Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
12 Sep 2022 Red Admiral 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller On blackberry fruit and leaves. 39685.jpeg
12 Sep 2022 Comma 4 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Three on blackberry fruit and leaves. 39684.jpeg
2 Sep 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Garden Ulverston SD287766 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 39360.jpeg
12 Sep 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Settling briefly several times on the sloping footpath in the (...)
12 Sep 2022 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
2 Sep 2022 Comma 1 Adult Home Farm, Hampsfell Lindale SD406801 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson I company of Red Admirals.
2 Sep 2022 Red Admiral 20 Adult Home Farm, Hampsfell Lindale SD406801 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson All congregating on trunk and leaves of sunlit big Ash tree for (...)
2 Sep 2022 Red Admiral 3 Adult Garden Ulverston SD287766 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace On Buddleia.
2 Sep 2022 Purple Hairstreak 1 Adult Arnside Knott car park Arnside SD450773 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 4.30pm. Flying around large Oak. Still; thin high cloud. (No (...)
2 Sep 2022 Red Admiral 5 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
2 Sep 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
2 Sep 2022 Small White 4 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
2 Sep 2022 Green-veined White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
2 Sep 2022 Painted Lady 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
2 Sep 2022 Peacock 3 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
2 Sep 2022 Red Admiral 3 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
2 Sep 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 9 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
2 Sep 2022 Small White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell

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