent |
SJ86
|
2014 |
Lunar Marbled Brown |
SJ88
|
2026 |
Vapourer |
SJ36
|
2028 |
Pale Tussock |
SJ27, 36, 58, 64, 78 & 98
|
2030 |
Yellow Tail |
SJ86
|
2031 |
White Satin |
SJ36
|
2038 |
Muslin Footman |
SJ99
|
2040 |
Four-Dotted Footman |
SJ65
|
2050 |
Common Footman |
SJ36
|
2057 |
Garden Tiger |
SJ36
|
2060 |
White Ermine |
SJ86
|
2061 |
Buff Ermine |
SJ36
|
2063 |
Muslin Ermine |
SJ78
|
2069 |
Cinnabar |
SJ56
|
2077 |
Short-Cloaked |
SJ86
|
2081 |
White-line Dart |
SJ87
|
2082 |
Garden Dart |
SJ36, 58 & 99
|
2083* |
Coast Dart |
SJ29
|
2087 |
Turnip |
SJ99
|
2088 |
Heart and Club |
SJ58
|
2089 |
Heart and Dart |
SJ36
|
2091 |
Dark Sword-grass |
SJ77 & 86
|
2098 |
Flame |
SJ86
|
2105 |
Dotted Rustic |
SJ28, 29, 65, 88 & 98
|
2107 |
Large Yellow Underwing |
SJ36
|
2109 |
Lesser Yellow Underwing |
SJ36, 86 & 99
|
2110 |
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing |
SJ29 & 46
|
2111 |
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing |
SJ36, 86 & 99
|
2112 |
Least Yellow Underwing |
SJ98
|
2114 |
Double Dart |
SJ68 & 99
|
2117 |
Autumnal Rustic |
SJ55, 86 & 99
|
2120 |
Ingrailed Clay |
SJ68 & 86
|
2121 |
Barred Chestnut |
SJ55
|
2122 |
Purple Clay |
SJ55, 68 & 86
|
2123 |
Small Square Spot |
SJ86
|
2124 |
Fen Square Spot |
SJ87
|
2126 |
Setaceous Hebrew Character |
SJ36 & 57
|
2127 |
Triple-spotted Clay |
SJ58
|
2128 |
Double Square Spot |
SJ58, 86 & 99
|
2132 |
Neglected Rustic |
SJ77
|
2133 |
Six-striped Rustic |
SJ86 & 99
|
2134 |
Square Spot Rustic |
SJ36, 55 & 86
|
2136 |
Gothic |
SJ36 & 99
|
2139 |
Red Chestnut |
SJ68, 86 & 98
|
2142 |
Beautiful Yellow Underwing |
SJ38 & 98
|
2145 |
Nutmeg |
SJ67
|
2147 |
Shears |
SJ57
|
2150 |
Grey Arches |
SJ46, 56 & 58
|
2154 |
Cabbage |
SJ36 & 99
|
2155 |
Dot Moth |
SJ36
|
2158 |
Pale Shouldered Brocade |
SJ99
|
2160 |
Bright-line Brown-eye |
SJ36 & 99
|
2164 |
Broad-barred White |
SJ98
|
2166 |
Campion |
SJ56, 57 & 99
|
2176 |
Antler |
SJ86 & 99
|
2178 |
Feathered Gothic |
SJ86
|
2179 |
Pine Beauty |
SJ58, 76 & 98
|
2182 |
Small Quaker |
SJ86
|
2185 |
Lead-coloured Drab |
SJ65 & 77
|
2186 |
Powdered Quaker |
SJ99
|
2187 |
Common Quaker |
SJ86
|
2188 |
Clouded Drab |
SJ99
|
2189 |
Twin-spot Quaker |
SJ68 & 86
|
2190 |
Hebrew Character |
SJ36
|
2192 |
Brown-line Bright-eye |
SJ88
|
2193 |
Clay |
SJ36 & 86
|
2199 |
Common Wainscot |
SJ36
|
2211 |
Wormwood Shark |
SJ27
|
2221 |
Mullein |
SJ44 & 98
|
2225 |
Minor Shoulder Knot |
SJ64 & 86
|
2231 |
Deep Brown Dart |
SJ46
|
2232 |
Black Rustic |
SJ46
|
2235 |
Tawny Pinion |
SJ77 & 88
|
2236 |
Pale Pinion |
SJ64
|
2241 |
Red Sword Grass |
SJ29
|
2242 |
Sword Grass |
SJ27
|
2243 |
Early Grey |
SJ36, 58, 78, 86 & 99
|
2245 |
Green Brindled Crescent |
SJ69 & 86
|
2248 |
Brindled Green |
SJ86
|
2258 |
Chestnut |
SJ68 & 86
|
2259 |
Dark Chestnut |
SJ58
|
2262 |
Brick |
SJ86
|
2265 |
Flounced Chestnut |
SJ27 & 45
|
2266 |
Brown-spot Pinion |
SJ86
|
2267 |
Beaded Chestnut |
SJ46
|
2268 |
Suspected |
SJ58, 64 & 65
|
2271 |
Orange Sallow |
SJ46 & 77
|
2272 |
Barred Sallow |
SJ87
|
2273 |
Pink-barred Sallow |
SJ86
|
2274 |
Sallow |
SJ86
|
2278 |
Poplar Grey |
SJ36
|
2280 |
Miller |
SJ86
|
2283 |
Dark Dagger |
SJ58 & 88
|
2284 |
Grey Dagger |
SJ36
|
2293 |
Marbled Beauty |
SJ99
|
2297 |
Copper Underwing |
SJ36 & 55
|
2298 |
Svensson's Copper Underwing |
SJ36, 65, 68 & 86
|
2299 |
Mouse |
SJ36 & 55
|
2300 |
Old Lady |
SJ77, 86 & 87
|
2305 |
Small Angle-shades |
SJ68 & 86
|
2306 |
Angle-shades |
SJ36 & 86
|
2312 |
Olive |
SJ29, 86 & 99
|
2314 |
Dingy Shears |
SJ58
|
2318 |
Dun-bar |
SJ68 & 86
|
2321 |
Dark Arches |
SJ36 & 86
|
2322 |
Light Arches |
SJ86
|
2327 |
Clouded Brindle |
SJ98
|
2335 |
Slender Brindle |
SJ77
|
2336 |
Double Lobed |
SJ78 & 98
|
2338 |
Rufous Minor |
SJ65 & 86
|
2339 |
Tawny Minor |
SJ86
|
2340 |
Middle-barred Minor |
SJ86
|
2341 |
Cloaked Minor |
SJ58
|
2342 |
Rosy Minor |
SJ99
|
2343 |
Common Rustic |
SJ36
|
2343a |
Lesser Common Rustic |
SJ66, 69 & 87
|
2345 |
Small Dotted Buff |
SJ64, 75, 77, 86 & 99
|
2353 |
Flounced Rustic |
SJ36
|
2360 |
Ear Moth |
SJ67 & 99
|
2361 |
Rosy Rustic |
SJ86
|
2367 |
Haworth's Minor |
SJ65
|
2368 |
Crescent |
SJ58, 88 & 98
|
2369 |
Bullrush Wainscot |
SJ58
|
2377* |
Fen Wainscot |
SJ58
|
2379 |
Small Rufous |
SJ86
|
2381 |
Uncertain |
SJ36
|
2382 |
Rustic |
SJ99
|
2387 |
Mottled Rustic |
SJ99
|
2389 |
Pale Mottled Willow |
SJ56 & 99
|
2399 |
Bordered Sallow |
SJ27
|
2400* |
Scarce Bordered Straw |
SJ87
|
2410* |
Marbled White Spot |
SJ56
|
2421 |
Scarce Silver-lines |
SJ58
|
2422 |
Green Silver-lines |
SJ99
|
2423 |
Oak Nycteoline |
SJ47, 88 & 98
|
2434 |
Burnished Brass |
SJ36
|
2437 |
Golden Plusia |
SJ46, 58 & 99
|
2441 |
Silver Y |
SJ36
|
2442 |
Beautiful Golden Y |
SJ68, 86 & 99
|
2443 |
Plain Golden Y |
SJ36, 86 & 99
|
2449 |
Dark Spectacle |
SJ58 & 64
|
2450 |
Spectacle |
SJ36, 86 & 99
|
2452 |
Red Underwing |
SJ88
|
2469 |
Herald |
SJ36, 68 & 86
|
2474 |
Straw Dot |
SJ86
|
2477 |
Snout |
SJ68
|
2484 |
Pinion-streaked Snout |
SJ46
|
2489 |
Fan-foot |
SJ36, 68 & 99
|
2492 |
Small Fan-foot |
SJ86
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