Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
15 Jun 2023 Mountain Ringlet 30 Adult Hartsop Dodd Patterdale NY415113 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson 100% sunshine. Seen all along the footpath. 41897.jpeg
15 Jun 2023 Small Heath 22 Adult Hartsop Dodd Patterdale NY411118 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson 600m above sea level. 100% sunshine. Seen all along the (...) 41896.jpeg
15 Jun 2023 Mountain Ringlet 30 Adult Hartsop Dodd Patterdale NY409122 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson 500m above sea level. 100% sunshine 41893.jpeg
15 Jun 2023 Ringlet 5 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple 41877.jpeg
15 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 6 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple 41876.jpeg
15 Jun 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 23C. 41867.jpeg
15 Jun 2023 Small Skipper 9 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 23C. 41866.jpeg
15 Jun 2023 Large Skipper 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 23C. 41862.jpeg
15 Jun 2023 Common Blue 11 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 23C. 41861.jpeg
15 Jun 2023 Dark Green Fritillary 6 Adult Swindale Shap NY516128 VC69 Westmorland Brian Hancock
15 Jun 2023 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 3 Adult Swindale Shap NY516128 VC69 Westmorland Brian Hancock
15 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 15 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 23C.
15 Jun 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 23C.
15 Jun 2023 Small Blue 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 23C.
15 Jun 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden Kendal SD510923 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Briefly visited Red Valerian. 7pm, sunny evening.
15 Jun 2023 Large Skipper 3 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
15 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 28 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
15 Jun 2023 Small Skipper 1 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
15 Jun 2023 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
15 Jun 2023 Mountain Ringlet 50 Adult Caudale Moor Hartsop NY412095 VC69 Westmorland Kevin Walker Numerous sitings on the path from The Kirkstone Inn to Stony (...)
15 Jun 2023 Brimstone 1 Adult Hale Moss Hale SD504775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Female
15 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Hale Moss Hale SD504775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
15 Jun 2023 Ringlet 1 Adult Hale Moss Hale SD504775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell First sighting of the year for this species for me
15 Jun 2023 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Hale Moss Hale SD504775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
15 Jun 2023 Peacock 1 Adult Teddy Heights Carr Bank SD475792 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
15 Jun 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Teddy Heights Carr Bank SD475792 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Fresh
15 Jun 2023 Mountain Ringlet 20 Adult Caudale Moor Patterdale NY417100 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson 760m above sea level. 100% sunshine. Seen all along the (...)
15 Jun 2023 Small Heath 15 Adult Caudale Moor Patterdale NY417100 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson 760m above sea level. 100% sunshine. Seen all along the (...)
15 Jun 2023 Orange-tip 1 Adult Cow Bridge car park Patterdale NY403133 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson
15 Jun 2023 Mountain Ringlet 25 Adult Hartsop Dodd Patterdale NY411118 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson 600m above sea level. 100% sunshine. Seen all along the (...)
15 Jun 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Hartsop Dodd Patterdale NY411118 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson 600m above sea level.
15 Jun 2023 Small Heath 20 Adult Hartsop Dodd Patterdale NY409122 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson 500m above sea level. 100% sunshine
15 Jun 2023 Small Heath 25 Adult Hartsop Dodd Patterdale NY415113 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson 100% sunshine. Seen all along the footpath.
15 Jun 2023 Green-veined White 4 Adult Pasture Bottom Patterdale NY419119 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson
15 Jun 2023 Small Heath 45 Adult Pasture Bottom Patterdale NY419119 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson All along the valley. 100% sunshine.
15 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 30 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Male
15 Jun 2023 Orange-tip 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Male
15 Jun 2023 Ringlet 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Male
15 Jun 2023 Small Skipper 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Male
15 Jun 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Male
15 Jun 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
15 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 10 Adult High Moss Far Sawrey SD374980 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Full sun
15 Jun 2023 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 7 Adult High Moss Far Sawrey SD374980 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Full sun
15 Jun 2023 Large Skipper 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson
15 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson
15 Jun 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson
15 Jun 2023 Small White 4 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson
15 Jun 2023 Dark Green Fritillary 3 Adult Cummacatta Wood Grange-in-Borrowdale NY255168 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron
15 Jun 2023 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 12 Adult Cummacatta Wood Grange-in-Borrowdale NY255168 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron
15 Jun 2023 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Langstrath Stonethwaite NY272172 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron
15 Jun 2023 Small Heath 7 Adult Mousethwaite Coomb Threlkeld NY346275 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson

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