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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
15 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD45627752	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Watts	It was quite overcast but nonetheless 20c or so. Expected to see (...)
5 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	37	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	12.20-15.20 12C-15C Overcast, Showery, Sunny
5 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	12.20-15.20 12C-15C Overcast, Showery, Sunny
5 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	12.20-15.20 12C-15C Overcast, Showery, Sunny Pair mating
5 Aug 2022	Grayling	20	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD183746	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
25 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	6	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Aug 2022	Small White	2	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Aug 2022	Clouded Yellow	1	Adult	Holme Park Fell	Barbon, Carnforth	SD543795	VC69 Westmorland	Catriona Webster	First time we have ever seen a Clouded Yellow on our transect
25 Aug 2022	Common Blue	1	Adult	Kendal Fell Extension	Kendal	SD503933	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 50% sun ...fresh male!
25 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Kendal Fell Extension	Kendal	SD503933	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 50% sun.....on buddleia
25 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Kendal Fell Extension	Kendal	SD503933	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 50% sun.....on buddleia
25 Aug 2022	Peacock	2	Adult	Kendal Fell Extension	Kendal	SD503933	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 50% sun.....on buddleia
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Kendal Fell Extension	Kendal	SD503933	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 50% sun.....on buddleia
25 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	12	Adult	Kendal Fell Extension	Kendal	SD503933	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 50% sun.....on buddleia
25 Aug 2022	Common Blue	2	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459851	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun ....a little tatty.
25 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459851	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun ....a little tatty.
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459851	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun ....a little tatty.
25 Aug 2022	Small White	4	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459851	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun ....a little tatty.
25 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459851	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun ....a little tatty.
25 Aug 2022	Grayling	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461854	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun .....probably the last I will see!....very tatty!
25 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	3	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461854	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun
25 Aug 2022	Peacock	3	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461854	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun Buddleia 95% over.
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461854	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun Buddleia 95% over.
25 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	5	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461854	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun Buddleia 95% over.
25 Aug 2022	Small White	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461854	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun .....probably the last I will see!....very tatty!
25 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461854	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun Buddleia 95% over.
25 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	1	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD461854	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 100% sun Buddleia 95% over.
25 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD439829	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	two spiralling Speckled Woods in a newly created sunny glade
25 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Levens Hall Gardens	Levens	SD494851	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	warm day with clearing cloud. Butterfly visiting dandelion and (...)
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	David Jackson	On flowering Buddleia.
25 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	8	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	David Jackson	On flowering Buddleia.
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Brigsteer Road	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	On Buddleia, late afternoon sunshine.
25 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Brigsteer Road	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	On Buddleia, late afternoon sunshine, and one alternating (...)
25 Aug 2022	Small White	4	Adult	Brigsteer Road	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	On Buddleia, late afternoon sunshine.
25 Aug 2022	Peacock	5	Adult	Rydal Mount tea garden	Rydal	NY364063	VC69 Westmorland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Rydal Mount tea garden	Rydal	NY364063	VC69 Westmorland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
25 Aug 2022	Small Copper	6	Adult	Rydal Mount tea garden	Rydal	NY364063	VC69 Westmorland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon	6 plus all on Marjoram bush
25 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Rydal Mount tea garden	Rydal	NY364063	VC69 Westmorland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
25 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Arnside garden	Arnside village	SD455785	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	On Verbena bonariensis 4.15pm
25 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	2	Adult	Arnside garden	Arnside village	SD455785	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	On Verbena bonariensis 4.15pm
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Arnside garden	Arnside village	SD455785	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	On Verbena bonariensis 4.15pm
25 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Arnside garden	Arnside village	SD455785	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	On Verbena bonariensis 4.15pm
25 Aug 2022	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
25 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	4	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022	Peacock	4	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	5	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	11	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Intermittent sunshine
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	5	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022	Peacock	10	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	8	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	11	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	From inside I saw a Wren take one from a Buddleia doing the (...)
25 Aug 2022	Small White	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
5 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	12.20-15.20 12C-15C Overcast, Showery, Sunny
5 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	12.20-15.20 12C-15C Overcast, Showery, Sunny
5 Aug 2022	Brimstone	1	Adult	East edge of Scout Scar	Kendal	SD498915	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Cool breeze. Intermittent sunshine. 15.00 - 1540.
5 Aug 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	East edge of Scout Scar	Kendal racecourse	SD498915	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Cool breeze. Intermittent sunshine. 15.00 - 1540.
5 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	9	Adult	East edge of Scout Scar	Kendal	SD498915	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Cool breeze. Intermittent sunshine. 15.00 - 1540. One nectaring (...)
5 Aug 2022	Common Blue	2	Adult	Kendal "Race Course"	Kendal	SD499914	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Males. Cool breeze. Intermittent sunshine. 14.30 - 14.50.
5 Aug 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Kendal "Race Course"	Kendal	SD499914	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Chased each other. Cool breeze. Intermittent sunshine. 14.30 - (...)
5 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	6	Adult	Kendal "Race Course"	Kendal	SD499914	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Cool breeze. Intermittent sunshine. 14.30 - 14.50.
5 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	2	Adult	Kendal "Race Course"	Kendal	SD499914	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Cool breeze. Intermittent sunshine. 14.30 - 14.50.
5 Aug 2022	Brimstone	1	Adult	Garden LA11 7JA	Grange over Sands	SD403777	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret Eastlick
5 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
5 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
5 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Roadside east of Gamelsby	Wigton	NY266523	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
5 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Roadside east of Gamelsby	Wigton	NY266523	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
5 Aug 2022	Common Blue	3	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD183746	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
5 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	4	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD183746	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
5 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	12	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD183746	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
5 Aug 2022	Small Copper	1	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD183746	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
5 Aug 2022	Small White	3	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD183746	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
5 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	5	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD183746	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian

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