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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
24 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452779	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	Very few butterflies seen in spite of calm day and sunshine.
24 Aug 2023	Common Blue	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452779	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	Very few butterflies seen in spite of calm day and sunshine.
24 Aug 2023	Peacock	5	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY550111	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sunny, slight breeze about 17:00
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	5	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY550111	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sunny, slight breeze about 17:00
24 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY550111	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sunny, slight breeze about 17:00
4 Aug 2023	Brown Hairstreak	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	4	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Common Blue	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	High Brown Fritillary	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Brimstone	4	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Grayling	4	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	3	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Small Copper	2	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Getting warmer and sunnier.
4 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Getting warmer and sunnier.
4 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	2	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Getting warmer and sunnier.
4 Aug 2023	Peacock	30	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Getting warmer and sunnier.
4 Aug 2023	Large White	20	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Getting warmer and sunnier.
4 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	10	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Getting warmer and sunnier.
4 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	30	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Getting warmer and sunnier.
4 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Foulshaw Moss	Witherslack	SD453833	VC69 Westmorland	Andrew Bromley
4 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Foulshaw Moss	Witherslack	SD453833	VC69 Westmorland	Andrew Bromley	A bit larger than normal, and extremely vivid blue upperwings (...)
4 Aug 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Small Blue	12	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Common Blue	15	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun. 1 female
4 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Sandy loning	Maryport	NY039360	VC70 Cumberland	Joanne Hill
4 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Own garden	Frizington	NY030166	VC70 Cumberland	Simona Chesters	Resting on rock under the hedge, weather cloudy and windy.
24 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Mockerkin Tarn	Mockerkin	NY081231	VC70 Cumberland	Derek McAlone	On Devil’s Bit Scabious
24 Aug 2023	Brimstone	1	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Female. Feeding on Buddleia, full sun, 19deg.C, mid afternoon.
24 Aug 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Feeding on Buddleia, full sun, 19deg.C, mid afternoon.
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Feeding on Buddleia, full sun, 19deg.C, mid afternoon.
24 Aug 2023	Small White	2	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY550111	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sunny, slight breeze about 17:00
24 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	5	Adult	Eden N bank, W of A7 bridge	Carlisle	NY400566	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	7	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2023	Brimstone	2	Adult	Rockwell Gardens	Grange over Sands	SD403782	VC69 Westmorland	Pam Wilson	1 male 1female
24 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Rockwell Gardens	Grange over Sands	SD403782	VC69 Westmorland	Pam Wilson
24 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	15	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	12	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Small White	11	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Bardsea beach	Ulverston	SD296735	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
24 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	single on wing again today when sun was hottest - from images (...)
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
24 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	2 again in the garden all day with a third for a short period of (...)
24 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Peacock	11	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	7	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	Garden	Holme	SD521790	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Matthewman	All on buddleia about 16:00
24 Aug 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Garden	Holme	SD521790	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Matthewman	All on buddleia about 16:00
24 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Garden	Holme	SD521790	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Matthewman	All on buddleia about 16:00
24 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	8	Adult	Garden	Holme	SD521790	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Matthewman	All on buddleia about 16:00
4 Aug 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Foulshaw Moss	Witherslack	SD453833	VC69 Westmorland	Andrew Bromley
4 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Foulshaw Moss	Witherslack	SD453833	VC69 Westmorland	Andrew Bromley
4 Aug 2023	Small Copper	1	Adult	Sands Road	Ulverston	SD289766	VC69 Westmorland	Charles Penfold	Sunning itself for a moment then flew off
4 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	30	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Getting warmer and sunnier.
4 Aug 2023	Common Blue	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	16	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Ringlet	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Comma	4	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Large White	3	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Meadow Brown	2	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Peacock	10	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	7	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Ringlet	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Small Heath	2	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460853	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Robinson
4 Aug 2023	Comma	3	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	11	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Grayling	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Meadow Brown	12	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Small Copper	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Small White	10	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	7	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun.
4 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510924	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	3.30 - 4.30pm, frequently flying around large apple tree. Sunny (...)
4 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Warm sunshine, noon.
4 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Warm sunshine, noon.
4 Aug 2023	Brimstone	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Common Blue	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Small White	6	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	1 male, 1 female
4 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	5	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
4 Aug 2023	Large White	4	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
4 Aug 2023	Small White	4	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
4 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
4 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	10	Adult	Wetheral Viaduct	Wetheral	NY468546	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	incl 1 female - alond 500m stretch with viaduct central - most (...)
4 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Wetheral Viaduct	Wetheral	NY468546	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	along 500m stretch with viaduct central
4 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	12	Adult	Whitelyne	Kershope Forestry	NY565786	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	5.30 til 6.30 cloudy but dry
4 Aug 2023	Peacock	7	Adult	Whitelyne	Kershope Forestry	NY565786	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	5.30 til 6.30 cloudy but dry
4 Aug 2023	Small Skipper	7	Adult	Whitelyne	Kershope Forestry	NY565786	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	5.30 til 6.30 cloudy but dry
4 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Whitelyne	Kershope Forestry	NY565786	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	5.30 til 6.30 cloudy but dry
4 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Whitelyne	Kershope Forestry	NY565786	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	5.30 til 6.30 cloudy but dry
4 Aug 2023	Peacock	4	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496819	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
4 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496819	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
4 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496819	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
4 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	8	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Peacock	3	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Ringlet	2	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Small Copper	3	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Large White	5	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Peacock	7	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell

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