Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
8 Oct 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 24472.jpeg
8 Oct 2019 Comma 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Nectaring on ivy 24470.jpeg
18 Oct 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 24386.jpeg
8 Oct 2019 Painted Lady 6 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Very windy. 24322.jpeg
8 Oct 2019 Comma 1 Adult Garden Ulverston SD287766 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Nectaring on plum. 24315.jpeg
28 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY081433 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
28 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Kents Bank sea wall path Kents Bank SD395752 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Sunny. Temperature 8C Flew from ivy
18 Oct 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell On Bowles Mauve again. This plant has supported numerous (...)
18 Oct 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
18 Oct 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Low Moorlands Dalston NY368506 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams On garden buddleia
18 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Low Moorlands Dalston NY368506 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams On garden buddleia
18 Oct 2019 Comma 1 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
18 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 7 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
18 Oct 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
18 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
8 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 4 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick 2 nectaring on ivy 1 nrctaring on buddleia 1 disconsantly (...)
8 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 2 Adult Garden Ulverston SD287766 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 11.50am. 12c. sunny. On rudbeckia, sedum
8 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
8 Oct 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
8 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
8 Oct 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
8 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Hayes Garden Centre Ambleside NY376039 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards On Potentilla
8 Oct 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Hayes Garden Centre Ambleside NY376039 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards On Potentilla
8 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 12 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
8 Oct 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell

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