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Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
18 Jun 2023	Common Blue	2	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD452864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	90% cloud but 23oC No wind
18 Jun 2023	Dark Green Fritillary	7	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD452864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	90% cloud but 23oC No wind
18 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	12	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD452864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	90% cloud but 23oC No wind
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	11	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD452864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	90% cloud but 23oC No wind
18 Jun 2023	Northern Brown Argus	11	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD452864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	90% cloud but 23oC No wind
18 Jun 2023	Ringlet	8	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD452864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	90% cloud but 23oC No wind
18 Jun 2023	Small Heath	1	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD452864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	90% cloud but 23oC No wind
18 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	28	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD452864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	90% cloud but 23oC No wind
18 Jun 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD452864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	90% cloud but 23oC No wind
18 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	5	Adult	Wakebarrow	Levens	SD452864	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	90% cloud but 23oC No wind
18 Jun 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson and B Dixon
18 Jun 2023	Common Blue	1	Adult	Meathop Bridge	Meathop	SD430791	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson and B Dixon
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	7	Adult	River Winster/Castle Head	Lindale	SD422801	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson and B Dixon
18 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	River Winster/Castle Head	Lindale	SD422801	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson and B Dixon
18 Jun 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	River Winster/Castle Head	Lindale	SD422801	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson and B Dixon
18 Jun 2023	Small White	1	Adult	River Winster/Castle Head	Lindale	SD422801	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson and B Dixon
18 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Dubbs road/Reservoir	Windermere	NY422015	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	2.15-3.30 20C
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	3	Adult	Dubbs road/Reservoir	Windermere	NY422015	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	2.15-3.30 20C
18 Jun 2023	Ringlet	3	Adult	Dubbs road/Reservoir	Windermere	NY422015	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	2.15-3.30 20C
18 Jun 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Dubbs road/Reservoir	Windermere	NY422015	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	2.15-3.30 20C
18 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	1	Adult	Field	Kendal	SD533915	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Damp areas of rough grasses
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	15	Adult	Field	Kendal	SD533915	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Damp areas of rough grasses
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	12	Adult	Field	Kendal	SD533913	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Damp areas of rough grasses
18 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	1	Adult	Garden/meadow	Kendal	SD531917	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Very warm
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	12	Adult	Garden/meadow	Kendal	SD531917	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Very warm
18 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	2	Adult	Kendal Parks	Kendal	SD530909	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Wild grass area on edge of houses
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Kendal Parks	Kendal	SD530909	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Wild grass area on edge of houses
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	20	Adult	Kendal Parks	Kendal	SD529911	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Meadow on edge of houses
18 Jun 2023	Ringlet	2	Adult	Kendal Parks	Kendal	SD530909	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Wild grass area on edge of houses
18 Jun 2023	Ringlet	1	Adult	Kendal Parks	Kendal	SD529911	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Meadow on edge of houses
18 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Kendal Parks	Kendal	SD529911	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson	Meadow on edge of houses
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	5	Adult	Meadow	Kendal	SD531910	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
18 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	5	Adult	Pathway	Kendal	SD531910	VC69 Westmorland	Martin J Thompson
18 Jun 2023	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD331985	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Very warm, cloudy at times
18 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	7	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD331985	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Very warm, cloudy at times
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	15	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD331985	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Very warm, cloudy at times
18 Jun 2023	Ringlet	12	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD331985	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Very warm, cloudy at times
18 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	6	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD331985	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Very warm, cloudy at times
18 Jun 2023	Dark Green Fritillary	10	Adult	Dove Dale	Hartsop	NY3847111692	VC69 Westmorland	Steve Woolfenden
8 Jun 2023	Common Blue	2	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	sunny but breezy
8 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	3	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	sunny but breezy
8 Jun 2023	Large White	2	Adult	Fellside Wood	Old Hutton	SD563880	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	4.20-5.10 19C
8 Jun 2023	Small Copper	1	Adult	Fellside Wood	Old Hutton	SD563880	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	4.20-5.10 19C In flower meadow
8 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Fellside Wood	Old Hutton	SD563880	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	4.20-5.10 19C
8 Jun 2023	Small Heath	1	Adult	Beckside	Cartmel	SD376805	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	on parched grass in full sun
8 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Beckside	Cartmel	SD377808	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	sun dappled shade
8 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Green Bank Lane	Cartmel	SD379806	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	well shaded part of lane
28 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	100	Adult	Pow Beck	Portinscale	NY248245	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh	Large numbers flying beside about a mile of Pow Beck. Overcast.
28 Jun 2023	Peacock	30	Larva	Pow Beck	Portinscale	NY248245	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
28 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Pow Beck	Portinscale	NY248245	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
28 Jun 2023	Ringlet	10	Adult	Pow Beck	Portinscale	NY248245	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
28 Jun 2023	Small Skipper	60	Adult	Pow Beck	Portinscale	NY248245	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh	Large numbers flying beside about a mile of Pow Beck. Overcast.
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	30	Adult	Ullswater Way Path	Watermillock	NY410207	VC70 Cumberland	David Eastlick	aggregated grid reference seen over about 2.5 hours on a warm (...)
18 Jun 2023	Silver-washed Fritillary	1	Adult	Ullswater Way Path	Watermillock	NY410207	VC70 Cumberland	David Eastlick	a warm and sultry day
18 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Ullswater Way Path	Watermillock	NY410207	VC70 Cumberland	David Eastlick	aggregated grid reference seen over about 2.5 hours on a warm (...)
18 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Garden Allonby	Allonby	NY082435	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion	Fresh
18 Jun 2023	Small White	5	Adult	Garden Allonby	Allonby	NY082435	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
18 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Silver Meadows Nature Reserve	Dubwath	NY198309	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	Sunny and warm..noon
18 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	1	Adult	Silver Meadows Nature Reserve	Dubwath	NY198309	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	Sunny and warm..noon
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	10	Adult	Silver Meadows Nature Reserve	Dubwath	NY198309	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	Sunny and warm..noon
18 Jun 2023	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Silver Meadows Nature Reserve	Dubwath	NY198309	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	Sunny and warm..noon
18 Jun 2023	Ringlet	5	Adult	Silver Meadows Nature Reserve	Dubwath	NY198309	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	Sunny and warm..noon
18 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	10	Adult	Silver Meadows Nature Reserve	Dubwath	NY198309	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	Sunny and warm..noon
18 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Silver Meadows Nature Reserve	Dubwath	NY198309	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift	Sunny and warm..noon
18 Jun 2023	Comma	1	Adult	Tarraby Lane	Carlisle	NY406578	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
18 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Tarraby Lane	Carlisle	NY406578	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
18 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	4	Adult	Tarraby Lane	Carlisle	NY406578	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	54	Adult	Tarraby Lane	Carlisle	NY406578	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
18 Jun 2023	Ringlet	21	Adult	Tarraby Lane	Carlisle	NY406578	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
18 Jun 2023	Large Heath	3	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY227535	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
18 Jun 2023	Large Heath	5	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY220528	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter	Frequent in all suitable parts of the Flow - I've never seen so (...)
18 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	3	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY230537	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
18 Jun 2023	Meadow Brown	3	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY233537	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
18 Jun 2023	Ringlet	2	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY233537	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
18 Jun 2023	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY233537	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
18 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	12	Adult	Drumburgh Moss	Drumburgh	NY256587	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh
8 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	20	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY143026	VC70 Cumberland	Andy Warner	Minimum number. All seen in 50m radius north of summit cairn. (...)
8 Jun 2023	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Grassy Wildflower Bank	St Johns in the Vale	NY317201	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
8 Jun 2023	Orange-tip	3	Adult	Grassy Wildflower Bank	St Johns in the Vale	NY317201	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
8 Jun 2023	Small Heath	6	Adult	Grassy Wildflower Bank	St Johns in the Vale	NY317201	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
8 Jun 2023	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	6	Adult	Grassy Wildflower Bank	St Johns in the Vale	NY317201	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
8 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Pathway	St Johns in the Vale	NY316198	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
8 Jun 2023	Large Heath	9	Adult	Breaks Moss	Walton	NY505654	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny strong breeze. north/ central boundary all disturbed
8 Jun 2023	Large Skipper	1	Adult	Breaks Moss	Walton	NY505654	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny strong breeze. north/ central boundary close to a field of (...)
8 Jun 2023	Small Heath	25	Adult	Breaks Moss	Walton	NY505654	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny strong breeze. in sheltered area on east edge
8 Jun 2023	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	Breaks Moss	Walton	NY505654	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	on woodland track to moss

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