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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
27 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Garden	Catterlen	NY480331	VC70 Cumberland	Andrew Holliman
27 Aug 2022	Small Copper	1	Adult	Garden	Catterlen	NY480331	VC70 Cumberland	Andrew Holliman
27 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
27 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD541852	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
27 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
27 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
27 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	6	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
27 Aug 2022	Small White	4	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
27 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD541846	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
27 Aug 2022	Common Blue	1	Adult	Whitbarrow Hervey Reserve	Levens	SD454853	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	seen near the cairn on a windless, bright and sunny afternoon. (...)
27 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Whitbarrow Hervey Reserve	Levens	SD454853	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	seen near the cairn on a windless, bright and sunny afternoon.
27 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD458851	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	in full flight on a bright and sunny afternoon
27 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD458851	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	in full flight on a bright and sunny afternoon
27 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	10	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD458851	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	seen along the woodland edge facing the Scar on a bright and (...)
27 Aug 2022	Brimstone	1	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	David Jackson	On flowering Buddleia.
27 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	David Jackson
27 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	David Jackson	On flowering Buddleia.
27 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	David Jackson	On flowering Buddleia.
27 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	David Jackson	On flowering Buddleia.
27 Aug 2022	Small Heath	1	Adult	Whitbarrow Flodder Allotment	Witherslack	SD441869	VC69 Westmorland	David Jackson
27 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Whitbarrow Flodder Allotment	Witherslack	SD441869	VC69 Westmorland	David Jackson
27 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Warm & Sunny
27 Aug 2022	Small Copper	1	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Warm & Sunny
27 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	1	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Warm & Sunny
27 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Warm & Sunny
27 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Geltsdale	Geltsdale	NY582560	VC70 Cumberland	Georgina Collins
27 Aug 2022	Small Copper	1	Adult	Whelpo	Caldbeck	NY307396	VC70 Cumberland	Ian Armstrong
27 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	5	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
27 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	6	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
27 Aug 2022	Small White	5	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
27 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
27 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Arnside garden	Arnside	SD455785	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	On Verbena bonariensis
27 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	5	Adult	Arnside garden	Arnside	SD455785	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	On Verbena bonariensis
27 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Arnside garden	Arnside	SD455785	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	On Verbena bonariensis
27 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Peacock	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	7	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Small White	3	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Small White	2	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	16	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	13	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Nectaring on Rudbeckia
27 Aug 2022	Peacock	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	7	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Glasson Moss	Wigton	NY232598	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
27 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Glasson Moss	Wigton	NY236595	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
27 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Glasson Moss	Wigton	NY232598	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
27 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY462548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
27 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY462548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
27 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY462548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	mating
27 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2022	Peacock	10	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	9	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2022	Small White	5	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Fernleigh Road	Grange over Sands	SD405777	VC69 Westmorland	David Eastlick	seen on buddleia. Very smart looking
17 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY120012	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	On the footpath before the fell gate
17 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Augill Pasture	Brough	NY817147	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	14.40-15.50 18C Slight breeze, Mostly full sun
17 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	2	Adult	Augill Pasture	Brough	NY817147	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	14.40-15.50 18C Slight breeze, Mostly full sun
17 Aug 2022	Peacock	11	Adult	Augill Pasture	Brough	NY817147	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	14.40-15.50 18C Slight breeze, Mostly full sun
17 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Augill Pasture	Brough	NY817147	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	14.40-15.50 18C Slight breeze, Mostly full sun
17 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Augill Pasture	Brough	NY817147	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	14.40-15.50 18C Slight breeze, Mostly full sun
17 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Augill Pasture	Brough	NY817147	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	14.40-15.50 18C Slight breeze, Mostly full sun
17 Aug 2022	Clouded Yellow	1	Adult	North Lodge	Allonby	NY081437	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion	Feeding on mustard next to coastal path at1400
17 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Gummer's How	Newby Bridge	SD390880	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Noon. Full sun, slight breeze.
17 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Gummer's How	Newby Bridge	SD391885	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	1.30pm. Full sun, slight breeze.
17 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Gummer's How	Newby Bridge	SD391885	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	1.30pm. Full sun, slight breeze. Alternately nectaring on (...)
17 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Gummer's How	Newby Bridge	SD390880	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Noon. Full sun, slight breeze. Settled briefly on a stone in (...)
17 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Woodland clearing	Setmurthy	NY155319	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon	All together in an open clearing on flowers and grasses
17 Aug 2022	Peacock	1	Adult	Woodland clearing	Setmurthy	NY155319	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon	All together in an open clearing on flowers and grasses
17 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Woodland clearing	Setmurthy	NY155319	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon	All together in an open clearing on flowers and grasses
17 Aug 2022	Small Copper	1	Adult	Woodland clearing	Setmurthy	NY155319	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon	All together in an open clearing on flowers and grasses
17 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	12	Adult	Woodland clearing	Setmurthy	NY155319	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon	All together in an open clearing on flowers and grasses
17 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Woodland clearing	Setmurthy	NY155319	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon	All together in an open clearing on flowers and grasses
17 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	6	Adult	Woodland clearing	Setmurthy	NY155319	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon	All together in an open clearing on flowers and grasses
17 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	4	Adult	Woodland path	Setmurthy	NY160327	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Woodland path	Setmurthy	NY160327	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2022	Peacock	9	Adult	Woodland path	Setmurthy	NY160327	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	10	Adult	Woodland path	Setmurthy	NY160327	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Woodland path	Setmurthy	NY160327	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	30	Adult	Woodland path	Setmurthy	NY160327	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	6	Adult	Woodland path	Setmurthy	NY160327	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Holehird Gardens	Windermere	NY410007	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	Very smart looking Sunny day
17 Aug 2022	Common Blue	5	Adult	Humphrey Head	Allithwaite	SD392737	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	15 minutes observation between wood edge and the Point
17 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	5	Adult	Humphrey Head	Allithwaite	SD392737	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	15 minutes observation between wood edge and the Point
17 Aug 2022	Purple Hairstreak	1	Adult	Humphrey Head	Allithwaite	SD392737	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	15 minutes observation between wood edge and the Point
17 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Humphrey Head	Allithwaite	SD392737	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	15 minutes observation between wood edge and the Point
17 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2022	Peacock	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	A very worn female
17 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2022	Small White	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2022	Brown Hairstreak	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson	Near Trig Point
17 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	6	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson
17 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson	One was very large!
17 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson	Near Trig Point
17 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson	One was very large!
17 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496819	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
17 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496819	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
17 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496819	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows	Lots of 'whites' around today - more than I've seen this year. (...)
17 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	2	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496819	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
17 Aug 2022	Peacock	1	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496819	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
17 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496819	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows	All today's sightings 'at least' on Buddleia in four spots (...)
17 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	6	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496819	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
17 Aug 2022	Comma	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2022	Peacock	16	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	7	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2022	Small White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	14	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189744	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	14.30-16.30 Overcast first hour, Sunny after
7 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	5	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189744	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	14.30-16.30 Overcast first hour, Sunny after Well worn
7 Aug 2022	Small Heath	1	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189744	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	14.30-16.30 Overcast first hour, Sunny after
7 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189744	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	14.30-16.30 Overcast first hour, Sunny after
7 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453771	VC69 Westmorland	Nicholas Turner	Two fresh looking specimens.
7 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	15	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453771	VC69 Westmorland	Nicholas Turner	Mix of male and female with a couple of fresh looking females.
7 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Very fresh.
7 Aug 2022	Peacock	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2022	Small White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell

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