Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
8 Oct 2023 Comma 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 45865.jpeg
8 Oct 2023 Small White 1 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 45864.jpeg
8 Oct 2023 Large White 1 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 45863.jpeg
8 Oct 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 45862.jpeg
8 Oct 2023 Comma 1 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 45861.jpeg
18 Oct 2023 Comma 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson
18 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson
18 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Woodland Garden Corby Hill NY491580 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown on ivy
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 4 Adult High Hampsfield Lindale SD408801 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm afternoon, no wind, very hazy sun, butterflies rising off (...)
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult High Hampsfield Farm Lindale SD404804 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm afternoon, no wind, very hazy sun, butterflies fluttering (...)
8 Oct 2023 Comma 1 Adult Birkshill Garden Raughton Head NY376431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 8 Adult Birkshill Garden Raughton Head NY376431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
8 Oct 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Birkshill Garden Raughton Head NY376431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple All on Verbena Bonariensis
8 Oct 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Birkshill Garden Raughton Head NY376431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick warm afternoon, no wind, very hazy sun, butterflies fluttering (...)
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 6 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller All on ivy
8 Oct 2023 Comma 1 Adult Bardsea beach Ulverston SD293730 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 15 Adult Bardsea beach Ulverston SD293730 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian
8 Oct 2023 Small White 8 Adult Bardsea beach Ulverston SD293730 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian
8 Oct 2023 Comma 2 Adult New Mills Brampton NY549617 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard 17 degrees, sunny spells.
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 11 Adult New Mills Brampton NY549617 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard Mostly on Golden Buddleia. 17 degrees, sunny spells.
8 Oct 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult New Mills Brampton NY549617 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard 17 degrees, sunny spells.
8 Oct 2023 Red Admiral 6 Adult Roadside Whitbarrow Kendal, Cumbria SD459846 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels On ivy flowers

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