Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
5 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Sunny but windy. One flying around Ivy, the other nectaring on (...)
5 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult University of Cumbria grounds, Well Lane. Carlisle NY402571 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller On Ivy on south-facing wall.
5 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller On Ivy and Verbena sp.
5 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 4 Adult Rickerby Park west and Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 3 on Verbena bonariensis, 1 on thistles.
5 Oct 2017 Comma 3 Adult Rickerby Park west and Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400566 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 1 on Verbena bonariensis, 2 on thistles. 12477.jpeg
5 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Basking on gravel in garden
5 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 4 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY082435 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
5 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Sunny spells. In sheltered area.
5 Oct 2017 Comma 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Sunny spells. 1 had wings open in light shower.
5 Oct 2017 Large White 1 Adult Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange over Sands SD409782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
5 Oct 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
5 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 2 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
5 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Risedale Recycling Centre Grange over Sands SD395766 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick full sun
15 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult High Farm Grange over Sands SD4078 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
25 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Flying around Ivy.
25 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Nectaring briefly on ivy, battling with wind and wasps.
25 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Nectaring on ivy sheltered from wind.
25 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Leighton Moss Silverdale SD478751 VC60 West Lancashire Lynne Farrell Battered specimen on Ivy flowers
25 Oct 2017 Comma 1 Adult Leighton Moss Silverdale SD478751 VC60 West Lancashire Lynne Farrell Fresh specimen on Ivy flowers
25 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Dalton Lane Burton-in-Kendal SD531759 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Occasionally settling on south-facing house wall.Sunny (...)
25 Oct 2017 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Hale Cat Woods Witherslack SD432830 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick A warm pleasant day
25 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Hale Cat Woods Witherslack SD432830 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick A warm pleasant day

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