Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
11 Jun 2023 Common Blue 1 Adult Eggerslack Woods edge Grange over Sands SD404792 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick female hopping around Birds Foot Trefoil plants no wind, damp (...)
11 Jun 2023 Speckled Wood 4 Adult Eggerslack Woods edge Grange over Sands SD405787 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick no wind, damp after overnight thundery showers
11 Jun 2023 Common Blue 2 Adult Hampsfell Grange over Sands SD399797 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm. no wind
11 Jun 2023 Small Heath 4 Adult Hampsfell Grange over Sands SD399793 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm. no wind aggregated grid reference
11 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 8 Adult Hampsfield Allotment Lindale SD399807 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm. no wind, field with uncut grass
11 Jun 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Hampsfield Allotment Lindale SD398807 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm. no wind
11 Jun 2023 Common Blue 1 Adult High Hampsfield Farm Lindale SD402805 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm. no wind
11 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 2 Adult High Hampsfield Farm Lindale SD406801 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm. no wind, field with uncut grass
11 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 2 Adult High Hampsfield Farm Lindale SD402805 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm. no wind, field with uncut grass
11 Jun 2023 Green-veined White 3 Adult Yewtree Tarn Coniston NY322003 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very hot, mid twenties
11 Jun 2023 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 2 Adult Yewtree Tarn Coniston NY322003 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very hot, mid twenties
11 Jun 2023 Common Blue 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson Female in Meadow area
11 Jun 2023 Small Skipper 3 Adult Garden Raughton Head NY372436 VC70 Cumberland Claire Godfrey Full sun, 28C, 3 flying over uncut meadow.
11 Jun 2023 Green-veined White 2 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
11 Jun 2023 Large Skipper 2 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple 41693.jpeg
11 Jun 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
11 Jun 2023 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
11 Jun 2023 Green-veined White 4 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
11 Jun 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
11 Jun 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
11 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Broughton Crags disused quarry Cockermouth NY0831 VC70 Cumberland Peter Billinghurst
11 Jun 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Broughton Crags disused quarry Cockermouth NY0831 VC70 Cumberland Peter Billinghurst
11 Jun 2023 Ringlet 3 Adult Broughton Crags disused quarry Cockermouth NY0831 VC70 Cumberland Peter Billinghurst

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