Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

Submit sighting report. Show mode help. Show view help. Show first sightings. Show sightings gallery. Show data visualisations.




Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
22 Feb 2019 Brimstone 6 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Finn All males active in Reserve and nearby Halecat woods
22 Feb 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Silecroft Silecroft SD112819 VC70 Cumberland C Saunders 2 flying near cliff line 1km north of Silecroft Beach Car Park.
22 Feb 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Broughton in Furness churchyard Broughton in Furness SD2095487372 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Active and nectaring in the crocus carpeting the churchyard. 17790.jpeg
22 Feb 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Broughton Moor Broughton in Furness SD242949 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
22 Feb 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Garden, Back Road Lindale SD41668043 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson and B Dixon male, flying strongly
22 Feb 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Rigmaden Court Mansergh, Kirkby Lonsdale SD612850 VC69 Westmorland Diana Hall Flying round our garden!
22 Feb 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Finn Nectaring on Lesser Celandine
22 Feb 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Allonby Allonby NY081432 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Balmy warm morning, light southerly
22 Feb 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Binsey Fell Uldale NY225355 VC70 Cumberland L Swift Summit of Binsey Fell
22 Feb 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Gosling Sike Carlisle NY410588 VC70 Cumberland Lucy Graham 16 degrees #sunny #breezy On CWT gosling sike building (...)
22 Feb 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Flying at 2pm in hazy sunshine. Breezy. My first butterfly of (...)
22 Feb 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Arnside Promenade Arnside SD4578 VC69 Westmorland Stephen Ward Friday afternoon - flying over front gardens along cul-de-sac (...)
22 Feb 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden Area Unthank NY452360 VC70 Cumberland T Dixon Flying and sunning in garden
22 Feb 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Broughton Moor Broughton in Furness SD242949 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
22 Feb 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Garden Portinscale Portinscale NY247242 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh On flowering Rosemary

Branch information

In your area

  • Chairman:
    Chris Winnick
  • Treasurer:
    David Eastlick

Full Branch Contacts List