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Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
13 Sep 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Swifts Nature Reserve	Carlisle	NY404565	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	14:10 - 14:30
13 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Swifts Nature Reserve	Carlisle	NY404565	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	14:10 - 14:30
13 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	19	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 Sep 2023	Comma	4	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 Sep 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	5	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	One settled on the information map.
3 Sep 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Faded and rather tatty, but still very much alive.
23 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Garden	Ulverston	SD287766	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	Flying at 7.15am in 10c.
23 Sep 2023	Comma	2	Adult	Sandside Rd	Ulverston	SD304775	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	On Ivy
23 Sep 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Sandside Rd	Ulverston	SD304775	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	On Ivy
23 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Sandside Rd	Ulverston	SD304775	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	On Ivy
23 Sep 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Sandside Rd	Ulverston	SD304775	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	On Ivy
23 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Feeding on rotten apples on the ground.
23 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	40	Adult	Back garden	Burnbanks	NY506160	VC69 Westmorland	Julie Stebbings	Feeding on over ripe pears
23 Sep 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
23 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	8	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
23 Sep 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
23 Sep 2023	Small White	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
13 Sep 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Farm trail Low Sizergh	Levens	SD502878	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick
13 Sep 2023	Small White	3	Adult	Farm trail Low Sizergh	Levens	SD502878	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick
13 Sep 2023	Speckled Wood	8	Adult	Farm trail Low Sizergh	Levens	SD507881	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	in dappled sunlight
13 Sep 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	29	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	All nectaring on ripe blackberries
13 Sep 2023	Speckled Wood	10	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Some nectaring on ripe blackberries
13 Sep 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 Sep 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	8	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 Sep 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
13 Sep 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Swifts Nature Reserve	Carlisle	NY404565	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	14:10 - 14:30
13 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	11	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY493580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm on ivy fruit flowers and rhododendron
13 Sep 2023	Small White	2	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY493580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm.
13 Sep 2023	Speckled Wood	7	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY493580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm. also a vapourer moth, size and colour right flying (...)
13 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	9	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny and warm.
13 Sep 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny and warm.
13 Sep 2023	Small White	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny and warm.
13 Sep 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny and warm.
3 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Smardale Gill	Smardale	NY725065	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Sep 2023	Scotch Argus	3	Adult	Smardale Gill	Smardale	NY725065	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Sep 2023	Brimstone	2	Adult	Smardale Disused Rly Line	Smardale	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Sep 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Smardale Disused Rly Line	Smardale	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Sep 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Smardale Disused Rly Line	Smardale	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Sep 2023	Peacock	20	Adult	Smardale Disused Rly Line	Smardale	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	30	Adult	Smardale Disused Rly Line	Smardale	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Sep 2023	Scotch Argus	1	Adult	Smardale Disused Rly Line	Smardale	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell	Very worn
3 Sep 2023	Speckled Wood	15	Adult	Smardale Disused Rly Line	Smardale	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Smardale Hall	Smardale	NY739080	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Sep 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Smardale Hall	Smardale	NY739080	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
3 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	8	Adult	Home Farm, Hampsfell	Lindale	SD407802	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson and B Dixon
3 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	15	Adult	Near Home Farm, Hampsfield	Lindale	SD406801	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson and B Dixon	On big ivy-covered dying ash tree. Cool and hazy
3 Sep 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 Sep 2023	Large White	6	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 Sep 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	5	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 Sep 2023	Small White	5	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 Sep 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 Sep 2023	Holly Blue	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
3 Sep 2023	Peacock	28	Adult	Butterburn & Gowk Bank	Speadadam	NY673746	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm windy feeding on scabious
3 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Butterburn & Gowk Bank	Speadadam	NY673746	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm windy feeding on scabious
3 Sep 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Butterburn & Gowk Bank	Speadadam	NY673746	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny warm windy feeding on scabious
3 Sep 2023	Small Copper	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 Sep 2023	Speckled Wood	24	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 Sep 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 Sep 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 Sep 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 Sep 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 Sep 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell

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