Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
24 Jul 2021 Comma 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. 12.05-14.10.
24 Jul 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. 12.05-14.10.
24 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 42 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. 12.05-14.10. Including 1 pair.
24 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 12 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. 12.05-14.10.
24 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 32906.jpeg
24 Jul 2021 Grayling 2 Adult Scout Scar Kendal SD485910 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
14 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 42 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD505933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC sun late afternoon
14 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 32 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD505933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC sun late afternoon
14 Jul 2021 Small White 2 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD505933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC sun late afternoon
14 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD505933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC sun late afternoon
14 Jul 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Fell Close Grange over Sands SD400776 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, 21 deg C little wind on buddleia
14 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, 21 deg C little wind
14 Jul 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, 21 deg C little wind resting on warm stones
14 Jul 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult River Caldew Dalston NY370497 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
14 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult River Caldew Dalston NY370497 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
14 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 2 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY312542 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller NE part of reserve. 12:35-12:50.
14 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY312542 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller NE part of reserve. 12:35-12:50.
14 Jul 2021 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult High Arnside Tarn Skelwith Bridge NY330010 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very warm
14 Jul 2021 Common Blue 2 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD391738 VC69 Westmorland Mr M Chadwick late afternoon. Sunny and a light breeze. grassland at the (...)
14 Jul 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD543784 VC69 Westmorland Steve Graham A couple of hours 19-23C with increasing sunshine.
14 Jul 2021 Red Admiral 2 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD334818 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 20C
4 Jul 2021 Grayling 2 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD539791 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Mostly cloudy 20c
4 Jul 2021 Small Heath 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544786 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Mostly cloudy 20c
4 Jul 2021 Ringlet 2 Adult Swineside, Mosedale. Penrith NY335326 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong Overcast with slight drizzle clearing up. 1100hrs
4 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 2 Adult Blitterlees Beach Silloth NY102523 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Late morning, overcast but warm 21c
4 Jul 2021 White-letter Hairstreak 2 Adult Lanercost Pack horse bridge Brampton NY553633 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard Two battling males during brief sunny interval around noon. In (...)

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