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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
18 May 1954 Spital SJ3383 Adult 1
07 Jul 1951 Thurstaston SJ2485 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1951 Holford Moss SJ7174 Adult 1+ undated. Boyd (1951)
1949 Delamere Forest SJ5371 Adult 1 grid reference not provided. Exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc Exh 15/11/1949 LCES 73:13
07 Jun 1948 Cotterill Clough SJ8083 Adult 3 grid reference not provided
1948 Stockport SJ8989 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown. Smith (1948)
1947 Goyt Valley SK0172 Adult 2 grid reference unknown.
1947 Wilmslow SJ8381 Not recorded 1+ fairly common. Smith (1948)
1947 Delamere Forest SJ5371 Not recorded 1+ common at Delamere. Smith (1948)
06 Jul 1946 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1 grid reference not provided, LCES 68-71:23
1946 Alderley Edge SJ8577 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_27007, grid reference SJ87
1946 Gatley SJ8488 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_28877, Gatley/Cheadle in SJ88
14 Jul 1942 Cotterill Clough SJ8083 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1940 SJ97 SJ97 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V06_00282
1940 Birkenhead School SJ299881 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_01596, Birkenhead and district in SJ28
19 Jun 1937 Delamere SJ5570 Adult 1 LCES 61-63:11, grid reference not provided
1933 Alderley Edge SJ8577 Adult 1 locally abundant. Man Ent Soc 32:7-9, grid reference not provided
1925 Delamere Forest SJ5371 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
28 Jun 1924 Delamere Forest SJ5371 Adult 1 LCES 47-51:28, grid reference not provided, fairly common. Smith (1948)
1923 Delamere Forest SJ5371 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1922 Goyt Valley SK0172 Not recorded 1 Goyt Valley area including Taxal & Goyt Moss, all in grid reference SK07. No detailed grid reference or date provided
1920 Delamere Forest SJ5371 Not recorded 1+ fairly common. Smith (1948)
13 Jul 1917 Delamere Forest SJ5371 Adult 4 grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
1916 Northenden SJ8389 Not recorded 1+ record states Wythenshawe Wood, Northenden. Smith (1948)
1912 Rostherne SJ7483 Adult 1 common. Man Ent Soc 10:16, grid reference not provided
1909 Bidston SJ2889 Not recorded 1+ fairly common - Smith (1948) and Mansbridge Ellis List
1908 Mere SJ7382 Not recorded 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 7/10/1908, Man Ent Soc 5:12, grid reference not provided
1906 Delamere Forest SJ5371 Not recorded 1+ from the Ellis list. Smith (1948)
1903 Stockport SJ8989 Not recorded 1+ referred to as abundant at Stockport - undated. Smith (1948)
1903 Delamere Forest SJ5371 Not recorded 1+ entry states Delamere Forest district - undated but from Day list. Smith (1948)
1901 Gatley SJ8488 Not recorded 1+ Mansbridge (1940), Smith (1948). specimen in Manchester Museum from Gatley Carr, undated and anon
1900 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1 Bollin Valley SJ78, Cotterill Clough SJ88, Morley Green SJ88, or Styal Woods SJ88
1892 Alderley Edge SJ8577 Adult 1 grid reference not provided
1891 Delamere Forest SJ5570 Adult 1 Hepialus hectus. Common at dusk amongst bracken. Grid ref not provided. Entom. 24:301-302
1885 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ common, Walker (1885)
1854 Bromborough SJ3481 Not recorded 1+ undated. Plentiful. Byerley (1854)


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