Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
25 Aug 2022 Green-veined White 1 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 2 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 6 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Aug 2022 Small White 2 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Aug 2022 Clouded Yellow 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Barbon, Carnforth SD543795 VC69 Westmorland Catriona Webster First time we have ever seen a Clouded Yellow on our transect
25 Aug 2022 Common Blue 1 Adult Kendal Fell Extension Kendal SD503933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun ...fresh male!
25 Aug 2022 Green-veined White 1 Adult Kendal Fell Extension Kendal SD503933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun.....on buddleia
25 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Kendal Fell Extension Kendal SD503933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun.....on buddleia
25 Aug 2022 Peacock 2 Adult Kendal Fell Extension Kendal SD503933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun.....on buddleia
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 6 Adult Kendal Fell Extension Kendal SD503933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun.....on buddleia
25 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 12 Adult Kendal Fell Extension Kendal SD503933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun.....on buddleia
25 Aug 2022 Common Blue 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD459851 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun ....a little tatty.
25 Aug 2022 Green-veined White 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD459851 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun ....a little tatty.
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD459851 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun ....a little tatty.
25 Aug 2022 Small White 4 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD459851 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun ....a little tatty.
25 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD459851 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun ....a little tatty.
25 Aug 2022 Grayling 1 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun .....probably the last I will see!....very tatty!
25 Aug 2022 Green-veined White 3 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun
25 Aug 2022 Peacock 3 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun Buddleia 95% over.
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 1 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun Buddleia 95% over.
25 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun Buddleia 95% over.
25 Aug 2022 Small White 1 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun .....probably the last I will see!....very tatty!
25 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 1 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun Buddleia 95% over.
25 Aug 2022 Wall Brown 1 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun Buddleia 95% over.
25 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD439829 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick two spiralling Speckled Woods in a newly created sunny glade
25 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Levens Hall Gardens Levens SD494851 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm day with clearing cloud. Butterfly visiting dandelion and (...)
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 2 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson On flowering Buddleia.
25 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 8 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson On flowering Buddleia.
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 4 Adult Brigsteer Road Kendal SD510923 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey On Buddleia, late afternoon sunshine.
25 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Brigsteer Road Kendal SD510923 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey On Buddleia, late afternoon sunshine, and one alternating (...)
25 Aug 2022 Small White 4 Adult Brigsteer Road Kendal SD510923 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey On Buddleia, late afternoon sunshine.
25 Aug 2022 Peacock 5 Adult Rydal Mount tea garden Rydal NY364063 VC69 Westmorland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 2 Adult Rydal Mount tea garden Rydal NY364063 VC69 Westmorland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
25 Aug 2022 Small Copper 6 Adult Rydal Mount tea garden Rydal NY364063 VC69 Westmorland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon 6 plus all on Marjoram bush
25 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Rydal Mount tea garden Rydal NY364063 VC69 Westmorland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
25 Aug 2022 Large White 2 Adult Arnside garden Arnside village SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell On Verbena bonariensis 4.15pm
25 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 2 Adult Arnside garden Arnside village SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell On Verbena bonariensis 4.15pm
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 2 Adult Arnside garden Arnside village SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell On Verbena bonariensis 4.15pm
25 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Arnside garden Arnside village SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell On Verbena bonariensis 4.15pm
25 Aug 2022 Large White 1 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 4 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022 Peacock 4 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 1 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022 Small Skipper 5 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 11 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 1 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022 Comma 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022 Green-veined White 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022 Large White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 5 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022 Peacock 10 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 8 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 11 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell From inside I saw a Wren take one from a Buddleia doing the (...)
25 Aug 2022 Small White 3 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022 Holly Blue 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller

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