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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
29 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Dalston garden	Dalston	NY36504980	VC70 Cumberland	Ian Armstrong
29 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Dalston garden	Dalston	NY36504980	VC70 Cumberland	Ian Armstrong
29 Aug 2022	Small White	3	Adult	Dalston garden	Dalston	NY36504980	VC70 Cumberland	Ian Armstrong
29 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Dalston garden	Dalston	NY36504980	VC70 Cumberland	Ian Armstrong
29 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	7	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
29 Aug 2022	Small Copper	1	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
29 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
29 Aug 2022	Small White	2	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
29 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	This male appears to have a tiny wasp on its wing.
29 Aug 2022	Small White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
29 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Footpath near Aldersceugh	Blennerhasset	NY192410	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
29 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Footpath near Aldersceugh	Blennerhasset	NY192410	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
29 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Footpath near Aldersceugh	Blennerhasset	NY192410	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
29 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	5	Adult	Footpath near Aldersceugh	Blennerhasset	NY192412	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
29 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Footpath near Aldersceugh	Blennerhasset	NY192411	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
29 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Forestry Track	Sleetbeck	NY496756	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	warm overcast 3/4 of track has been flailed with hedge cutter (...)
29 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Forestry Track	Sleetbeck	NY496756	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	both found on uncut section . no peacocks remain from 145, 2 (...)
29 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
29 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
29 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	18	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
29 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
29 Aug 2022	Peacock	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	1 very fresh
29 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
29 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
19 Aug 2022	Brown Hairstreak	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4565677457	VC69 Westmorland	David Hughes	Intermittent sun, breezy. Male basking and feeding on hemp (...)
19 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Garden	Uldale	NY249369	VC70 Cumberland	Lorna Swift
19 Aug 2022	Clouded Yellow	1	Adult	River Ehen	Egremont	NY011053	VC70 Cumberland	Mark Jacques	Flying rapidly north on strong south westerly wind.
19 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
19 Aug 2022	Peacock	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
19 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
19 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
19 Aug 2022	Small White	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
19 Aug 2022	Holly Blue	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
19 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	My first in Carlisle this year.
19 Aug 2022	Common Blue	8	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian	Late afternoon 16:00 to 17:00. Bright but Breezy
19 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	3	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian	Late afternoon 16:00 to 17:00. Bright but Breezy
19 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian	Late afternoon 16:00 to 17:00. Bright but Breezy
19 Aug 2022	Small White	5	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian	Late afternoon 16:00 to 17:00. Bright but Breezy
19 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian	Late afternoon 16:00 to 17:00. Bright but Breezy
19 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian	Late afternoon 16:00 to 17:00. Bright but Breezy
19 Aug 2022	Brown Hairstreak	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	On Hemp Agrimony, just South of Trig Point.
19 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh
19 Aug 2022	High Brown Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	On Hemp Agrimony, just South of Trig Point.
19 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh
19 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh	On Hemp Agrimony, just South of Trig Point. Pristine condition
19 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh
9 Aug 2022	Common Blue	8	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind.
9 Aug 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind. flew past.
9 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	12	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind. flew past.
9 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind.
9 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	21	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind. most looking faded/tatty.
9 Aug 2022	Peacock	8	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind..usually see far more.....still emerging on (...)
9 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind..usually see far more.....still emerging on (...)
9 Aug 2022	Ringlet	1	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind.....end of flight season.
9 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	232	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind...with 190 in the usual 'hot (...)
9 Aug 2022	Small Heath	25	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind.
9 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	25	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind.
9 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	5	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind.....would have expected more....still (...)
9 Aug 2022	Small White	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind.....would have expected more....still (...)
9 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC 90% sun no wind.
9 Aug 2022	Common Blue	5	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Common Blue	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7207	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7207	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	2	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7207	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	6	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Northern Brown Argus	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Peacock	4	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7207	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7207	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	15	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Scotch Argus	41	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7207	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Small Heath	5	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	3	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	8	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7307	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Smardale Gill NNR	Kirkby Stephen	NY7207	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
9 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Middle Fell	Gosforth	NY15090720	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson	Basking on the summit cairn. Warm, sunny and calm.
9 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Cath's Garden Plants nursery	Levens	SD497867	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Full sun, 10.30am.
9 Aug 2022	Peacock	1	Adult	Cath's Garden Plants nursery	Levens	SD497867	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Full sun, 10.30am. Nectaring on Buddleia.
9 Aug 2022	Brimstone	5	Adult	Halecat Garden Centre	Witherslack	SD435859	VC69 Westmorland	Mark Smith
9 Aug 2022	Silver-washed Fritillary	1	Adult	Halecat Garden Centre	Witherslack	SD435859	VC69 Westmorland	Mark Smith
9 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
9 Aug 2022	Holly Blue	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
9 Aug 2022	Large White	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
9 Aug 2022	Peacock	5	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
9 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
9 Aug 2022	Small White	2	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
9 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
9 Aug 2022	Brimstone	2	Adult	Roudsea Moss and Woods	Haverthwaite	SD333827	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
9 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Roudsea Moss and Woods	Haverthwaite	SD333827	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
9 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	10	Adult	Roudsea Moss and Woods	Haverthwaite	SD333827	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
9 Aug 2022	Peacock	5	Adult	Roudsea Moss and Woods	Haverthwaite	SD333827	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
9 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Roudsea Moss and Woods	Haverthwaite	SD333827	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
9 Aug 2022	Silver-washed Fritillary	7	Adult	Roudsea Moss and Woods	Haverthwaite	SD333827	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
9 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Roudsea Moss and Woods	Haverthwaite	SD333827	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
9 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Roudsea Moss and Woods	Haverthwaite	SD333827	VC69 Westmorland	Paul Haughian
9 Aug 2022	Brimstone	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Grange-over-Sands	SD367991	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson	Full sun
9 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Grange-over-Sands	SD367991	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson	Full sun
9 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	8	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Grange-over-Sands	SD367991	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson	Full sun
9 Aug 2022	Silver-washed Fritillary	3	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Grange-over-Sands	SD367991	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson	Full sun Three together in same area
9 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Grange-over-Sands	SD367991	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Anderson	Full sun
9 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY509577	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	on buddleia
9 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Great Corby	NY477545	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
9 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Great Corby	NY477545	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	very tattered
9 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Great Corby	NY477545	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
9 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY509577	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
9 Aug 2022	Peacock	4	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY509577	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	on buddleia
9 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY509577	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	on buddleia
9 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	1	Adult	Garden	Great Corby	NY477545	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	very tattered last one of a colony of 6
9 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Garden	Hayton	NY509577	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
9 Aug 2022	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Garden	Great Corby	NY477545	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
9 Aug 2022	Comma	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2022	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2022	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2022	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2022	Peacock	9	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2022	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2022	Small Skipper	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2022	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2022	Brimstone	10	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	5 females, 5 males.
9 Aug 2022	Gatekeeper	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2022	Meadow Brown	9	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2022	Silver-washed Fritillary	10	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	2 at the entrance. 2 on Hemp Agrimony and 6 seen together on (...)
9 Aug 2022	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell

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