Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
18 May 2017 Green-veined White 15 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD290757 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell Farmer leaves corner of field alone. On 21 July last year there (...)
21 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 100 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD290757 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell Phenomenal sight, all flying in area about 40m X 40m feeding on (...)
21 Jul 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD290757 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell Phenomenal sight, all flying in area about 40m X 40m feeding on (...)
23 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 6 Adult Bardsea Ulverston SD295734 VC69 Westmorland Charles Penfold Amongst the reed beds at the edge of the bay
23 Jun 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Bardsea Ulverston SD295734 VC69 Westmorland Charles Penfold Amongst the reed beds at the edge of the bay
16 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 4 Adult Bardsea Ulverston SD299739 VC69 Westmorland Charles Penfold Feeding on ivy in the sunshine
23 May 2019 Common Blue 1 Adult Bardsea Ulverston SD3074 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
23 May 2019 Green-veined White 3 Adult Bardsea Ulverston SD3074 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
23 May 2019 Large White 2 Adult Bardsea Ulverston SD3074 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
23 May 2019 Orange-tip 2 Adult Bardsea Ulverston SD3074 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
23 May 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Bardsea Ulverston SD3074 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
23 May 2019 Wall Brown 1 Adult Bardsea Ulverston SD3074 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
1 Aug 2019 Holly Blue 1 Adult Coast road, Bardsea Ulverston SD301743 VC69 Westmorland Martin Tordoff Around Ivy by public toilets
21 Jul 2016 Gatekeeper 6 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD301750 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
13 Aug 2017 Common Blue 6 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD302743 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
13 Aug 2017 Gatekeeper 2 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD302743 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
13 Aug 2017 Large White 4 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD302743 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
13 Aug 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD302743 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
13 Aug 2017 Small White 3 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD302743 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell

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