Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
26 May 2024 Small Blue 26 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 16.45-17.30. 17c. 95% sun 46697.jpeg
16 May 2024 Green-veined White 23 Adult Track To Moor Newbiggin cumrew NY562493 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloud clearing to sunny 17deg strong E breeze
16 May 2024 Orange-tip 15 Adult Track To Moor Newbiggin cumrew NY562493 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloud clearing to sunny 17deg strong E breeze 10F 5M
16 May 2024 Green Hairstreak 14 Adult Sheltered Valley Newbiggin cumrew NY564489 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloud clearing to sunny 17deg strong E breeze scattered
16 May 2024 Orange-tip 8 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY305540 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 5 males, 3 females. 3:30 - 4:10, increasingly sunny.
16 May 2024 Brimstone 6 Adult Halecat Woods Witherslack SD431832 VC69 Westmorland Rose Thompson Sunny 20 degrees
16 May 2024 Small Blue 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190712 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian Dull overcast. 46474.jpeg
16 May 2024 Green Hairstreak 4 Adult Track To Moor Newbiggin cumrew NY562493 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloud clearing to sunny 17deg strong E breeze
26 May 2024 Small Blue 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 16.45-17.30. 17c. 95% sun 46696.jpeg
16 May 2024 Orange-tip 3 Adult Tilberthwaite Coniston NY305011 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hazy
26 May 2024 Common Blue 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 16.45-17.30. 17c. 95% sun 46698.jpeg
26 May 2024 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 16.45-17.30. 17c. 95% sun
16 May 2024 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 2 Adult Halecat Woods Witherslack SD431832 VC69 Westmorland Rose Thompson Sunny 20 degrees
6 May 2024 Orange-tip 2 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY462549 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones males
26 May 2024 Small White 1 Adult Witherslack roadside Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, no wind, little sun
16 May 2024 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307541 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Around 4pm, sunny, my first of the year.
16 May 2024 Green-veined White 1 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY305540 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 3:30 - 4:10, increasingly sunny.
16 May 2024 Wall Brown 1 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY305540 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Looked very fresh. My first of the year. 3:30 - 4:10, (...)
16 May 2024 Green-veined White 1 Adult Tilberthwaite Coniston NY305011 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hazy
16 May 2024 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Thorneythwaite Seatoller NY249132 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron
16 May 2024 Orange-tip 1 Adult Cockermouth, Double Mills area Cockermouth NY110299 VC70 Cumberland Peter Billinghurst
16 May 2024 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Cockermouth, Double Mills area Cockermouth NY110299 VC70 Cumberland Peter Billinghurst
16 May 2024 Peacock 1 Adult Sheltered Valley Newbiggin cumrew NY564489 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloud clearing to sunny 17deg strong E breeze
16 May 2024 Red Admiral 1 Adult Sheltered Valley Newbiggin cumrew NY564489 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloud clearing to sunny 17deg strong E breeze
16 May 2024 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Track To Moor Newbiggin cumrew NY562493 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloud clearing to sunny 17deg strong E breeze
6 May 2024 Orange-tip 1 Adult Stott Park Bobbin Mill Finsthwaite SD3723288204 VC69 Westmorland Jill Stevens
6 May 2024 Green-veined White 1 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY462549 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones

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