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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	15	Adult	Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve	Bowness-on-Solway	NY207617	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	8	Adult	Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve	Bowness-on-Solway	NY207617	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Garden	Mockerkin	NY0902523167	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	8	Adult	Garden	Mockerkin	NY0902523167	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
17 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	4	Adult	Farm track	Mockerkin	NY0921322742	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke	A bit battered!
17 Aug 2023	Small White	8	Adult	Farm track	Mockerkin	NY0921322742	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
17 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Farm track	Mockerkin	NY0921322742	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
17 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	10	Adult	Farm track	Mockerkin	NY0921322742	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke	Male and female mating
17 Aug 2023	Dingy Skipper	2	Adult	Drigg	Drigg	SD0514999162	VC70 Cumberland	Chris Arthur
17 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Common Blue	2	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips	One very tatty individual with wings shredded near the wood. One (...)
17 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	12	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Large White	5	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Meadow Brown	3	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	37	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	17	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Scotch Argus	227	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips	Majority confined to a small core area near the viaduct, with 43 (...)
17 Aug 2023	Small Heath	4	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Small White	8	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	20	Adult	Garden Allonby	Allonby	NY082435	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Garden Allonby	Allonby	NY082435	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Grasslot	Maryport	NY028355	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2023	Brimstone	1	Adult	Scout Scar car park area	Kendal	SD489924	VC69 Westmorland	Martin and Gwen Tordoff	Male
17 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	4	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Purple Hairstreak	2	Adult	University of Cumbria grounds, Brampton Rd.	Carlisle	NY40475718	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Active in oak canopy relatively sheltered from SE breeze. Sunny (...)
17 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	2	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	Singles about on and off all day with 2 at one stage in (...)
17 Aug 2023	Small Copper	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	first for some years here
17 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	6	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Small White	3	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539550	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	8	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	4	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Small Copper	3	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	14	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Common Blue	5	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle	Male & female
17 Aug 2023	Large White	20	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
17 Aug 2023	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
17 Aug 2023	Northern Brown Argus	1	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle	Extremely faded and tatty
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
17 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	9	Adult	Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve	Bowness-on-Solway	NY207617	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	8	Adult	Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve	Bowness-on-Solway	NY207617	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh

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