Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Brimstone

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
20 Apr 2024 Brimstone 4 Adult Aikbank Farm Waverton NY216458 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson
25 May 2024 Brimstone 1 Adult Kershope head bothy Kershope NY544864 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sun 19deg light cloud a real surprise 46662.jpeg
29 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 Adult Garden Keswick NY269231 VC70 Cumberland Tim Dixon
18 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 Adult Garden Keswick NY270231 VC70 Cumberland Tim Dixon Flying and settled on leaves..fairly warm
18 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 Adult St Johns Churchyard Keswick NY267230 VC70 Cumberland Tim Dixon Flying around
23 Oct 2023 Brimstone 1 Adult Country lane Torpenhow NY223393 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon Flying beside woodland Fairly sunny
29 Sep 2023 Brimstone 1 Adult Garden Keswick NY269231 VC70 Cumberland Tim Dixon
22 May 2023 Brimstone 1 Adult Woodside garden CA8 9AY Heads Nook NY496566 VC70 Cumberland Pete Stride
18 Apr 2023 Brimstone 1 Adult Park Wood Bassenthwaite NY238329 VC70 Cumberland L Swift and T Dixon In cleared woodland
31 Mar 2023 Brimstone 1 Adult Swinside Verge Keswick NY244218 VC70 Cumberland L Swift and T Dixon Dotting about scrubby verge next to woodland finally resting on (...)
24 Sep 2022 Brimstone 1 Adult Garden Keswick NY269231 VC70 Cumberland Tim Dixon
23 Sep 2022 Brimstone 1 Adult Garden Keswick NY269231 VC70 Cumberland Tim Dixon 3rd one this year. Not seen one before...
31 Aug 2022 Brimstone 1 Adult Wedholme Flow Wigton NY2329153557 VC70 Cumberland Anja Gilmartin Bright yellow male
8 Aug 2022 Brimstone 1 Adult Garden Keswick NY270231 VC70 Cumberland Tim Dixon On purple buddleia
8 Aug 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Braithwaite Keswick NY23132412 VC70 Cumberland Robert Male Brimstone on Buddleia in our garden. Two days running. (...)
14 Jun 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Miterdale Eskdale Green NY158023 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
29 May 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Moor Row bike track Moor Row NY00931407 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson
28 May 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY081433 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Interacting with Large Whites
19 May 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Soddy Gap, near to Broughton Moor NY064331 VC70 Cumberland Keith Hamilton Sorry no photo, this is my first Brimstone sighting for West (...)
13 May 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Stony Holme Golf Course Carlisle NY414565 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller A female. Briefly nectaring on several flowers before flying (...) 18730.jpeg
13 Aug 2017 Brimstone 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Male, nectaring on wallflower. I never thought I would see one (...) 11626.jpeg
9 Apr 2017 Brimstone 1 Adult Townhead Newbiggin Brampton NY563491 VC70 Cumberland Rob McDougall Male
30 Aug 2015 Brimstone 1 Adult Quarry Lane Ulpha SD201944 VC70 Cumberland James Brockbank
1 Jul 2015 Brimstone 1 Adult Mawbray Banks Mawbray NY086467 VC70 Cumberland John Callion I've not seen one here!
18 Jun 2014 Brimstone 1 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX993297 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
1 Jun 2014 Brimstone 1 Adult Collin Ford, Great Corby Carlisle NY480544 VC70 Cumberland Karen Mclellan Male in garden

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