Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
22 Apr 2019 Green Hairstreak 100 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443818 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, easterly breeze. 10 seen on the open heath, but large (...) 18374.jpeg
22 Apr 2019 Holly Blue 3 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Dalston Dalston NY370502 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller A mating pair on a Hawthorn hedge and a male flying around at (...) 18349.jpeg
22 Apr 2019 Green Hairstreak 164 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Joint visit with Tom Dunbar this morning. Big variation in (...) 18283.jpeg
22 Apr 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult 29 Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD401777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick male
22 Apr 2019 Holly Blue 1 Adult 34 Fell Close Grange over Sands SD400775 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick near ivy quite a blue specimen
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Red Syke Ulverston SD262764 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Female.
22 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD193752 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 hour walk.
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 9 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD193752 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 hour walk. All male.
22 Apr 2019 Peacock 3 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD193752 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 hour walk. All male.
22 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 3 Adult Kentmere Lake Staveley NY452030 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 5 Adult Kentmere Lake Staveley NY452030 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon
22 Apr 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Kentmere Lake Staveley NY452030 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon
22 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Kentmere Lake Staveley NY452030 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon
22 Apr 2019 Brimstone 3 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443818 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 2 male, 1 female, among trees at the east of the reserve. Sunny, (...)
22 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443818 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, easterly breeze.
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 12 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443818 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey One female. Sunny, easterly breeze.
22 Apr 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443818 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, easterly breeze.
22 Apr 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443818 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, easterly breeze.
22 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443818 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, easterly breeze.
22 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443818 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, easterly breeze.
22 Apr 2019 Holly Blue 1 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick near holly and ivy
22 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Buckabank, R. Caldew Dalston NY370489 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 7 Adult Buckabank, R. Caldew Dalston NY370489 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 6 males, 1 female.
22 Apr 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Buckabank, R. Caldew Dalston NY370489 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 14 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 13 males, 1 female.
22 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 2 Adult River Caldew Dalston NY370497 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 7 Adult River Caldew Dalston NY370497 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 5 males, 2 females.
22 Apr 2019 Peacock 1 Adult River Caldew Dalston NY370497 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult River Caldew Dalston NY370497 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 2 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Dalston Dalston NY370502 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 9 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Dalston Dalston NY370502 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 7 males, 2 females.
22 Apr 2019 Peacock 4 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Dalston Dalston NY370502 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Apr 2019 Comma 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Apr 2019 Holly Blue 5 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller At least one female
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 4 Adult Roadside verge Abbeytown to Rumbling Bridge Abbeytown NY168517 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 2 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY462549 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones males
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Arnside Station Arnside SD459790 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows male
22 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell My first this year.
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 14 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 8 males, 6 females.
22 Apr 2019 Peacock 7 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
22 Apr 2019 Small White 2 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
22 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 4 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell My first this year.

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