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Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
24 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452779	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	Very few butterflies seen in spite of calm day and sunshine.
24 Aug 2023	Common Blue	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452779	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	Very few butterflies seen in spite of calm day and sunshine.
24 Aug 2023	Peacock	5	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY550111	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sunny, slight breeze about 17:00
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	5	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY550111	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sunny, slight breeze about 17:00
24 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY550111	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sunny, slight breeze about 17:00
24 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Mockerkin Tarn	Mockerkin	NY081231	VC70 Cumberland	Derek McAlone	On Devil’s Bit Scabious
24 Aug 2023	Brimstone	1	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Female. Feeding on Buddleia, full sun, 19deg.C, mid afternoon.
24 Aug 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Feeding on Buddleia, full sun, 19deg.C, mid afternoon.
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Feeding on Buddleia, full sun, 19deg.C, mid afternoon.
24 Aug 2023	Small White	2	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY550111	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sunny, slight breeze about 17:00
24 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	5	Adult	Eden N bank, W of A7 bridge	Carlisle	NY400566	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	7	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2023	Brimstone	2	Adult	Rockwell Gardens	Grange over Sands	SD403782	VC69 Westmorland	Pam Wilson	1 male 1female
24 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Rockwell Gardens	Grange over Sands	SD403782	VC69 Westmorland	Pam Wilson
24 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	15	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	12	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Small White	11	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	single on wing again today when sun was hottest - from images (...)
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
24 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	2 again in the garden all day with a third for a short period of (...)
24 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Peacock	11	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	7	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	Garden	Holme	SD521790	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Matthewman	All on buddleia about 16:00
24 Aug 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Garden	Holme	SD521790	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Matthewman	All on buddleia about 16:00
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Garden	Holme	SD521790	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Matthewman	All on buddleia about 16:00
24 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	8	Adult	Garden	Holme	SD521790	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Matthewman	All on buddleia about 16:00

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