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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
24 Jun 2023	High Brown Fritillary	1	Adult	Thwaite Head Fell	Thwaite Head	SD351909	VC69 Westmorland	Allan Sumner
24 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Garden	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Male, did not stay to feed. Sunny afternoon.
24 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	3	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	5	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	18	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Jun 2023	Ringlet	16	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Jun 2023	Small Skipper	8	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	9	Adult	Birkshill	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Jun 2023	Small Skipper	3	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	10	Adult	Garden and roadside verges	Armathwaite	NY502456	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Garden and roadside verges	Armathwaite	NY502456	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jun 2023	Ringlet	15	Adult	Garden and roadside verges	Armathwaite	NY502456	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	20	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jun 2023	Ringlet	5	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jun 2023	Small Skipper	50	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Roadside verge	Armathwaite	NY497453	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jun 2023	Comma	1	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jun 2023	Ringlet	1	Adult	All Hallows, Old Church	Wigton	NY203418	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter	Cloudy, no sun
24 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	All Hallows, Old Church	Wigton	NY203418	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter	Cloudy, no sun
24 Jun 2023	Northern Brown Argus	3	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440827	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Rayney
24 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Jun 2023	Ringlet	2	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	8	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Jun 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Jun 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	12	Adult	Cold Pike	Little Langdale	NY263063	VC69 Westmorland	Adam Padel
14 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Great Knott	Little Langdale	NY259043	VC69 Westmorland	Adam Padel
14 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Little Stand	Little Langdale	NY250034	VC70 Cumberland	Adam Padel
14 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	8	Adult	Stonesty Pike	Little Langdale	NY252043	VC69 Westmorland	Adam Padel
14 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Garden	Raughton Head	NY372436	VC70 Cumberland	Claire Godfrey	Full sun, 25C, SE breeze, flying over uncut meadow.
14 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Birky Shank	Butterburn	NY6675	VC70 Cumberland	Dave King
14 Jun 2023	Small Heath	1	Adult	Birky Shank	Butterburn	NY6675	VC70 Cumberland	Dave King
14 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	3	Adult	Birky Shank	Butterburn	NY6675	VC70 Cumberland	Dave King
14 Jun 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Butterburn Bridge	Butterburn	NY6774	VC70 Cumberland	Dave King
14 Jun 2023	Small Heath	1	Adult	Butterburn Valley	Butterburn	NY6674	VC70 Cumberland	Dave King
14 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	30	Adult	Butterburn Valley	Butterburn	NY6674	VC70 Cumberland	Dave King
14 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Irthing Valley	Churnsike	NY6676	VC70 Cumberland	Dave King
14 Jun 2023	Small Heath	3	Adult	Irthing Valley	Churnsike	NY6676	VC70 Cumberland	Dave King
14 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	1	Adult	Irthing Valley	Churnsike	NY6676	VC70 Cumberland	Dave King
14 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	3	Adult	Stour Cleugh	Butterburn	NY6675	VC70 Cumberland	Dave King
14 Jun 2023	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Whin Rigg	Wasdale	NY151035	VC70 Cumberland	Jay Milne	On summit cairn
14 Jun 2023	Common Blue	1	Adult	Kendal Fell	Kendal	SD504933	VC69 Westmorland	Lindsey Gould	Drought conditions vegetation dry
14 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	10	Adult	Kendal Fell	Kendal	SD504933	VC69 Westmorland	Lindsey Gould	Drought conditions vegetation dry
14 Jun 2023	Ringlet	6	Adult	Kendal Fell	Kendal	SD504933	VC69 Westmorland	Lindsey Gould	Drought conditions vegetation dry
14 Jun 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Kendal Fell	Kendal	SD504933	VC69 Westmorland	Lindsey Gould	Drought conditions vegetation dry
14 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Country lane	Stanthwaite	NY252365	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
14 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
14 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	On cotoneaster flowers
14 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	3	Adult	Grassy Wildflower Bank	Uldale	NY250367	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	7.30pm
14 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Grassy Wildflower Bank	Uldale	NY250367	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	7.30pm
14 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	2	Adult	Verge	Stanthwaite	NY250367	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	7.45pm
14 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Barkbooth Lot	Bowness-on-Windermere	SD418909	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
14 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	4	Adult	Barkbooth Lot	Bowness-on-Windermere	SD418909	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
14 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	100	Adult	Caudale Moor	Ambleside	NY412095	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Young	About 100 counted between Pike How and Caudale Moor NY410090 to (...)
14 Jun 2023	Large Heath	29	Adult	Walton Moss NNR	Hethersgill	NY495664	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny very strong breeze
14 Jun 2023	Large Heath	48	Adult	Walton Moss North	Hethersgill	NY499669	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny very strong breeze 2 seen on roadside verge
14 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Walton Moss North	Hethersgill	NY499669	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny very strong breeze
14 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny strong breeze
14 Jun 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny strong breeze
14 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny strong breeze
14 Jun 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny strong breeze
14 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny strong breeze
14 Jun 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny strong breeze
14 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Woodland Garden	Corby Hill	NY492580	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny strong breeze
14 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Country lane	Threlkeld	NY307240	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon
14 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Country lane	Threlkeld	NY307240	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon
14 Jun 2023	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	Wild Garden	Holmrook	SD079995	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wayman
14 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	3	Adult	Wild Garden	Holmrook	SD079995	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wayman
14 Jun 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Wild Garden	Holmrook	SD079995	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wayman
14 Jun 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Wild Garden	Holmrook	SD079995	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wayman
14 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Wild Garden	Holmrook	SD079995	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wayman
14 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Wild Garden	Holmrook	SD079995	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wayman
14 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Carlisle	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
14 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	5	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Carlisle	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
14 Jun 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Carlisle	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
14 Jun 2023	Marsh Fritillary	14	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Carlisle	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
14 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	24	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Carlisle	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
14 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Carlisle	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
14 Jun 2023	Ringlet	12	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Carlisle	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
14 Jun 2023	Small Heath	30	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Carlisle	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
14 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	4	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Carlisle	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
14 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Carlisle	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
14 Jun 2023	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Howe Ridding	Witherslack	SD434877	VC69 Westmorland	Vanessa Postlethwaite
14 Jun 2023	Silver-washed Fritillary	1	Adult	Howe Ridding	Witherslack	SD434877	VC69 Westmorland	Vanessa Postlethwaite	Newly emerged male, veins seen. Still there on return leg of (...)
4 Jun 2023	Common Blue	10	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189709	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	20C. 100% sun. 13.25-13.55.
4 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	3	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189709	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	20C. 100% sun. 13.25-13.55.
4 Jun 2023	Small Blue	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD190710	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	20C. 100% sun. 13.25-13.55.
4 Jun 2023	Small Heath	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	20C. 100% sun. 13.25-13.55.
4 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	8	Adult	Roadside verges	Overwater Uldale	NY254354	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
4 Jun 2023	Small Heath	1	Adult	Roadside verges	Overwater Uldale	NY248352	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
4 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	1	Adult	Roadside verges	Overwater Uldale	NY246350	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
4 Jun 2023	Small Skipper	1	Adult	Roadside verges	Overwater Uldale	NY246350	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	Intermingling with the Fritillary
4 Jun 2023	Dingy Skipper	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Late afternoon
4 Jun 2023	Northern Brown Argus	4	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Late afternoon
4 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439828	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
4 Jun 2023	Common Blue	26	Adult	Barrowmouth	Whitehaven	NX960161	VC70 Cumberland	Mike and Lyn Mills
4 Jun 2023	Dingy Skipper	1	Adult	Barrowmouth	Whitehaven	NX960161	VC70 Cumberland	Mike and Lyn Mills
4 Jun 2023	Small Blue	9	Adult	Barrowmouth	Whitehaven	NX960161	VC70 Cumberland	Mike and Lyn Mills	We have watched this site for several years but this is the (...)
4 Jun 2023	Small Heath	4	Adult	Barrowmouth	Whitehaven	NX960161	VC70 Cumberland	Mike and Lyn Mills
4 Jun 2023	Large Heath	2	Adult	Glasson Moss	Glasson	NY233602	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Seen from the boardwalk crossing the moss.
4 Jun 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Broughton Beck Bridge	Cockermouth	NY090316	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Billinghurst
4 Jun 2023	Orange-tip	1	Adult	Little Broughton	Cockermouth	NY088318	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Billinghurst
4 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	4	Adult	Forestry Track	Kershope	NY543864	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot sunny on scotch side by 10 yards. 6 small heath 7gvw 6 ot 3 (...)
4 Jun 2023	Marsh Fritillary	20	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Wigton	NY271569	VC70 Cumberland	Stephen Dent	Full sun, 12:00-13:00. Minimum count, probably more.
4 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY131021	VC70 Cumberland	Stephen Rawlinson
4 Jun 2023	Small Heath	19	Adult	Latrigg fell	Keswick	NY276252	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon
4 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Latrigg fell	Keswick	NY272249	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Dixon
4 Jun 2023	Dingy Skipper	3	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood. Fritillary meadows	Finglandrigg	NY283572	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Knight	Mid morning before day had warmed up. All three nectaring. Field (...)
4 Jun 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood. Fritillary meadows	Finglandrigg	NY283572	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Knight
4 Jun 2023	Marsh Fritillary	12	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood. Fritillary meadows	Finglandrigg	NY283572	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Knight	Field beyond the red and white tape and exposed pipe (through (...)
4 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	4	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood. Fritillary meadows	Finglandrigg	NY283572	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Knight	Mid morning before day had warmed up. Field beyond the red and (...)
4 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood. Fritillary meadows	Finglandrigg	NY283572	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Knight
4 Jun 2023	Large Heath	5	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD445819	VC69 Westmorland	Tim Knight	Hot day, v little breeze. All v mobile and v unapproachable! (...)

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