Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
20 Apr 2022 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079994 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
20 Apr 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079995 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman feeding on bluebells
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 6 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079994 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman 4 males, 2 females.
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 1 Adult Garden Keswick NY270231 VC70 Cumberland Tim Dixon
20 Apr 2022 Comma 1 Adult Garden Keswick NY270231 VC70 Cumberland Tim Dixon
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 1 Adult Garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels
20 Apr 2022 Peacock 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell male
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 1 Adult Arnside Signal Box Arnside SD459789 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 5 Adult Moor Row bike track Wigton NY204498 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
20 Apr 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Kelsick Wigton NY205500 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
20 Apr 2022 Peacock 1 Adult Kelsick Wigton NY206499 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Very tattered.
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 9 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 8 males, 1 female. My first of 2022.
20 Apr 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Low Sizergh Farm Levens SD504877 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny day,
20 Apr 2022 Peacock 1 Adult Low Sizergh Farm Levens SD507877 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick flying up and down a beck under trees, male
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 1 Adult Low Sizergh Farm Levens SD505875 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick flying up and down a beck under trees, male
20 Apr 2022 Holly Blue 1 Adult Low Sizergh Farm Levens SD502877 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny day,
20 Apr 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
20 Apr 2022 Peacock 1 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
20 Apr 2022 Small White 2 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY376432 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
20 Apr 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY376432 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 4 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY376432 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 6 Adult Crosscanonby Nature Reserve Crosscanonby NY064397 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
20 Apr 2022 Green-veined White 2 Adult Crosscanonby Nature Reserve Crosscanonby NY064397 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 3 Adult Allerby Allerby NY090395 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
20 Apr 2022 Peacock 6 Adult Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY616217 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass 35340.jpeg
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 2 Adult Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY616217 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass 35341.jpeg
20 Apr 2022 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Bíshops Tithe, Back O' the Fell Rd Lindale SD415824 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 12 Adult Bíshops Tithe, Back O' the Fell Rd Lindale SD417822 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson Large numbers, many visible at once.
20 Apr 2022 Small White 1 Adult Back O' the Fell Rd Lindale SD420819 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
20 Apr 2022 Common Blue 1 Adult Back O' the Fell Rd Lindale SD420819 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson This is an exceptionally early sighting of a Common Blue. The (...)
20 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 15 Adult Foulshaw Moss Foulshaw SD460830 VC69 Westmorland Chris Scaife 35307.jpeg

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