Cumbria Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings
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Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid Ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
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25 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Dalton Lane | Burton-in-Kendal | SD531759 | John Mounsey | Occasionally settling on south-facing house wall.Sunny (...) | |
8 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Apparently feeding on honeydew on damson leaves. Sunny (...) | |
8 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Nectaring on Red Valerian. | |
8 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Lunesdale House, Hale | Hale | SD507781 | Richard Evans | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 8 | Lunesdale House, Hale | Hale | SD507781 | Richard Evans | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Comma | 1 | Lunesdale House, Hale | Hale | SD507781 | Richard Evans | ||
6 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Beetham Nursery | Beetham | SD499797 | Lynne Farrell | On Serratula seoanei | |
6 Oct 2017 | Comma | 1 | Brigsteer Road | Levens | SD488864 | John Mounsey | Still sunny morning. | |
8 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Park End Lane | Brigsteer | SD484889 | Ian Tallon | ||
25 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Leighton Moss | Silverdale | SD478751 | Lynne Farrell | Battered specimen on Ivy flowers | |
25 Oct 2017 | Comma | 1 | Leighton Moss | Silverdale | SD478751 | Lynne Farrell | Fresh specimen on Ivy flowers | |
2 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Crag Wood | Meathop | SD457805 | Martin Chadwick | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD457784 | Lynne Farrell | Feeding on Ivy flowers by the recreation ground | |
5 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD455785 | Lynne Farrell | Basking on gravel in garden | |
17 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440827 | David Eastlick | ||
17 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440827 | David Eastlick | Clinging on to ground herbage for dear life in strong wind | |
17 Oct 2017 | Painted Lady | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440826 | Martin Chadwick | ||
25 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Hale Cat Woods | Witherslack | SD432830 | David Eastlick | A warm pleasant day | |
25 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Hale Cat Woods | Witherslack | SD432830 | David Eastlick | A warm pleasant day | |
18 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Netherwood | Grange over Sands | SD413784 | Doreen Howard | ||
18 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Brown Robin Nature Reserve | Grange over Sands | SD4178 | Doreen Howard | ||
5 Oct 2017 | Large White | 1 | Yewbarrow Lodge gardens | Grange over Sands | SD409782 | Doreen Howard | ||
29 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD408782 | Pam Wilson | ||
10 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Hampsfell Road | Grange over Sands | SD408781 | Margaret and David Eastlick | near late ivy and in sunshine | |
10 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 3 | Hampsfell Road | Grange over Sands | SD408781 | Margaret and David Eastlick | on late ivy and in sunshine | |
10 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Hampsfell Road | Grange over Sands | SD407780 | Margaret and David Eastlick | in bright shade | |
5 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Charney Well Lane | Grange over Sands | SD404781 | Doreen Howard | ||
5 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Charney Well Lane | Grange over Sands | SD404781 | Doreen Howard | ||
12 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Charney Well Lane | Grange over Sands | SD404781 | Doreen Howard | ||
12 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 3 | Charney Well Lane | Grange over Sands | SD404781 | Doreen Howard | ||
10 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 7 | High Farm Spring Bank Lane | Grange over Sands | SD403787 | Margaret and David Eastlick | On sheltered late ivy and in full sunshine | |
10 Oct 2017 | Comma | 1 | High Farm Spring Bank Lane | Grange over Sands | SD403787 | Margaret and David Eastlick | On sheltered late ivy and in full sunshine | |
6 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden LA11 7JA | Grange over Sands | SD403777 | David Eastlick | on ivy in hazy sun | |
10 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Beech Road | Grange over Sands | SD400777 | Margaret and David Eastlick | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | High Farm | Grange over Sands | SD4078 | Doreen Howard | ||
15 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | High Farm | Grange over Sands | SD4078 | Doreen Howard | ||
10 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 3 | Spring Bank Farm | Grange over Sands | SD398782 | Margaret and David Eastlick | ||
10 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Meadowbank Lane | Grange over Sands | SD396779 | Margaret and David Eastlick | ||
12 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Spring Bank | Grange over Sands | SD395779 | Martin Chadwick | On ivy | |
12 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 8 | Spring Bank | Grange over Sands | SD395779 | Martin Chadwick | On ivy | |
5 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Risedale Recycling Centre | Grange over Sands | SD395766 | David Eastlick | full sun | |
8 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Spring Bank | Grange over Sands | SD3978 | Doreen Howard | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 19 | Spring Bank | Grange over Sands | SD3978 | Doreen Howard | All on 1 patch of ivy | |
20 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Coniston village | Coniston | SD305977 | Mo Richards | ||
18 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 3 | Sunbrick | Ulverston | SD287734 | Helen Wallace | Flying | |
16 Oct 2017 | Comma | 1 | Mountbarrow Rd | Ulverston | SD285771 | Helen Wallace | Flying in garden | |
16 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | St Mary's school | Ulverston | SD284776 | Helen Wallace | On Ivy | |
16 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 5 | Swarthmoor Hall | Ulverston | SD281773 | Helen Wallace | Warm | |
5 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Ormsgill Slag Banks | Barrow-in-Furness | SD190710 | Helen Wallace | Sunny spells. In sheltered area. | |
5 Oct 2017 | Comma | 4 | Ormsgill Slag Banks | Barrow-in-Furness | SD190710 | Helen Wallace | Sunny spells. 1 had wings open in light shower. | |
29 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Waterhead Common | Gilsland | NY6168 | Peter Howard | In spruce canopy. Full sunshine, 7oC. | |
29 Oct 2017 | Peacock | 1 | Waterhead Common | Gilsland | NY6168 | Peter Howard | In spruce canopy. Full sunshine, 7oC. | |
6 Oct 2017 | White Ermine | 2 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | Caterpillars on Thistle. Identified by Steve Ogden at Wildlife (...) | |
6 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 10 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
6 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
6 Oct 2017 | Silver Y | 1 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
6 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 33 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 5 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 19 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
10 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 12 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
10 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 24 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | 14oC. Sunny spells, warm. Mainly on Thistles. | |
12 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 5 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
12 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 3 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
27 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 1 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | 11oC. Sunny spell, breezy. | |
27 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | River Lowther | Askham | NY576221 | Sarah Mitchell | 11oC. Sunny spell, breezy. | |
1 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
5 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny but windy. One flying around Ivy, the other nectaring on (...) | |
6 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
6 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Nectaring on Bowles Mauve. | |
8 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 4 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Nectaring on Bowles Mauve. | |
9 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
12 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
16 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny | |
18 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 3 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny | |
23 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
24 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Flying around | |
25 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Flying around Ivy. | |
2 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499256 | Sarah Mitchell | On Ivy, during the very short dry spell between very heavy (...) | |
16 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Rheged | Penrith | NY497284 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny | |
6 Oct 2017 | Spruce Carpet | 1 | High Stand Plantation | Cotehill | NY491482 | Paul Kennedy | ||
19 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Wetheral | Wetheral | NY467547 | R H Jones | on the wing | |
18 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Wetheral | Wetheral | NY464548 | R H Jones | sunning itself 9.30am | |
2 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 4 | Longthwaite | Watermillock | NY4322 | Jim Nicholson | ||
3 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Caudale Moor | Hartsop | NY425103 | Jim Nicholson | Buffeted by v strong winds at >550m up the hill | |
18 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Holehird Gardens | Troutbeck Bridge | NY410007 | Mo Richards | ||
29 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Holehird Gardens | Troutbeck Bridge | NY410007 | Mo Richards | ||
25 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | Nectaring on ivy sheltered from wind. | |
3 Oct 2017 | Silver Y | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
5 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 3 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | On Ivy and Verbena sp. | |
5 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 4 | Rickerby Park west and Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | 3 on Verbena bonariensis, 1 on thistles. | |
8 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Comma | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
18 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
18 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 3 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
18 Oct 2017 | Comma | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
20 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | On Ivy, very worn. | |
20 Oct 2017 | Silver Y | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
25 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Nectaring briefly on ivy, battling with wind and wasps. | |
29 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Both nectaring on Bowles Mauve. | |
5 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | University of Cumbria grounds, Well Lane. | Carlisle | NY402571 | Martin Keiller | On Ivy on south-facing wall. | |
16 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 6 | University of Cumbria grounds, Well Lane. | Carlisle | NY402571 | Martin Keiller | On Ivy in warm sunshine. 2:20pm before the wind picked up. | |
20 Oct 2017 | Silver Y | 1 | University of Cumbria grounds, Well Lane. | Carlisle | NY402571 | Martin Keiller | Around Ivy | |
20 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | University of Cumbria grounds, Well Lane. | Carlisle | NY402571 | Martin Keiller | On Ivy | |
27 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY402569 | Martin Keiller | Nectaring on Yarrow. | |
11 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | On Verbena bonariensis, at 3:30pm after the rain. | |
12 Oct 2017 | Silver Y | 1 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | ||
12 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 4 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | On Verbena bonariensis | |
12 Oct 2017 | Comma | 1 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | On Verbena bonariensis | |
18 Oct 2017 | Silver Y | 1 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | ||
18 Oct 2017 | Comma | 1 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | ||
20 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | ||
27 Oct 2017 | Silver Y | 1 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | Nectaring on Verbena bonariensis. | |
27 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | Nectaring on Verbena bonariensis. | |
5 Oct 2017 | Comma | 3 | Rickerby Park west and Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400566 | Martin Keiller | 1 on Verbena bonariensis, 2 on thistles. | |
15 Oct 2017 | Diplodoma laichartingella | 2 | Kingmoor Sidings NR | Carlisle | NY3863157753 | Paul Kennedy | Diplodoma laichartingella larva? I'm not totally sure about (...) | |
20 Oct 2017 | November Moth agg. | 1 | Kingmoor Sidings NR | Carlisle | NY386578 | Paul Kennedy | Perched on a post in woodland. | |
16 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 2 | Ambleside | Ambleside | NY377037 | Mo Richards | ||
27 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Ambleside | Ambleside | NY376034 | Mo Richards | Sunny. | |
10 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Low Moorlands | Dalston | NY368507 | Michael Williams | on garden buddleia | |
10 Oct 2017 | Comma | 1 | Low Moorlands | Dalston | NY368507 | Michael Williams | on garden buddleia | |
16 Oct 2017 | Peacock | 1 | Low Moorlands | Dalston | NY368507 | Michael Williams | ||
19 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 1 | Low Moorlands | Dalston | NY368507 | Michael Williams | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Speckled Wood | 2 | River Eden | Beaumont | NY354600 | Peter Howard | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | River Eden | Beaumont | NY354600 | Peter Howard | ||
8 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 10 | River Eden | Beaumont | NY354600 | Peter Howard | ||
18 Oct 2017 | Oak Nycteoline | 1 | Finglandrigg Wood | Kirkbampton | NY274567 | Paul Kennedy | Oak Nycteoline (Nycteola revayana). This one had me stumped - (...) | |
5 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 4 | Garden Allonby | Allonby | NY082435 | John Callion | ||
18 Oct 2017 | Red Admiral | 3 | Garden Allonby | Allonby | NY082435 | John Callion | ||
16 Oct 2017 | Small White | 1 | Blue Dial | Allonby | NY073408 | John Callion | In warm sunshine | |
16 Oct 2017 | Silver Y | 1 | Blue Dial | Allonby | NY073408 | John Callion | In warm sunshine |
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