Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Painted Lady

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
30 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD5408579945 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 20% sun, 16C, windy.
22 Jun 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD5054093270 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
16 Jun 2022 Painted Lady 2 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD5393579638 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans On western edge of fell, half way to summit. 36497.jpeg
16 Jun 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Summit Clawthorpe SD5419880172 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
8 Jun 2021 Painted Lady 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4558977281 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans In and around the summit of the Knott
14 Jun 2020 Painted Lady 1 Adult Beetham Nursery Beetham SD4989479720 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans In the growing nursery.
9 Oct 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Brewery Arts Centre Kendal SD5141192369 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans On buddleia
18 Sep 2019 Painted Lady 3 Adult Halecat Garden Centre Witherslack SD4336883602 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 17c. 3.00 -3.30pm. Feeding on sedum and asters. All (...)
18 Sep 2019 Painted Lady 4 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD4403682788 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16c. 3.50 -4.10pm. 2 very fresh, 2 faded.
8 Sep 2019 Painted Lady 4 Adult Heron Corn Mill Beetham SD4959579956 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans All on one buddleia.
8 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Aynsome Mill Cartmel SD3840679621 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 21c, light breeze.
8 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 24 Adult Hampsfell Cartmel SD3977879024 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 70% sun, 19c, light breeze.
8 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 15 Adult Hampsfield Allotment Cartmel SD3985380307 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 90% sun, 20c, light breeze.
8 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Hampsfield Hall Cartmel SD3946880524 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 21c, light breeze.
5 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 33 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD4597785230 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
1 Jul 2019 Painted Lady 7 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD4629884601 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans On CWT work party in far northeastern part of reserve. Cloudy (...)
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Low Dale Park Rusland SD3507791668 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 22c.
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Low Dale Park Rusland SD3530391637 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 22c. In bracken/anthill/grass mosaic.
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 4 Adult Low Dale Park Rusland SD3587791496 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 23c. Forest road above Thwaite Head Fell.
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 3 Adult Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3556491200 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 23c. Nectaring on large bramble patch with several (...)
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3511591507 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 23c. Track between Thwaite Head and Low Dale Park.
24 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 3.15-3.45pm, overcast, 20c.
23 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 8 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD5395979471 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Hazy Sun, 18c, windy. 4 at this grid ref, others higher up (...)
23 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD5441978856 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 9.00-9.30AM. Weak sun, windy.
28 Aug 2018 Painted Lady 1 Adult Sizergh Fell Levens SD4956986876 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
8 Aug 2018 Painted Lady 1 Adult Redhills pasture Arnside SD4511577720 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Overcast and windy.
16 Aug 2017 Painted Lady 1 Adult Honeybee Wood Brigsteer SD48198982 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans On buddleia.
16 Aug 2017 Painted Lady 2 Adult Sizergh Estate Levens SD48958835 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Sunny bank covered in in knapweed.
13 Aug 2017 Painted Lady 1 Adult Beetham Nursery Beetham SD4977479757 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Only one butterfly seen in whole nursery.
9 Aug 2017 Painted Lady 2 Adult Garden Broughton in Furness SD2091287478 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans All on buddleia

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