Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
13 Aug 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458837 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458837 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands SD397757 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands SD397757 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands SD397757 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Brown Hairstreak 1 Adult Gait Barrows Carr Bank SD477772 VC60 West Lancashire Dinesh Patel Female low in mature blackthorn adjacent to path 28665.jpeg
13 Aug 2020 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD453773 VC69 Westmorland Ian Watts 99% sun, hot. Mid-afternoon. Female ovipositing.
13 Aug 2020 Wall Brown 1 Adult Garden on West Avenue Wigton NY257476 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter First one seen in garden.
3 Aug 2020 Wall Brown 1 Adult Campfield Marsh RSPB Reserve Bowness-on-Solway NY199610 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh 28318.jpeg
3 Aug 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY254587 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh
3 Aug 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY254587 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh 28315.jpeg
3 Aug 2020 Gatekeeper 1 Adult Corker Lane Force Forge SD332903 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Tatty. On top of wall.
3 Aug 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Footpath Force Forge SD335908 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Just after path divides to go South to force forge. Just below (...)
3 Aug 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190715 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 85 minute circuit of the slag bank. Dull and breezy. temp 16C
3 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190715 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 85 minute circuit of the slag bank. Dull and breezy. temp 16C
3 Aug 2020 Small Copper 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190715 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 85 minute circuit of the slag bank. Dull and breezy. temp 16C
3 Aug 2020 Small Skipper 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190715 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 85 minute circuit of the slag bank. Dull and breezy. temp 16C
3 Aug 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
3 Aug 2020 Large White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell

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