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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
27 Aug 2023	Large White	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	7	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2023	Small White	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Common Blue	2	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips	One very tatty individual with wings shredded near the wood. One (...)
17 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	12	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Large White	5	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Meadow Brown	3	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	37	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	17	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Scotch Argus	227	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips	Majority confined to a small core area near the viaduct, with 43 (...)
17 Aug 2023	Small Heath	4	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Small White	8	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
17 Aug 2023	Brimstone	1	Adult	Scout Scar car park area	Kendal	SD489924	VC69 Westmorland	Martin and Gwen Tordoff	Male
17 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	8	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	4	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Small Copper	3	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	14	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2023	Common Blue	5	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle	Male & female
17 Aug 2023	Large White	20	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
17 Aug 2023	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
17 Aug 2023	Northern Brown Argus	1	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle	Extremely faded and tatty
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
17 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Piel Island	Barrow-in-Furness	SD233638	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
7 Aug 2023	Common Blue	7	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451768	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
7 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	10	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4477	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
7 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451768	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
7 Aug 2023	Meadow Brown	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4477	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
7 Aug 2023	Ringlet	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4477	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
7 Aug 2023	Scotch Argus	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD44347737	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
7 Aug 2023	Small Skipper	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4477	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
7 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4477	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
7 Aug 2023	Brown Hairstreak	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453773	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Ball	Single worn specimen near the trig point on Hemp Agrimony
7 Aug 2023	Scotch Argus	6	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455774	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Ball	Regularly seen across the Knott this morning, with one close to (...)
7 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	1	Adult	House porch	Kendal	SD510923	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Male, flew into glazed porch at 5.30 pm. First record for this (...)
7 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Undermillbeck Common	Windermere	SD419947	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
7 Aug 2023	Comma	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2023	Large White	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	First one in the garden this year.
7 Aug 2023	Peacock	11	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	5	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	6	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2023	Scotch Argus	16	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	In a 300 yard radius from viaduct
7 Aug 2023	Small Skipper	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	Just beyond the viaduct
27 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	Lanesides to the N of The Laythes	Wigton	NY242558	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
27 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	5	Adult	Lanesides to the S of Whitrigglees	Wigton	NY243564	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
27 Aug 2023	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Lonning south of Whitrigglees	Wigton	NY244564	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter	Rather tattered and worn.
17 Aug 2023	Dingy Skipper	2	Adult	Drigg	Drigg	SD0514999162	VC70 Cumberland	Chris Arthur
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	20	Adult	Garden Allonby	Allonby	NY082435	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Garden Allonby	Allonby	NY082435	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Grasslot	Maryport	NY028355	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	1	Adult	Garden	Keswick	NY270231	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
17 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	4	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Large White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Small White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2023	Purple Hairstreak	2	Adult	University of Cumbria grounds, Brampton Rd.	Carlisle	NY40475718	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Active in oak canopy relatively sheltered from SE breeze. Sunny (...)
17 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	2	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	Singles about on and off all day with 2 at one stage in (...)
17 Aug 2023	Small Copper	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	first for some years here
17 Aug 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	6	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Small White	3	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539550	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Garden	Castle Carrock	NY539551	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny breezy warm
17 Aug 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Farm track	Mockerkin	NY0921322742	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
17 Aug 2023	Gatekeeper	4	Adult	Farm track	Mockerkin	NY0921322742	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke	A bit battered!
17 Aug 2023	Small White	8	Adult	Farm track	Mockerkin	NY0921322742	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
17 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	10	Adult	Farm track	Mockerkin	NY0921322742	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke	Male and female mating
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Garden	Mockerkin	NY0902523167	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	8	Adult	Garden	Mockerkin	NY0902523167	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
17 Aug 2023	Peacock	9	Adult	Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve	Bowness-on-Solway	NY207617	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
17 Aug 2023	Red Admiral	8	Adult	Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve	Bowness-on-Solway	NY207617	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
17 Aug 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	8	Adult	Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve	Bowness-on-Solway	NY207617	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
17 Aug 2023	Speckled Wood	15	Adult	Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve	Bowness-on-Solway	NY207617	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
7 Aug 2023	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Isel	Cockermouth	NY164332	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Billinghurst
7 Aug 2023	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY463548	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	female

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