Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Small Tortoiseshell

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 6 Adult Sands Road Ulverston SD289766 VC69 Westmorland Charles Penfold Feeding on verbena in the sun
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD401777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, little wind but with an autumnal chill
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 9 Adult Green Lane Allithwaite SD385769 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, little wind but with an autumnal chill Nectaring on a (...)
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD387772 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, little wind but with an autumnal chill one nectaring on (...)
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Benson Knott Kendal SD544950 VC69 Westmorland Martin & Gwen Tordoff
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 60 minutes in full sun. Temp 18 C. Mid afternoon.
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 16 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD391765 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 25 minutes in full sun. Temp 18 C. Mid afternoon. Most on (...)
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 12 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 13 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 9 Adult Sowerby Wood Dalston NY363525 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pamela Wilson Feeding on Verbena bonariensis
11 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Playing field Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
11 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Smardale Gill Newbiggin-on-Lune NY7106 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
11 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Smardale Gill Newbiggin-on-Lune NY7205 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
11 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Smardale Gill Newbiggin-on-Lune NY7206 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
11 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 6 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Aikhead Lonning Wigton NY243490 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Bright and breezy.

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