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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
13 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Stanwix Carlisle NY399576 VC70 Cumberland William O'Brien On Buddleia.
13 Sep 2016 Red Admiral 1 Adult Stanwix Carlisle NY399576 VC70 Cumberland William O'Brien On Buddleia.
13 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Poets Walk Penrith NY514301 VC70 Cumberland Neil McCall On buddleia in town centre, 13:00
13 Sep 2016 Red Admiral 3 Adult Poets Walk Penrith NY514301 VC70 Cumberland Neil McCall On buddleia in town centre, 13:00
13 Sep 2016 Peacock 1 Adult Poets Walk Penrith NY514301 VC70 Cumberland Neil McCall On buddleia in town centre, 13:00
13 Sep 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Poets Walk Penrith NY514301 VC70 Cumberland Neil McCall On buddleia, town centre, 13:00
13 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Black Sail Ennerdale Bridge NY198120 VC70 Cumberland Barbara Nelson
13 Sep 2016 Small White 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very humid day
13 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very humid day
13 Sep 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very humid day
13 Sep 2016 Brimstone 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very humid day
13 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick on budleia, ceratostigma, and potentilla
13 Sep 2016 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick on budleia, ceratostigma, and potentilla
13 Sep 2016 Speckled Wood 14 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
13 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
13 Sep 2016 Small Copper 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Laying eggs on grass stem
13 Sep 2016 Red Admiral 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
13 Sep 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 10.20-12.20. 50% sun. Hot.
13 Sep 2016 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 10.20-12.20. 50% sun. Hot.
13 Sep 2016 Large White 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 3 other whites, possibly small.
13 Sep 2016 Common Blue 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 10.20-12.20. 50% sun. Hot. 7667.jpeg
13 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Beetham Nursery Milnthorpe SD498800 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
13 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD323826 VC69 Westmorland Colin
13 Sep 2016 Red Admiral 3 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD323826 VC69 Westmorland Colin
13 Sep 2016 Comma 1 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD323826 VC69 Westmorland Colin
13 Sep 2016 Brimstone 1 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD323826 VC69 Westmorland Colin

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