Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
20 May 2023 Small Blue 30 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188714 VC69 Westmorland David Hughes Grid Ref approximate. Seen in various places on slag bank where (...) 40880.jpeg
20 May 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Staveley Park Staveley SD474983 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 40872.jpeg
20 May 2023 Dingy Skipper 3 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson and B Dixon
20 May 2023 Common Blue 1 Adult Wakebarrow Witherslack SD455864 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson and B Dixon
20 May 2023 Orange-tip 12 Adult Wakebarrow Witherslack SD455864 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson and B Dixon
20 May 2023 Peacock 5 Adult Wakebarrow Witherslack SD455864 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson and B Dixon
20 May 2023 Common Blue 2 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Mill Side SD460852 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson and B Dixon
20 May 2023 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Mill Side SD460852 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson and B Dixon
20 May 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
20 May 2023 Small White 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
20 May 2023 Holly Blue 2 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
20 May 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
20 May 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
20 May 2023 Marsh Fritillary 10 Adult Finglandrigg Wood. Fritillary meadows Kirkbampton NY275568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Timms Looked newly emerged, largely inactive.
20 May 2023 Orange-tip 2 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Wigton NY274566 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
20 May 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Wigton NY275568 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
20 May 2023 Comma 1 Adult Broughton Crags disused quarry Cockermouth NY0831 VC70 Cumberland Peter Billinghurst
20 May 2023 Orange-tip 1 Adult Broughton Crags disused quarry Cockermouth NY0831 VC70 Cumberland Peter Billinghurst
20 May 2023 Small Heath 1 Adult Broughton Crags disused quarry Cockermouth NY0831 VC70 Cumberland Peter Billinghurst
20 May 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Broughton Crags disused quarry Cockermouth NY0831 VC70 Cumberland Peter Billinghurst
20 May 2023 Holly Blue 1 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY462548 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones around holly tree in full flower
20 May 2023 Brimstone 1 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD504926 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Female
20 May 2023 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD504926 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
20 May 2023 Green-veined White 1 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD504926 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
20 May 2023 Holly Blue 1 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD504926 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Female
20 May 2023 Orange-tip 2 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD504926 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Female & male.
20 May 2023 Small Heath 4 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD504926 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
20 May 2023 Brimstone 5 Adult White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 1 female, 4 males.
20 May 2023 Common Blue 10 Adult White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell males
20 May 2023 Dingy Skipper 10 Adult White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
20 May 2023 Orange-tip 1 Adult White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell male
20 May 2023 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 7 Adult White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
20 May 2023 Small Heath 3 Adult White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
20 May 2023 Speckled Wood 4 Adult White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell

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