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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
23 May 2023	Dingy Skipper	1	Adult	Kendal Fell	Kendal	SD504927	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
23 May 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Kendal Fell	Kendal	SD504927	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
23 May 2023	Large White	2	Adult	Kendal Fell	Kendal	SD504927	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
23 May 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Kendal Fell	Kendal	SD504927	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
23 May 2023	Small Heath	8	Adult	Kendal Fell	Kendal	SD504927	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
23 May 2023	Dingy Skipper	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD446764	VC69 Westmorland	Hannah Sedgwick	Saw 2 together but only managed to photograph one.
23 May 2023	Brimstone	4	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440827	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	Breezy
23 May 2023	Common Blue	4	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	Breezy
23 May 2023	Dingy Skipper	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	Breezy
23 May 2023	Small Blue	20	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	Breezy
23 May 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	Breezy
23 May 2023	Common Blue	30	Adult	Eskmeals dunes	Ravenglass	SD0833494758	VC70 Cumberland	Irene Boston	good numbers across the dunes - minimum number
23 May 2023	Small Heath	42	Adult	Eskmeals dunes	Ravenglass	SD0833494758	VC70 Cumberland	Irene Boston	good numbers across the dunes - minimum number
23 May 2023	Holly Blue	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
23 May 2023	Common Blue	6	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY306538	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy ,mostly seen sheltered north perimeter 3males (...)
23 May 2023	Dingy Skipper	9	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY306538	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy ,mostly seen sheltered north perimeter interacting (...)
23 May 2023	Green-veined White	13	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY306538	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy
23 May 2023	Orange-tip	4	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY306538	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy ,mostly seen sheltered north perimeter
23 May 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY306538	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy ,mostly seen sheltered north perimeter
23 May 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY306538	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy ,mostly seen sheltered north perimeter
23 May 2023	Wall Brown	4	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY306538	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy ,mostly seen sheltered north perimeter
13 May 2023	Brimstone	2	Adult	Foulshaw Moss	Lindale	SD458837	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips	Males
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Foulshaw Moss	Lindale	SD458837	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips	Male
13 May 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Foulshaw Moss	Lindale	SD458837	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	4	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Kirkby Stephen	NY757085	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips	Males
13 May 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY376431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	11	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY376431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
13 May 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY376431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
13 May 2023	Small White	5	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY376431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
13 May 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY376431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	4	Adult	Heaves Footpath	Levens	SD494866	VC69 Westmorland	Louise McGurk	2M, 2F
13 May 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Helsington Church	Brigsteer	SD487887	VC69 Westmorland	Louise McGurk
13 May 2023	Dingy Skipper	1	Adult	Wood edge Sizergh Fell	Levens	SD490869	VC69 Westmorland	Louise McGurk
13 May 2023	Green Hairstreak	1	Adult	Hay Bridge	Bouth	SD3387	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	On bog and Andromeda polifolia
13 May 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Hay Bridge	Bouth	SD3387	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
13 May 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Hay Bridge	Bouth	SD3387	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Seen later in the afternoon by Mike Porter
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Hay Bridge	Bouth	SD3387	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
13 May 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Hay Bridge	Bouth	SD3387	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
13 May 2023	Brimstone	1	Adult	Yewbarrow Woods	Rusland	SD3487	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Male
13 May 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Yewbarrow Woods	Rusland	SD3487	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
13 May 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Yewbarrow Woods	Rusland	SD3487	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Plenty of Holly in the wood
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	3	Adult	Yewbarrow Woods	Rusland	SD3487	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	males
13 May 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Yewbarrow Woods	Rusland	SD3487	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	battered
13 May 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Yewbarrow Woods	Rusland	SD3487	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
13 May 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 May 2023	Green-veined White	5	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 May 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 May 2023	Small Copper	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY403570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	My first of the year
13 May 2023	Holly Blue	4	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 May 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 May 2023	Holly Blue	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 May 2023	Brimstone	1	Adult	Haybridge Nature Reserve	Ulverston	SD335872	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Porter
13 May 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Haybridge Nature Reserve	Ulverston	SD333876	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Porter
13 May 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Haybridge Nature Reserve	Ulverston	SD336876	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Porter
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	5	Adult	Haybridge Nature Reserve	Ulverston	SD336875	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Porter
13 May 2023	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Haybridge Nature Reserve	Ulverston	SD336876	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Porter
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	3	Adult	Rockwell Gardens	Grange over Sands	SD403782	VC69 Westmorland	Pam Wilson
13 May 2023	Small White	2	Adult	Rockwell Gardens	Grange over Sands	SD403782	VC69 Westmorland	Pam Wilson
13 May 2023	Holly Blue	2	Adult	Wetheral cemetery	Carlisle	NY462541	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	female plus one other on large old hollies
13 May 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Carlisle	NY462548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	female
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	2	Adult	Wetheral garden	Carlisle	NY462548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	males
13 May 2023	Green-veined White	21	Adult	Forestry Track	Kershope Burn	NY501834	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny 1 mile section
13 May 2023	Green-veined White	4	Adult	Forestry Track	Sleetbeck	NY495757	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	12	Adult	Forestry Track	Kershope Burn	NY501834	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny 1 mile section
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	4	Adult	Forestry Track	Sleetbeck	NY495757	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny
13 May 2023	Peacock	7	Adult	Forestry Track	Kershope Burn	NY501834	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny 1 mile section
13 May 2023	Peacock	9	Adult	Forestry Track	Sleetbeck	NY495757	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny
13 May 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Forestry Track	Kershope Burn	NY501834	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	next 3, mile sections scotch side of burn OT 9,15,15 P 3,0,1 GVW (...)
13 May 2023	Green Hairstreak	3	Adult	Track and fell	Talkin Head	NY553564	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	Sunny 11am to 1pm
13 May 2023	Green-veined White	7	Adult	Track and fell	Talkin Head	NY553564	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	Sunny 11am to 1pm
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	2	Adult	Track and fell	Talkin Head	NY553564	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	Sunny 11am to 1pm
13 May 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Track and fell	Talkin Head	NY553564	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	Sunny 11am to 1pm
13 May 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Track and fell	Talkin Head	NY553564	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	Sunny 11am to 1pm
13 May 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Track and fell	Talkin Head	NY553564	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	Sunny 11am to 1pm
13 May 2023	Pearl-bordered Fritillary	1	Adult	Cow Chalet Whitbarrow	Witherslack	SD45438589	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Malpass	Solitary, feeding on bugle
13 May 2023	Green-veined White	4	Adult	Wild Garden	Holmrook	SD079995	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wayman
13 May 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Wild Garden	Holmrook	SD079995	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wayman
13 May 2023	Orange-tip	3	Adult	Wild Garden	Holmrook	SD079995	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wayman
13 May 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Wild Garden	Holmrook	SD079995	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wayman
3 May 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Wetheral Woods	Wetheral	NY468547	VC70 Cumberland	Amelia Bennett Margrave
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Wetheral Woods	Wetheral	NY468538	VC70 Cumberland	Amelia Bennett Margrave
3 May 2023	Peacock	4	Adult	Eggerslack Woods edge	Grange over Sands	SD404793	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm out of easterly wind seen as singletons
3 May 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Eggerslack Woods edge	Grange over Sands	SD405788	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm out of easterly wind
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Eggerslack Woods edge	Lindale	SD407801	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm out of easterly wind
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Eggerslack Woods edge	Grange over Sands	SD405788	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm out of easterly wind seen as singletons
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Hampsfell Road	Grange over Sands	SD407780	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	male
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Hampsfield Allotment	Lindale	SD398807	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm out of easterly wind
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Town Fell End	Grange over Sands	SD395780	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	male, investigating prickly looking thistle and flowering gorse
3 May 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	15C. 90% sun.
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	3	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	15C. 90% sun. All male. 1 approached a female GVW
3 May 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	15C. 90% sun.
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	15C. 90% sun.
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	2	Adult	Commonside	Distington	NY007225	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Commonside	Distington	NY007225	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	12	Adult	Crosscanonby Nature Reserve	Crosscanonby	NY064396	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion	Including some females
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Helm Lodge	Kendal	SD520905	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Flew through garden mid-morning. Full sun, sheltered from wind.
3 May 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Country lane	Uldale	NY250380	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	2	Adult	Country lane	Aughertree	NY255383	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
3 May 2023	Peacock	3	Adult	Country lane	Uldale	NY250380	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
3 May 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Country lane	Uldale	NY250380	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
3 May 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Village green	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
3 May 2023	Brimstone	1	Adult	Witherslack Hall School Sports Field	Witherslack	SD438862	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
3 May 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Witherslack Hall School Sports Field	Witherslack	SD438862	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Witherslack Hall School Sports Field	Witherslack	SD438862	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
3 May 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Witherslack Hall School Sports Field	Witherslack	SD438862	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
3 May 2023	Holly Blue	2	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	2	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	1 male, 1 female
3 May 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 May 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	1 male, 1 female
3 May 2023	Holly Blue	4	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	3 males, 1 female
3 May 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 May 2023	Holly Blue	4	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	3 males, 1 female
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 May 2023	Green Hairstreak	2	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD333979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Warm day
3 May 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD333979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Warm day
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	3	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD333979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Warm day
3 May 2023	Peacock	9	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD333979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Warm day
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD333979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Warm day
3 May 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Rockwell Gardens	Grange over Sands	SD403782	VC69 Westmorland	Pam Wilson
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	3	Adult	Rockwell Gardens	Grange over Sands	SD403782	VC69 Westmorland	Pam Wilson	Very sunny but breezy
3 May 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Kingmoor South NR	Carlisle	NY38705829	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Female
3 May 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Carlisle	NY460548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	female again round bush in garden
3 May 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Corby Hill	NY493581	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	3	Adult	Garden	Corby Hill	NY493581	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
3 May 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Garden	Corby Hill	NY493581	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Garden	Corby Hill	NY493581	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	2	Adult	Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY518591	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	m and f
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Female
3 May 2023	Brimstone	6	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440827	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	4 females, 2 males.
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440827	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Males.
3 May 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440827	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	4 females, 2 males.
3 May 2023	Brimstone	7	Adult	White Scar	Levens	SD458851	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	3 females, 4 males.
3 May 2023	Green-veined White	3	Adult	White Scar	Levens	SD458851	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 May 2023	Large White	1	Adult	White Scar	Levens	SD458851	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	4	Adult	White Scar	Levens	SD458851	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Males.
3 May 2023	Peacock	3	Adult	White Scar	Levens	SD458851	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Crosscanonby Nature Reserve	Crosscanonby	NY0647839661	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke	Female
3 May 2023	Orange-tip	8	Adult	Land nr Gill Bridge	Ireby	NY249310	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon	Flying about

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