Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Small Tortoiseshell

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
31 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538842 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell First 2 seen having aerial dogfight
31 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Holehird Gardens Grange over Sands NY410008 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
31 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Smmot Garth Kings Meaburn NY620212 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass taking advantage of a sunny afternnon - spiralling onto roof 29984.jpeg
31 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 15 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Site visit with Chris Winnick. Sunny. 10.15-12 noon. 29978.jpeg
31 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Lesser Celandines and Primula denticulata in full (...) 29967.jpeg
31 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455786 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Battered , flying in garden
1 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Playing field Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
31 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Pot Place Garden Centre Penrith NY487371 VC70 Cumberland Sarah Mitchell
21 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Rockliffe Carlisle NY358607 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard Opposite Carr Beds
1 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY365498 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong Two together and one single flying in afternoon sunshine
1 Mar 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Nectaring on heather and crocuses around 2pm. 29901.jpeg