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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
31 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	North Walney	Barrow-in-Furness	SD167712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	1 hour walk. 17c. Partial sun.
31 Aug 2023	Small Copper	4	Adult	North Walney	Barrow-in-Furness	SD167712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	1 hour walk. 17c. Partial sun.
31 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	North Walney	Barrow-in-Furness	SD167712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	1 hour walk. 17c. Partial sun.
31 Aug 2023	Small White	4	Adult	North Walney	Barrow-in-Furness	SD167712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	1 hour walk. 17c. Partial sun.
31 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Rockwell Gardens	Grange over Sands	SD403782	VC69 Westmorland	Pam Wilson	Perched on compost heap
31 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	Waterhead Common	Gilsland	NY616678	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	Along heather bank on Forestry track. Full sun, 17 degrees.
31 Aug 2023	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Waterhead Common	Gilsland	NY616678	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	Extremely worn female. Along heather bank on Forestry track. (...)
31 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Waterhead Common	Gilsland	NY616678	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	Along heather bank on Forestry track. Full sun, 17 degrees.
31 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Waterhead Common	Gilsland	NY616678	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	Quite worn. Along heather bank on Forestry track. Full sun, 17 (...)
31 Aug 2023	Peacock	4	Adult	Waterhead Common	Gilsland	NY616678	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	Along heather bank on Forestry track. Full sun, 17 degrees.
31 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	16	Adult	Waterhead Common	Gilsland	NY616678	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	Along heather bank on Forestry track. Full sun, 17 degrees.
31 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	5	Adult	Waterhead Common	Gilsland	NY616678	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	Along heather bank on Forestry track. Full sun, 17 degrees.
31 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm
31 Aug 2023	Peacock	6	Adult	Woodland Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm
31 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	16	Adult	Woodland Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm
31 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm
31 Aug 2023	Small White	3	Adult	Woodland Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm
31 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Woodland Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm
31 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
31 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
31 Aug 2023	Small Copper	2	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
31 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	17	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
31 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	2	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon
31 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon
31 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon
31 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon
31 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon
21 Aug 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Roadside verge.	Abbeytown	NY149495	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
21 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Roadside verge.	Abbeytown	NY149495	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
21 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Roadside verge.	Abbeytown	NY149495	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
21 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Roadside verge.	Abbeytown	NY149495	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
21 Aug 2023	Common Blue	5	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192705	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
21 Aug 2023	Grayling	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192705	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
21 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192705	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
21 Aug 2023	Small Blue	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192705	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
21 Aug 2023	Small White	3	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192705	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
21 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192705	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
21 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Very wet day.
21 Aug 2023	Large White	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
21 Aug 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
21 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
21 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
11 Aug 2023	Brimstone	6	Adult	Brigsteer Wood, bottom track.	Levens	SD486877	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Both sexes, feeding on Knapweed. Mid afternoon. Sunny (...)
11 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Brigsteer Wood, bottom track.	Levens	SD486877	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Mid afternoon. Sunny intervals, sheltered from strong gusty (...)
11 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	6	Adult	Brigsteer Wood, bottom track.	Levens	SD486877	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Rarely settling. Mid afternoon. Sunny intervals, sheltered from (...)
11 Aug 2023	Silver-washed Fritillary	3	Adult	Brigsteer Wood, bottom track.	Levens	SD486877	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	All male, very worn. Mid afternoon. Sunny intervals, sheltered (...)
11 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Brigsteer Wood, top track	Levens	SD488876	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Mid afternoon. Sunny intervals, sheltered from strong gusty (...)
11 Aug 2023	Common Blue	1	Adult	Viaduct embankment	Arnside	SD458790	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Male. Midday. Strong gusty wind, intermittent sunshine.
11 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	4	Adult	Viaduct embankment	Arnside	SD458790	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Midday. Strong gusty wind, intermittent sunshine. Females (...)
11 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	2	Adult	Beckside	Cartmel	SD377805	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sheltered fom wind, warm
11 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	Beckside	Cartmel	SD375807	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sheltered fom wind, warm
11 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Beckside	Cartmel	SD377808	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sheltered fom wind, warm
11 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Small Copper	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY403570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Large White	2	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	5	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Peacock	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
11 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
11 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	2	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	mating pair late pm - after previous entry
11 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
11 Aug 2023	Peacock	3	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
11 Aug 2023	White-letter Hairstreak	1	Adult	Wetheral Viaduct	Wetheral	NY469543	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	poor view in windy conditions but seen from above resting on (...)
11 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
11 Aug 2023	Large White	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
11 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
11 Aug 2023	Peacock	19	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
11 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
11 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
11 Aug 2023	Small White	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Slightly better weather, a bit of sun. The butterflies coming (...)
1 Aug 2023	Large White	10	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Slightly better weather, a bit of sun. The butterflies coming (...)
1 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	10	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Slightly better weather, a bit of sun. The butterflies coming (...)
1 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	10	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Slightly better weather, a bit of sun. The butterflies coming (...)
1 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
1 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	3	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
1 Aug 2023	Large White	4	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
1 Aug 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
1 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
1 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	7	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
1 Aug 2023	Small White	4	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
1 Aug 2023	Brimstone	1	Adult	Haverbrack	Storth	SD48508041	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Male on Buddleja
1 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Haverbrack	Storth	SD48508041	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Flying near Buddleja
1 Aug 2023	Large White	3	Adult	Haverbrack	Storth	SD48508041	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Flying near Buddleja
1 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Haverbrack	Storth	SD48508041	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	on Buddleja
1 Aug 2023	Ringlet	1	Adult	Haverbrack	Storth	SD48508041	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	on Buddleja
1 Aug 2023	Small White	2	Adult	Haverbrack	Storth	SD48508041	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Flying near Buddleja
1 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Sandside railway track	Sandside	SD485814	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
1 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Sandside railway track	Sandside	SD485814	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
1 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Churchyard	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Churchyard	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Large White	3	Adult	Churchyard	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Peacock	4	Adult	Churchyard	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	5	Adult	Churchyard	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Churchyard	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Churchyard	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Large White	2	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Peacock	8	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Small White	2	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY508576	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY517591	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Large White	2	Adult	Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY517591	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Peacock	4	Adult	Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY517591	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY517591	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY517591	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	White-letter Hairstreak	1	Adult	Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY517591	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	50% sun light breeze
1 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	5	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Ringlet	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Small Copper	7	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	inc mating pair.
1 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Large White	5	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Peacock	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	5	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	8	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Small White	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon
1 Aug 2023	Small Copper	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon

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