Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
3 Oct 2016 Red Admiral 1 Adult Stanwix Carlisle NY399576 VC70 Cumberland William O'Brien On Verbena bonariensis. Sunny, 17C.
3 Oct 2016 Red Admiral 2 Adult Stanwix Carlisle NY400573 VC70 Cumberland William O'Brien On Verbena bonariensis. 18C, Sunny.
3 Oct 2016 Small White 4 Adult Grange over Sands Promenade Grange over Sands SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar On Michaelmas daisies
3 Oct 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Grange over Sands Promenade Grange over Sands SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar On Michaelmas daisies
3 Oct 2016 Red Admiral 4 Adult Grange over Sands Promenade Grange over Sands SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Late afternoon visit.
3 Oct 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Grange over Sands Promenade Grange over Sands SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar On flowering ivy by railway station.
3 Oct 2016 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Flew across railway line in station
3 Oct 2016 Small White 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
3 Oct 2016 Red Admiral 8 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar On flowering ivy
3 Oct 2016 Peacock 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar On flowering ivy in station.
3 Oct 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar On flowering ivy
3 Oct 2016 Large White 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
3 Oct 2016 Comma 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD458787 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar On flowering ivy
3 Oct 2016 Red Admiral 1 Adult Burneside garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels On Michaelmas daisies
3 Oct 2016 Comma 1 Adult Burneside garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels On Michaelmas daisies
3 Oct 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Penrith garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Warm in the sun but breezy.
3 Oct 2016 Red Admiral 1 Adult Penrith garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Just out of the garden.
3 Oct 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
3 Oct 2016 Red Admiral 5 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
3 Oct 2016 Peacock 4 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
3 Oct 2016 Comma 2 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
3 Oct 2016 Small Copper 1 Adult Dubmill Point Dubmill Point NY076460 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
3 Oct 2016 Peacock 1 Adult Dubmill Point Dubmill Point NY076460 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
3 Oct 2016 Large White 1 Adult Dubmill Point Dubmill Point NY076460 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
3 Oct 2016 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
3 Oct 2016 Small White 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
3 Oct 2016 Red Admiral 5 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick basking on warm rock, nectaring on ivy, or just flying around
3 Oct 2016 Comma 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
3 Oct 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Queen's Road Kendal SD511931 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 30% sun and 15oC
3 Oct 2016 Peacock 1 Adult Queen's Road Kendal SD511931 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 30% sun and 15oC...released from my house
3 Oct 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD509929 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 30% sun and 15oC
3 Oct 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Ravens Farm Witherslack SD460853 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Ingleby On nearly dead Buddleia Very tatty specimen
3 Oct 2016 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD439826 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Ingleby Sunny On ivy
3 Oct 2016 Red Admiral 7 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD439826 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Ingleby Sunny On ivy
3 Oct 2016 Comma 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD439826 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Ingleby Sunny On bramble
23 Oct 2016 Red Admiral 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller All on ivy

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