Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
23 Apr 2021 Large White 1 Adult Garden Mockerkin NY0904523168 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke 30269.jpeg
23 Apr 2021 Orange-tip 1 Adult Garden Mockerkin NY0904523168 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke 30268.jpeg
3 Apr 2021 Comma 1 Adult Armboth Thirlmere NY305171 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron Nectarine in goat willow
3 Apr 2021 Peacock 1 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Warm & sunny
3 Apr 2021 Red Admiral 1 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Warm
3 Apr 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Warm
3 Apr 2021 Peacock 1 Adult Holehird Gardens Windermere NY411008 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Rescued from the alpine house and flew away
13 Apr 2021 Red Admiral 1 Adult Wetheral Railway cutting Wetheral NY459550 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
13 Apr 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Wetheral Railway cutting Wetheral NY459550 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
3 Apr 2021 Peacock 1 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY462549 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones male
3 Apr 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497260 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell On Lesser Celandine.
23 Apr 2021 Green Hairstreak 1 Adult Breaks Moss Brampton NY5065 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard 16 degrees, full sun. First one I’ve seen on this site
23 Apr 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult Breaks Moss Brampton NY5065 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard 16 degrees, full sun.
23 Apr 2021 Orange-tip 1 Adult Breaks Moss Brampton NY5065 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard Male. 16 degrees, full sun.
3 Apr 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult New Mills garden Brampton NY549617 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard Nectaring on Bullace blossom
23 Apr 2021 Green Hairstreak 12 Adult Brown Fell Geltsdale NY5856 VC70 Cumberland Steve Eyre
3 Apr 2021 Peacock 2 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Penrith NY580256 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
3 Apr 2021 Comma 1 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
3 Apr 2021 Holly Blue 1 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
3 Apr 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
23 Apr 2021 Brimstone 1 Adult Clare House garden Grange over Sands SD405773 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick male
3 Apr 2021 Comma 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD410785 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson Resting in garden
3 Apr 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Middlebarrow Wood Silverdale SD467773 VC69 Westmorland Martin & Gwen Tordoff
3 Apr 2021 Peacock 2 Adult Gait Barrows Arnside SD478774 VC60 West Lancashire Lynne Farrell In top field near entrance
3 Apr 2021 Peacock 1 Adult Gait Barrows Arnside SD479769 VC60 West Lancashire Lynne Farrell In meadow by Blackthorn hedge
3 Apr 2021 Comma 1 Adult Gait Barrows Arnside SD479770 VC60 West Lancashire Lynne Farrell
3 Apr 2021 Brimstone 1 Adult Brigsteer village Kendal SD481892 VC69 Westmorland Charles Bulman male
3 Apr 2021 Peacock 2 Adult Brigsteer village Kendal SD481892 VC69 Westmorland Charles Bulman
3 Apr 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Brigsteer village Kendal SD481892 VC69 Westmorland Charles Bulman
13 Apr 2021 Holly Blue 1 Adult Dallam Chase Milnthorpe SD496819 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
3 Apr 2021 Peacock 1 Adult Garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels
3 Apr 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels
23 Apr 2021 Green Hairstreak 2 Adult Killington Kendal SD597913 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould Freshly emerged
23 Apr 2021 Peacock 1 Adult Killington Kendal SD597913 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould
23 Apr 2021 Red Admiral 1 Adult Killington Kendal SD597913 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould