Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
17 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 4 Adult Wedholme Flow Wigton NY2253 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter On Calluna vulgaris (Ling)
17 Sep 2023 Large White 1 Adult Lane To Trig Point And Beach Glasson NY258607 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze
17 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Lane To Trig Point And Beach Glasson NY258607 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze
17 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Lane To Trig Point And Beach Glasson NY258607 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze
17 Sep 2023 Common Blue 1 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY308538 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze. on lavender in quiet garden, Female (...)
17 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 3 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY308538 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze
17 Sep 2023 Small White 1 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY308538 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze
17 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 22 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY308538 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze
17 Sep 2023 Green-veined White 1 Adult King Edward Monument Burgh by Sands NY328603 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze
17 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult King Edward Monument Burgh by Sands NY328603 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze
17 Sep 2023 Small White 5 Adult King Edward Monument Burgh by Sands NY328603 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze
17 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 2 Adult King Edward Monument Burgh by Sands NY328603 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown overcast 17c light breeze
7 Sep 2023 Small White 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
17 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 8 Adult Celleron Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2023 Small White 1 Adult Celleron Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 12 Adult Celleron Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2023 Peacock 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 8 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2023 Small White 6 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Sep 2023 Peacock 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Sep 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Warm but showery.
7 Sep 2023 Small White 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Warm but showery.
7 Sep 2023 Comma 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190714 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian
7 Sep 2023 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190714 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian
7 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 25 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190714 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian on ivy
7 Sep 2023 Small Copper 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190714 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian
7 Sep 2023 Small White 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190714 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian
7 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 6 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190714 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian
7 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 15 Adult Eggerslack Woods Grange over Sands SD4078 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick flying briskly in dappled sunny glades along the footpath
7 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 25 Adult Hampsfell Grange over Sands SD4079 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick seen over 1.25hr, alongside Eggerslack Woods, High Hampsfield, (...)
17 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Scout Scar track Kendal SD487923 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 4pm. Feeding on bramble flowers about 10ft up in woodland.
17 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Scout Scar track Kendal SD487923 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 4pm. Brief flights and settling on leaves near ground level in (...)
17 Sep 2023 Comma 4 Adult Garden Holme SD521790 VC69 Westmorland Steve Matthewman
17 Sep 2023 Large White 3 Adult Garden Holme SD521790 VC69 Westmorland Steve Matthewman
17 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 5 Adult Garden Holme SD521790 VC69 Westmorland Steve Matthewman
17 Sep 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Garden Holme SD521790 VC69 Westmorland Steve Matthewman
17 Sep 2023 Small White 2 Adult Garden Holme SD521790 VC69 Westmorland Steve Matthewman
17 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Garden Holme SD521790 VC69 Westmorland Steve Matthewman

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