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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
7 Sep 2015 Small White 1 Adult Blencathra Centre Threlkeld NY303255 VC70 Cumberland Tom O'Boyle
7 Sep 2015 Peacock 2 Adult Blencathra Centre Threlkeld NY303255 VC70 Cumberland Tom O'Boyle
7 Sep 2015 Comma 1 Adult Blencathra Centre Threlkeld NY303255 VC70 Cumberland Tom O'Boyle
7 Sep 2015 Small Copper 2 Adult Haweswater Burnbanks NY500160 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Nectaring on Bramble flowers. 3915.jpeg
7 Sep 2015 Peacock 5 Adult Haweswater Burnbanks NY500160 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Sunny
7 Sep 2015 Green-veined White 2 Adult Haweswater Burnbanks NY500160 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Whitehaven garden Whitehaven NX982155 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills Commonest butterfly in garden this summer.
7 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Lowca cycle track Whitehaven NX982155 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
7 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 40 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX995300 VC70 Cumberland John Callion One being attacked by Migrant Hawker Dragonfly: c20 Migrant (...)
7 Sep 2015 Peacock 1 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX995300 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
7 Sep 2015 Painted Lady 1 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX995300 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
7 Sep 2015 Large White 3 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX995300 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
7 Sep 2015 Common Blue 2 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX995300 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
7 Sep 2015 Small White 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 40 Minutes walk 4.10 pm-4.50 pm
7 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 40 Minutes walk 4.10 pm-4.50 pm
7 Sep 2015 Small Copper Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 40 Minutes walk 4.10 pm-4.50 pm 3925.jpeg
7 Sep 2015 Peacock 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 40 Minutes walk 4.10 pm-4.50 pm
7 Sep 2015 Brimstone 9 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 40 Minutes walk 4.10 pm-4.50 pm
7 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD328855 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
7 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 1 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD328855 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace On buddleia. Hot
7 Sep 2015 Peacock 3 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD328855 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace O.n buddleia. Hot
7 Sep 2015 Brimstone 2 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD328855 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace On buddleia. Hot
7 Sep 2015 Brimstone 1 Adult Bouth hedgerow Bouth SD328855 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Upside down under hedge.
17 Sep 2015 Small White 1 Adult Burneside garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
17 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 5 Adult Burneside garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
17 Sep 2015 Peacock 1 Adult Burneside garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
17 Sep 2015 Large White 1 Adult Burneside garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
17 Sep 2015 Comma 1 Adult Burneside garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
17 Sep 2015 Small White 5 Adult Kents Bank Kents Bank SD396754 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
17 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Kents Bank Kents Bank SD396754 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
17 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 2 Adult Kents Bank Kents Bank SD396754 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
17 Sep 2015 Painted Lady 1 Adult Kents Bank Kents Bank SD396754 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
17 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Kendal garden Kendal SD524927 VC69 Westmorland J S Frost
17 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 2 Adult Kendal garden Kendal SD524927 VC69 Westmorland J S Frost
17 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 6 Adult Urswick garden Urswick SD340837 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace On buddleia at 11am. Hot
17 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 4 Adult Urswick garden Urswick SD340837 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace On buddleia at 11am. Hot
17 Sep 2015 Peacock 2 Adult Urswick garden Urswick SD340837 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace On buddleia at 11am. Hot
17 Sep 2015 Large White 1 Adult Urswick garden Urswick SD340837 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace On buddleia at 11am. Hot
27 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Tarn Sike Orton NY624082 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Sep 2015 Peacock 2 Adult Tarn Sike Orton NY624082 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 2 Adult Tarn Sike Orton NY624082 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 10 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD4485 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
27 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD453846 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
27 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Whitbarrow Witherslack SD4685 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
27 Sep 2015 Peacock 2 Adult Whitbarrow Witherslack SD4486 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
27 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult New Mills Brampton NY5461 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard nectaring on yellow buddleia, late p.m. Sunny, 18 deg
27 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 29 Adult New Mills Brampton NY5461 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard nectaring on yellow buddleia, late p.m. Sunny, 18 deg
27 Sep 2015 Peacock 6 Adult New Mills Brampton NY5461 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard nectaring on yellow buddleia, late p.m. Sunny, 18 deg
27 Sep 2015 Wall Brown 2 Adult Tilberthwaite Coniston NY305011 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Not seen this species at Tilberthwaite before. 4116.jpeg
27 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Tilberthwaite Coniston NY305011 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
27 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 2 Adult Tilberthwaite Coniston NY305011 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
27 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Risedale Hill Grange over Sands SD397767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Actaea flowers. Red admirals in particular find it (...)
27 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 7 Adult Risedale Hill Grange over Sands SD397767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Actaea flowers. Red admirals in particular find it (...)
27 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Red Valerian. This plant seems to me to be the (...)
27 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Red Valerian and Aster "King George". Sunny, light (...)
27 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 1 Adult Seaton Seaton NY015305 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
27 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Manor Park Allonby NY090448 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
27 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Manor Park Allonby NY090448 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
27 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Kendal garden Kendal SD524927 VC69 Westmorland J S Frost
27 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Garden 8 Meadowfield Gosforth NY071033 VC70 Cumberland David Gray Warm very sunny afternoon
27 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 2 Adult Low Colwith Skelwith Bridge NY330030 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell

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