Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
11 May 2021 Orange-tip 2 Adult Bowness Common Bowness-on-Solway NY219608 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Mating Pair 30471.jpeg
11 May 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult Glasson Moss Bowness-on-Solway NY230604 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Mating Pair 30470.jpeg
11 May 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD456773 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell flying along cliff edge
11 May 2021 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD456773 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell flying around trees on cliff edge
11 May 2021 Wall Brown 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD456773 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Resting on yellow plant species and flying along cliff edge
11 May 2021 Holly Blue 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
11 May 2021 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD51569275 VC69 Westmorland Mary Traynor Sluggish but became active when the sun came out 2:30pm
11 May 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult Glasson Moss Wigton NY2359 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Cloudy but bright.
11 May 2021 Orange-tip 1 Adult Roadside verge, Wigton - Kirkbride road Carlisle Wigton NY2646 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Cloudy but bright.
11 May 2021 Green Hairstreak 2 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
11 May 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
11 May 2021 Orange-tip 3 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
11 May 2021 Peacock 1 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards