Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
23 Jul 2022 Grayling 3 Adult Clawthorpe Fell NNR Clawthorpe SD5478 VC69 Westmorland Chris Scaife 37797.jpeg
23 Jul 2022 Gatekeeper 5 Adult Pool Bank Witherslack SD424875 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
23 Jul 2022 Meadow Brown 5 Adult Pool Bank Witherslack SD424875 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
23 Jul 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Pool Bank Witherslack SD424875 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
23 Jul 2022 Green-veined White 2 Adult Lancaster Canal bridges 155-158 Milnthorpe SD532808 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick overcast but dry
23 Jul 2022 Ringlet 1 Adult Lancaster Canal bridges 155-158 Milnthorpe SD532808 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick overcast but dry
23 Jul 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Lancaster Canal bridges 155-158 Milnthorpe SD532808 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick overcast but dry
23 Jul 2022 Small Skipper 1 Adult Portinscale Portinscale NY250241 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Only butterfly seen in the area. Close to River Derwent. 37770.jpeg
13 Jul 2022 Common Blue 1 Adult Grassy wildflower embankment St Johns in the Vale NY315204 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
13 Jul 2022 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Grassy wildflower embankment St Johns in the Vale NY315204 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon 5 more fritilliaries in same area
13 Jul 2022 Green-veined White 3 Adult Grassy wildflower embankment St Johns in the Vale NY315204 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
13 Jul 2022 Meadow Brown 5 Adult Grassy wildflower embankment St Johns in the Vale NY315204 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
13 Jul 2022 Ringlet 20 Adult Grassy wildflower embankment St Johns in the Vale NY315204 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
13 Jul 2022 Small Heath 3 Adult Grassy wildflower embankment St Johns in the Vale NY315204 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
13 Jul 2022 Small Skipper 12 Adult Grassy wildflower embankment St Johns in the Vale NY315204 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
13 Jul 2022 Comma 1 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY462548 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
13 Jul 2022 Common Blue 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4474077326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Gatekeeper 6 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4474077326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 High Brown Fritillary 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4474077326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Approx 10 unidentified large frits seen, all very fresh. 37406.jpeg
13 Jul 2022 Large White 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4474077326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Meadow Brown 40 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4474077326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Ringlet 18 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4474077326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Small Skipper 36 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4474077326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Brimstone 1 Adult Redhills pasture Arnside SD4555577963 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Male
13 Jul 2022 Common Blue 1 Adult Redhills pasture Arnside SD4555577963 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Redhills pasture Arnside SD4555577963 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 2 clearly ID'd. Approx 11 unidentified large frits.
13 Jul 2022 Gatekeeper 4 Adult Redhills pasture Arnside SD4555577963 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Large White 1 Adult Redhills pasture Arnside SD4555577963 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Meadow Brown 100 Adult Redhills pasture Arnside SD4555577963 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Estimate – along length of bottom path only.
13 Jul 2022 Ringlet 22 Adult Redhills pasture Arnside SD4555577963 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Small Heath 2 Adult Redhills pasture Arnside SD4555577963 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Small Skipper 28 Adult Redhills pasture Arnside SD4555577963 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 Jul 2022 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell mating pair
13 Jul 2022 Small White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
3 Jul 2022 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Jul 2022 Comma 1 Adult Back Road garden Lindale SD416804 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
3 Jul 2022 Dark Green Fritillary 10 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Graham Parry Windy and mainly cloudy. Decent numbers of Fritillary but very (...) 37089.jpeg
3 Jul 2022 Meadow Brown 10 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Graham Parry Windy and mainly cloudy. 17 degrees.
3 Jul 2022 Ringlet 20 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Graham Parry Windy and mainly cloudy. 17 degrees.
3 Jul 2022 Small Heath 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Graham Parry Windy and mainly cloudy. 17 degrees.
3 Jul 2022 Large Skipper 2 Adult Path near Halecat to Cat Crag Witherslack SD430835 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 15.30-17.30 16C 37108.jpeg
3 Jul 2022 Meadow Brown 4 Adult Path near Halecat to Cat Crag Witherslack SD430835 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 15.30-17.30 16C
3 Jul 2022 Ringlet 22 Adult Path near Halecat to Cat Crag Witherslack SD430835 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 15.30-17.30 16C 37103.jpeg
3 Jul 2022 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Path near Halecat to Cat Crag Witherslack SD430835 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 15.30-17.30 16C 37107.jpeg
3 Jul 2022 Small Skipper 4 Adult Path near Halecat to Cat Crag Witherslack SD430835 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 15.30-17.30 16C 37105.jpeg
3 Jul 2022 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Path near Halecat to Cat Crag Witherslack SD430835 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 15.30-17.30 16C
3 Jul 2022 Red Admiral 1 Adult Silver Meadows Nature Reserve Dubwath NY198309 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift Cloudy and windy
3 Jul 2022 Ringlet 1 Adult Silver Meadows Nature Reserve Dubwath NY198309 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift Cloudy and windy
3 Jul 2022 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Hagg Hill Top, New Hutton Kendal SD54649103 VC69 Westmorland Robert Petley-Jones 37123.jpeg
3 Jul 2022 Comma 1 Adult Dallam Chase Milnthorpe SD496819 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
3 Jul 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Dallam Chase Milnthorpe SD496819 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
3 Jul 2022 Comma 1 Adult Haverbrack Milnthorpe SD485804 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
3 Jul 2022 Ringlet 10 Adult Haverbrack Milnthorpe SD485804 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
3 Jul 2022 Mountain Ringlet 8 Adult Hartsop Dodd Hartsop NY413116 VC69 Westmorland Steve Taylor Cool and windy with fleeting glimpses of sun and coincident (...) 37102.jpeg
3 Jul 2022 Large Skipper 2 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079995 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
3 Jul 2022 Large White 1 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079995 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
3 Jul 2022 Meadow Brown 5 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079995 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
3 Jul 2022 Ringlet 8 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079995 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
3 Jul 2022 Peacock 100 Larva Garden Holmrook SD079995 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman too many to count, estimate 100 on 5 nettle stems

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