Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
19 Apr 2020 Small White 2 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Mating pair 25343.jpeg
19 Apr 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first of 2020 25338.jpeg
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 9 Adult Mockerkin Mockerkin NY0904523168 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke 7 male 2 female 24985.jpeg
19 Apr 2020 Green Hairstreak 15 Adult Rusland Heights Rusland SD356898 VC69 Westmorland Allan Sumner
19 Apr 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD412793 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2020 Small White 1 Adult Lindale off Back Road Lindale SD417804 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2020 Large White 1 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson On Honesty flowers
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 4 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson Laying eggs on nettles. new record created 5 Feb 2021 DTE for (...)
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Applebury Hill Farm Allithwaite SD373763 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny afternoon warm where sheltered from chilly easterly wind (...)
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Applebury Hill Farm Flookburgh SD371762 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny afternoon warm where sheltered from chilly easterly wind (...)
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Bibby Hall Cartmel SD375771 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny afternoon warm where sheltered from chilly easterly wind (...)
19 Apr 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD394779 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny afternoon warm where sheltered from chilly easterly wind (...)
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD399778 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny afternoon warm where sheltered from chilly easterly wind
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD384783 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny afternoon warm where sheltered from chilly easterly wind
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD387774 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny afternoon warm where sheltered from chilly easterly wind
19 Apr 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Wart Barrow Lane Grange over Sands SD392777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny afternoon warm where sheltered from chilly easterly wind (...)
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 6 Egg Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD471803 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson new record created for eggs by DTE from ID 24973 5 Feb 2021
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Ashrigg Grange over Sands SD402781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 2 Adult Coast Rd Bardsea SD298739 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Flying.
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Sunbrick Lane Sunbrick SD287733 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Male flying up
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Sunbrick Lane Sunbrick SD287733 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Tatty.
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Sunbrick Lane Sunbrick SD287733 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
19 Apr 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Sunbrick Lane Sunbrick SD287733 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
19 Apr 2020 Green-veined White 4 Adult Uldale Egremont NY03261162 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Green Lane Hampsfield Hall Cartmel SD391805 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny morning sheltered from chilly easterly wind by hedge
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Hampsfield Allotment Cartmel SD398807 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny morning sheltered from chilly easterly wind on bramble (...)
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Hampsfield Hall Cartmel SD395806 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny afternoon chilly easterly wind
19 Apr 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Hesketh Wood Cartmel SD383783 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny morning sheltered from chilly easterly wind by wood Male (...)
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Hesketh Wood Cartmel SD383783 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny morning sheltered from chilly easterly wind by wood Male (...)
19 Apr 2020 Small White 2 Adult Hesketh Wood Cartmel SD383783 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny morning sheltered from chilly easterly wind by wood (...)
19 Apr 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Hesketh Wood Cartmel SD384783 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny morning sheltered from chilly easterly wind in wood (...)
19 Apr 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Hesketh Wood Cartmel SD383783 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny morning sheltered from chilly easterly wind by wood (...)
19 Apr 2020 Holly Blue 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 2 males, 1 female
19 Apr 2020 Comma 1 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 4 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 3 males, 1 female
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 4 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 3 Adult Near Bolton Park Wigton NY255418 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Near Bolton Park Wigton NY255418 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 2 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497260 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell male
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 2 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497260 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497260 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell male
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
19 Apr 2020 Small White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 2 Adult Mockerkin Mockerkin NY0904523168 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke
19 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Mockerkin Mockerkin NY0904523168 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke
19 Apr 2020 Green Hairstreak 62 Adult Yewbarrow Rusland SD353875 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Yewbarrow Rusland SD353874 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2020 Holly Blue 23 Adult Yewbarrow Rusland SD353874 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 4 Adult Yewbarrow Rusland SD353874 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2020 Peacock 18 Adult Yewbarrow Rusland SD353874 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2020 Speckled Wood 15 Adult Yewbarrow Rusland SD353874 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
9 Apr 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Pennington Ulverston SD259793 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Basking.
9 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Pennington Ulverston SD259798 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Basking.
9 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Pennington Ulverston SD258787 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Flying.
9 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Pennington Ulverston SD259790 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Flying.
9 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD459788 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Flying along footpath near railway station
9 Apr 2020 Peacock 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
9 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
9 Apr 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson Usual spot..edge of wood
9 Apr 2020 Comma 2 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson In garden
9 Apr 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson Male. In garden

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