Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
21 Jul 2022 Green-veined White 1 Adult Lanercost Old Bridge Lanercost NY553633 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh 37748.jpeg
21 Jul 2022 White-letter Hairstreak 1 Adult Wetheral Viaduct Wetheral NY468546 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Viewed from the viaduct adjacent to the station. Full sun. 37746.jpeg
21 Jul 2022 Gatekeeper 7 Adult Next Ness Ulverston SD306787 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson On Ragwort
21 Jul 2022 Green-veined White 3 Adult Next Ness Ulverston SD306787 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
21 Jul 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Next Ness Ulverston SD306787 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
21 Jul 2022 Purple Hairstreak 1 Adult Above the Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY620202 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass 15 degrees - on the grass in pasture above the Lyvennet by a (...)
21 Jul 2022 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Swindale Shap NY515132 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick overcast but dry
21 Jul 2022 Small Skipper 3 Adult Swindale Shap NY515132 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick overcast but dry Meadow Brown and Ringlet not counted
21 Jul 2022 White-letter Hairstreak 1 Adult Eden south bank path Carlisle NY40745649 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Flying around the top of an isolated elm tree on the bank of the (...)
21 Jul 2022 Small Skipper 6 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
21 Jul 2022 Green-veined White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Female
21 Jul 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
21 Jul 2022 Small White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Female ovipositing on Nasturtium. Also 10 ova and 1 larva.
21 Jul 2022 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
21 Jul 2022 White-letter Hairstreak 4 Adult Lanercost Old Bridge Lanercost NY553633 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Two pairs flying around the canopy and each other during the (...)
21 Jul 2022 White-letter Hairstreak 2 Adult Wetheral Viaduct Wetheral NY468546 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Viewed from the viaduct adjacent to the station. Full sun.

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