Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
8 Jun 2021 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4481477249 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Bracken/scrub area above Copridding Wood
8 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Arnside Copridding Arnside SD4481477249 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Bracken/scrub area above Copridding Wood
18 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 12 Adult Swindale Shap NY522142 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
18 Jun 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult Swindale Shap NY522142 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Sunny & warm.
18 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY271567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Mostly cloudy, 3:50-4:50pm.
18 Jun 2021 Large White 2 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY271567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Mostly cloudy, 3:50-4:50pm.
18 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Carlisle Hospital gardens Carlisle NY387561 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
18 Jun 2021 Painted Lady 2 Adult Blue Dial Allonby NY074408 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Both very worn and faded
18 Jun 2021 Common Blue 2 Adult Little Asby Common Little Asby NY698100 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Warm sunny afternoon 31173.jpeg
28 Jun 2021 Large Heath 12 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Simon Fenner
28 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Wedholme Flow Wigton NY233538 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Sunny and warm.
28 Jun 2021 Small Skipper 2 Adult Wedholme Flow Wigton NY233538 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Sunny and warm.
28 Jun 2021 Ringlet 2 Adult Wedholme Flow Wigton NY235538 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Sunny and warm.
28 Jun 2021 Large Heath 2 Adult Wedholme Flow Wigton NY228536 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Sunny and warm.
28 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY255588 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Cloudy but warm 3:50-5:50pm
28 Jun 2021 Ringlet 2 Adult Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY255588 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Cloudy but warm 3:50-5:50pm
28 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD432847 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
28 Jun 2021 Common Blue 2 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD433845 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
28 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY376432 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
28 Jun 2021 Small Skipper 2 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY376432 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple 31531.jpeg
28 Jun 2021 Ringlet 2 Adult Flashbank Wood Levens SD488883 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Male. Overcast, still, 24deg.C
28 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD460830 VC69 Westmorland Jack Taylor
28 Jun 2021 Large White 2 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD460830 VC69 Westmorland Jack Taylor
28 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 14.35-15.35. !00% sun. 20c.
28 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 14.35-15.35. !00% sun. 20c.
28 Jun 2021 Large Skipper 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 14.35-15.35. !00% sun. 20c.
28 Jun 2021 Common Blue 12 Adult Orton Scar Crosby Ravensworth NY627113 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Warm 21C - 2 flying over and around pond and a further 10 up the (...) 31546.jpeg

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