Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
22 Jun 2022 Common Blue 4 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze....expected more.
22 Jun 2022 Dark Green Fritillary 40 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze ...all male! [emerged in the last 2-3 (...)
22 Jun 2022 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze. very faded.
22 Jun 2022 Large Skipper 8 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze
22 Jun 2022 Meadow Brown 11 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze....expected more.
22 Jun 2022 Northern Brown Argus 2 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze....expected more.
22 Jun 2022 Peacock 1 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze.
22 Jun 2022 Red Admiral 4 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze.
22 Jun 2022 Ringlet 16 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze
22 Jun 2022 Small Heath 3 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze. Amazed so few....expected 30 plus.
22 Jun 2022 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 32 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze. Half looking faded and half quite (...)
22 Jun 2022 Speckled Wood 6 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze.
22 Jun 2022 Meadow Brown 4 Adult Irton Fell Eskdale Green NY143005 VC70 Cumberland Howard and Penny Smith Path through woods
22 Jun 2022 Mountain Ringlet 10 Adult Irton Fell Eskdale Green NY126020 VC70 Cumberland Howard and Penny Smith The upper colony - nothing below 36846.jpeg
22 Jun 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Irton Fell Eskdale Green NY143005 VC70 Cumberland Howard and Penny Smith Path through woods
22 Jun 2022 Small Heath 12 Adult Irton Fell Eskdale Green NY143005 VC70 Cumberland Howard and Penny Smith
22 Jun 2022 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Irton Fell Eskdale Green NY142004 VC70 Cumberland Howard and Penny Smith Path through woods 36849.jpeg
22 Jun 2022 Northern Brown Argus 1 Adult Humphrey Head Grange over Sands SD390736 VC69 Westmorland Josh Hedley 36675.jpeg
22 Jun 2022 Mountain Ringlet 12 Adult Hartsop Dodd Hartsop NY4113311855 VC69 Westmorland Martin Timms Not an extensive search, probably more.
22 Jun 2022 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Cummacatta Wood Grange-in-Borrowdale NY254173 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron
22 Jun 2022 Ringlet 6 Adult Cummacatta Wood Grange-in-Borrowdale NY254173 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron
22 Jun 2022 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 6 Adult Cummacatta Wood Grange-in-Borrowdale NY254173 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron
22 Jun 2022 Common Blue 8 Adult Cunswick Scar Kendal SD4939794246 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Grayling 2 Adult Cunswick Scar Kendal SD4939794246 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Meadow Brown 5 Adult Cunswick Scar Kendal SD4939794246 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Red Admiral 2 Adult Cunswick Scar Kendal SD4939794246 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Small Heath 23 Adult Cunswick Scar Kendal SD4939794246 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Cunswick Scar Kendal SD4939794246 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Large Skipper 2 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD5054093270 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD5054093270 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD5054093270 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Red Admiral 1 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD5054093270 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Small Heath 5 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD5054093270 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 7 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD5054093270 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD5054093270 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
22 Jun 2022 Common Blue 15 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 19/20C mostly cloudy
22 Jun 2022 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 19/20C mostly cloudy
22 Jun 2022 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 19/20C mostly cloudy
22 Jun 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 19/20C mostly cloudy
22 Jun 2022 Red Admiral 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 19/20C mostly cloudy
22 Jun 2022 Ringlet 4 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 19/20C mostly cloudy
22 Jun 2022 Small Heath 4 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 19/20C mostly cloudy
22 Jun 2022 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 6 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 19/20C mostly cloudy
22 Jun 2022 Large Skipper 2 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079994 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
22 Jun 2022 Meadow Brown 6 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079994 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
12 Jun 2022 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Ennerdale Water Adjacent to Ennerdale Bridge NY114152 VC70 Cumberland Andy Bolton Seen in a very brief sunny spell.
12 Jun 2022 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Path near Halecat Witherslack SD430838 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon During walk through woods. 36295.jpeg
12 Jun 2022 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Path near Halecat Witherslack SD430838 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon During walk through woods.
2 Jun 2022 Common Blue 7 Adult Bardsea beach Ulverston SD296736 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson On Lady's Slipper.
2 Jun 2022 Large Skipper 1 Adult Bardsea beach Ulverston SD296736 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
2 Jun 2022 Orange-tip 6 Adult Bardsea beach Ulverston SD296736 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
2 Jun 2022 Common Blue 5 Adult Marina Village Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. Overcast. 60 mins circular walk.
2 Jun 2022 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Marina Village Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. Overcast. 60 mins circular walk.
2 Jun 2022 Small Blue 2 Adult Marina Village Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. Overcast. 60 mins circular walk. 36094.jpeg
2 Jun 2022 Small Heath 3 Adult Marina Village Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. Overcast. 60 mins circular walk.
2 Jun 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Marina Village Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. Overcast. 60 mins circular walk.
2 Jun 2022 Small White 1 Adult Marina Village Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. Overcast. 60 mins circular walk.
2 Jun 2022 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Marina Village Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. Overcast. 60 mins circular walk.
2 Jun 2022 Mountain Ringlet 5 Adult Irton Fell Eskdale NY146021 VC70 Cumberland Jeremy Cuff 36108.jpeg
2 Jun 2022 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 9 Adult Borrowdale descent from Kings How Keswick NY255162 VC70 Cumberland Malcolm Dixon
2 Jun 2022 Orange-tip 2 Adult Low Sizergh Farm Kendal SD505879 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm and sunny
2 Jun 2022 Green-veined White 3 Adult Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY249585 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
2 Jun 2022 Orange-tip 2 Adult Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY255590 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Males
2 Jun 2022 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY249585 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
2 Jun 2022 Common Blue 65 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307541 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 48 males, 17 females. Seen along ca. 500m of path. 18degC, (...) 36269.jpeg
2 Jun 2022 Dingy Skipper 9 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307541 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Along ca. 500m of path. 14:30-15:40
2 Jun 2022 Green-veined White 2 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307541 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Along ca. 500m of path. 14:30-15:40
2 Jun 2022 Large White 2 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307541 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Along ca. 500m of path. 14:30-15:40
2 Jun 2022 Orange-tip 1 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307541 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Along ca. 500m of path. 14:30-15:40
2 Jun 2022 Wall Brown 1 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307541 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Along ca. 500m of path. 14:30-15:40
2 Jun 2022 Green Hairstreak 2 Adult Burthwaite, Wythop Mill Workington NY183283 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
2 Jun 2022 Small Heath 2 Adult Burthwaite, Wythop Mill Workington NY183283 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
2 Jun 2022 Common Blue 10 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX995304 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
2 Jun 2022 Dingy Skipper 3 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX995304 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
2 Jun 2022 Large Skipper 3 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX995304 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
2 Jun 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX995303 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
2 Jun 2022 Small Blue 25 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX995304 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter More than I've seen before in this precise area and more (...)
2 Jun 2022 Small Heath 12 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX995304 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
2 Jun 2022 Large White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell My first this year.
2 Jun 2022 Orange-tip 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell male
2 Jun 2022 Common Blue 20 Adult Hodbarrow RSPB Reserve Millom SD179784 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Seemed to be more females than males 36124.jpeg

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