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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
24 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell	On verbena bonariensis.
24 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell	On verbena bonariensis.
24 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell	On verbena bonariensis.
24 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Top of Orrest Head	Windermere	SD415994	VC69 Westmorland	David Owen	1 male on rocks at top of Orrest Head. Warm, sunny, still.
24 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Holker Estate	Cark	SD358774	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	Holker gardens. !4,00 to 15.00. Sunny spells
24 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Holker Estate	Cark	SD358774	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	Holker gardens. !4,00 to 15.00. Sunny spells
24 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Holker Estate	Cark	SD358774	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	Holker gardens. !4,00 to 15.00. Sunny spells
24 Aug 2022	Small White	10	Adult	Holker Estate	Cark	SD358774	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	Holker gardens. !4,00 to 15.00. Sunny spells
24 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	8	Adult	Holker Estate	Cark	SD358774	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	Holker gardens. !4,00 to 15.00. Sunny spells
24 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	25	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian	At least 25 on the Thistles at the edge of the path. Difficult (...)
24 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	2	Adult	Westfield Nature Trail	Barrow-in-Furness	SD228665	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	5	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2022	Peacock	11	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	10	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2022	Small Copper	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	First in garden this year.
24 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	10	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2022	Small White	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Aug 2022	Brimstone	1	Adult	Farrer's Allotment	Levens	SD454858	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	3	Adult	Farrer's Allotment	Levens	SD454858	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	High Brown Fritillary	1	Adult	Farrer's Allotment	Levens	SD454858	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	3	Adult	Farrer's Allotment	Levens	SD454858	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Silver-washed Fritillary	1	Adult	Farrer's Allotment	Levens	SD454858	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Farrer's Allotment	Levens	SD454858	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Brimstone	1	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD455864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD455864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	3	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD455864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind...mostly tatty
14 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD455864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind
14 Aug 2022	High Brown Fritillary	1	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD455864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind...mostly tatty
14 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	2	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD455864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind
14 Aug 2022	Peacock	1	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD455864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD455864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind...mostly tatty
14 Aug 2022	Silver-washed Fritillary	3	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD455864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind...mostly tatty
14 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD455864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind...mostly tatty
14 Aug 2022	Grayling	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind...numbers collapsed.
14 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	2	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	2	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Silver-washed Fritillary	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind...numbers collapsed.
14 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind...numbers collapsed.
14 Aug 2022	Small White	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC 100% sun no wind.
14 Aug 2022	Brown Hairstreak	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD45647749	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Watts	Near 30c heat. 1 female seen around 11am. 2 males nectaring on (...)
14 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD45647749	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Watts	Midday sun. 29C or so. The Hemp Agrimony was proving popular (...)
14 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Josh Hedley
14 Aug 2022	Purple Hairstreak	3	Adult	Arnside village	Arnside	SD444779	VC69 Westmorland	Josh Hedley
14 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Teddy Heights	Carr Bank	SD475790	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Along main path through wood
14 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	Teddy Heights	Carr Bank	SD475790	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Along main path through wood
14 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Teddy Heights	Carr Bank	SD473787	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Near entrance to reserve in meadow
14 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Teddy Heights	Carr Bank	SD473787	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Near entrance to reserve in meadow
14 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Teddy Heights	Carr Bank	SD473787	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Near entrance to reserve in meadow
14 Aug 2022	Brown Hairstreak	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks	Seen well by another observer.
14 Aug 2022	Common Blue	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	14	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	6	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Small White	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks	Pair mating
14 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	Copridding Wood	Arnside	SD447772	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Copridding Wood	Arnside	SD447772	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Copridding Wood	Arnside	SD447772	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Crooks
14 Aug 2022	Comma	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Aug 2022	Peacock	10	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Aug 2022	Small White	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2022	Brimstone	3	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm some breeze seen during 45min walk along transect route (...)
4 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick
4 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	5	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm some breeze seen during 45min walk along transect route (...)
4 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm some breeze seen during 45min walk along transect route
4 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm some breeze seen during 45min walk along transect route
4 Aug 2022	Peacock	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm some breeze seen during 45min walk along transect route (...)
4 Aug 2022	Silver-washed Fritillary	4	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm some breeze seen during 45min walk along transect route (...)
4 Aug 2022	Small White	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm some breeze seen during 45min walk along transect route
4 Aug 2022	Brimstone	1	Adult	Yewbarrow Lodge gardens	Grange over Sands	SD410781	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	Male
4 Aug 2022	Common Blue	43	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. 14.00-15.15
4 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	22	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. 14.00-15.15
4 Aug 2022	Grayling	5	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. 14.00-15.15
4 Aug 2022	Large White	3	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. 14.00-15.15
4 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	38	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. 14.00-15.15
4 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. 14.00-15.15
4 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. 14.00-15.15
4 Aug 2022	Small White	3	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. 14.00-15.15
4 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189711	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. 14.00-15.15
4 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Edenmount Road	Grange over Sands	SD404781	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret Eastlick	On Budweiser-probably the first butterfly seen on this plant (...)
4 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	107	Adult	Smardale Nature Reserve	Smardale	NY724065	VC69 Westmorland	Paula Cochrane	Walked from lime kilns back to Settle to Carlisle railway bridge (...)
24 Aug 2022	Large White	4	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
24 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
24 Aug 2022	Peacock	3	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
24 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	5	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
24 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
24 Aug 2022	Small White	5	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
24 Aug 2022	Peacock	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny intervals light breeze
24 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny intervals light breeze
24 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny intervals light breeze
24 Aug 2022	Small White	2	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny intervals light breeze
24 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny intervals light breeze
24 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Field edge	Mockerkin	NY0922522722	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
24 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Our Garden	Portinscale	NY249238	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh	Second I have seen in the garden this summer.
14 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
14 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
14 Aug 2022	Peacock	2	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
14 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	5	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
14 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
14 Aug 2022	Small White	6	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
14 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
14 Aug 2022	Clouded Yellow	1	Adult	Crosscanonby Nature Reserve	Crosscanonby	NY0648339633	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
4 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
4 Aug 2022	Peacock	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
4 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
4 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
4 Aug 2022	Small White	2	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
4 Aug 2022	Holly Blue	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
4 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY462548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
4 Aug 2022	Peacock	4	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY462548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones

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