Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
24 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Including pair with courtship behaviour, around 3.15pm. 46009.jpeg
24 Mar 2024 Green Hairstreak 3 Adult Duddon Mosses NNR Broughton in Furness SD222848 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 11c. Sunny. Landing on gorse & dry grass 45960.jpeg
24 Mar 2024 Peacock 1 Adult Disused Railway line Sandhall SD307769 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell Fling along course of old railway line.
24 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
24 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Garden Ulverston SD286768 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Sunny but cold wind. Basking on soil.
24 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 Adult Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD404778 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick warm, sunny day
24 Mar 2024 Comma 1 Adult Brigsteer FC plantation Kendal SD477902 VC69 Westmorland Martin and Gwen Tordoff
24 Mar 2024 Peacock 1 Adult Roadside Kylesyke Hill Brampton NY497635 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 13* sunny intervals light cool breeze
24 Mar 2024 Peacock 2 Adult Walton Moss North Brampton NY514674 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 13* sunny intervals light cool breeze also 3 med size brown (...)
24 Mar 2024 Brimstone 5 Adult Brigsteer Park Wood Brigsteer SD4864587812 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Full sun, 10 degrees. All males.
24 Mar 2024 Peacock 1 Adult Sizergh Estate Brigsteer SD4961088005 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Full sun, 8 degrees. In arable field margin.
4 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller

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