Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
26 Aug 2022 Green-veined White 6 Adult Wet Sleddale Shap NY548111 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 95% cloud but bright and no wind......inc. a mating pair.
26 Aug 2022 Large White 1 Adult Wet Sleddale Shap NY548111 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 95% cloud but bright and no wind.
26 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 6 Adult Wet Sleddale Shap NY548111 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 95% cloud but bright and no wind. All quite fresh.
26 Aug 2022 Peacock 44 Adult Wet Sleddale Shap NY548111 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 95% cloud but bright and no wind. All on DBS
26 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 48 Adult Wet Sleddale Shap NY548111 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 95% cloud but bright and no wind. Almost all on DBS
26 Aug 2022 Small Skipper 1 Adult Wet Sleddale Shap NY548111 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 95% cloud but bright and no wind ...surprised still (...)
26 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 8 Adult Wet Sleddale Shap NY548111 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 95% cloud but bright and no wind.
26 Aug 2022 Small White 2 Adult Wet Sleddale Shap NY548111 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 95% cloud but bright and no wind.
26 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick on apple tree
26 Aug 2022 Comma 1 Adult Back Road garden Lindale SD416804 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
26 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 3 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson On flowering Buddleia.
26 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 1 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson On flowering Buddleia.
26 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 8 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson On flowering Buddleia.
26 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 2 Adult Arnside garden Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell On Verbena bonariensis 2pm
26 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Murrell Hill Grange over Sands SD404777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick
26 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 1 Adult Murrell Hill Grange over Sands SD404777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick
16 Aug 2022 Common Blue 35 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Including 4 F 38668.jpeg
16 Aug 2022 Gatekeeper 8 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-13.50. 23C. 100% sun. 38674.jpeg
16 Aug 2022 Grayling 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-13.50. 23C. 100% sun. 38672.jpeg
16 Aug 2022 Large White 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-13.50. 23C. 100% sun.
16 Aug 2022 Meadow Brown 11 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-13.50. 23C. 100% sun.
16 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-13.50. 23C. 100% sun.
16 Aug 2022 Small White 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-13.50. 23C. 100% sun.
16 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-13.50. 23C. 100% sun. 38675.jpeg
16 Aug 2022 Common Blue 25 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian 11:45-1245.
16 Aug 2022 Gatekeeper 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian 11:45-1245.
16 Aug 2022 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian 11:45-1245.
16 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian 11:45-1245. 38679.jpeg
6 Aug 2022 Comma 1 Adult Highfield Road Grange over Sands SD403776 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
6 Aug 2022 Large White 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
6 Aug 2022 Peacock 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick On Hemp Agrimony
6 Aug 2022 Silver-washed Fritillary 3 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick On Hemp Agrimony
6 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
26 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Garden Uldale NY252369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
26 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 3 Adult Garden Uldale NY252369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
26 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Garden Uldale NY252369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
26 Aug 2022 Small White 2 Adult Garden Uldale NY252369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
26 Aug 2022 Large White 4 Adult Garden Hayton NY515578 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown warm sunshine some cloud
26 Aug 2022 Painted Lady 1 Adult Garden Hayton NY515578 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown warm sunshine some cloud
26 Aug 2022 Peacock 1 Adult Garden Hayton NY515578 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown warm sunshine some cloud
26 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 4 Adult Garden Hayton NY515578 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown warm sunshine some cloud
26 Aug 2022 Small Copper 1 Adult Garden Hayton NY515578 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown warm sunshine some cloud
26 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Garden Hayton NY515578 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown warm sunshine some cloud
26 Aug 2022 Small White 1 Adult Garden Hayton NY515578 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown warm sunshine some cloud
26 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Garden Hayton NY515578 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown warm sunshine some cloud
16 Aug 2022 Red Admiral 5 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY082435 VC70 Cumberland John Callion sunning on garden fence
16 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY082435 VC70 Cumberland John Callion sunning on garden fence
6 Aug 2022 Small Copper 1 Adult St Bees Head Whitehaven NX940141 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter

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  • Chairman:
    Chris Winnick
  • Treasurer:
    David Eastlick

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