Cumbria Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings
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| Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid Ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Birkshill | Raughton Head | NY377431 | K Temple | ||
| 25 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 1 | Gooseyfoot Tarn Grizedale | nr Hawkshead | SD33859708 | S. Hazelwood | sunning on bramble beside bilberries. Warm sunshine, sheltered (...) |  |
| 25 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Gooseyfoot Tarn Grizedale | nr Hawkshead | SD33859708 | S. Hazelwood | Warm sunshine. Sheltered spot. Sunning on bramble. | |
| 25 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Gooseyfoot Tarn Grizedale | nr Hawkshead | SD33859708 | S. Hazelwood | flying fast | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Cleabarrow Tarn | Bowness-on-Windermere | SD423962 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | On dandelion. | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Matson Ground | Bowness-on-Windermere | SD415966 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | On dandelion. | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Punch Bowl Inn | Crosthwaite | SD446912 | C Stebbings | ||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Small White | 1 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 28 | Meathop Moss Nature Reserve | Meathop | SD444819 | Dinesh Patel | On willow tree blossom |  |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440828 | John Mounsey | Female. Alighted briefly on stony ground. | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Comma | 3 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440828 | John Mounsey | Mostly basking in sun; stong cold wind. | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 5 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440828 | John Mounsey | All male, rarely alighting. Sunny, but cold wind. | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440828 | John Mounsey | Basking in sheltered spot. Sunny, but cold wind. | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Grizedale Forest | Coniston | SD337979 | Mo Richards | Bright sun, cool wind | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Grizedale Forest | Coniston | SD337979 | Mo Richards | Bright sun, cool wind | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pamela Wilson | Flying in sunny garden | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Common Heath | 2 | Roudsea Wood | Greenodd | SD335826 | Paul Haughian | . | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 4 | Roudsea Wood | Greenodd | SD335826 | Paul Haughian | Off the boardwalk. | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Roudsea Wood | Greenodd | SD335826 | Paul Haughian | . | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 6 | Roudsea Wood | Greenodd | SD335826 | Paul Haughian | . | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Field S of town | Cockermouth | NY119298 | Peter Billinghurst | ||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Open field S of town | Cockermouth | NY116298 | Peter Billinghurst | ||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Wetheral garden | Wetheral | NY462549 | R H Jones | ||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Woodland Garden | Corby Hill | NY492580 | Richard Brown | sun intervals cold in shade | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Comma | 3 | Witherslack Hall School Sports Field | Witherslack | SD438862 | Rose Thompson | Warm and sunny | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Witherslack Hall School Sports Field | Witherslack | SD438862 | Rose Thompson | Warm and sunny | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 6 | Witherslack Hall School Sports Field | Witherslack | SD438862 | Rose Thompson | Warm and sunny | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Witherslack Hall School Sports Field | Witherslack | SD438862 | Rose Thompson | Warm and sunny | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Loanthwaite Lane | nr Hawkshead | SD36039920 | S. Hazelwood | 2 male 1 female flying along hedgerow warm sunshine | |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | On fellside | Applethwaite | NY261259 | Tim Dixon | ||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | On grassy fellside | Applethwaite | NY261259 | Tim Dixon | ||
| 24 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Village | Applethwaite | NY264255 | Tim Dixon | Flying about | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 8 | Muncaster Fell | Ravenglass | SD115986 | Adam Padel | A number flying in mixed heather and bilberry. |  |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 5 | Higham Road | Cockermouth | NY137312 | Andy Warner | All males, all very excited, On Cuckoo Flower (replaces previous (...) | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 5 | Lanthwaite Woods | Crummock Water | NY137312 | Andy Warner | All males, all very excited amongst Cuckoo flower | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 4 | Lanthwaite Woods | Crummock Water | NY154206 | Andy Warner | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Dowker's Lane Car Park | Kendal | SD515924 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Knipe Tarn | Winster | SD425944 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Knipe Tarn | Winster | SD425944 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Lambhowe Plantation | Winster | SD417914 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Kendal Fell | Kendal | SD503931 | Chris Scaife | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Garden LA11 7JA | Grange over Sands | SD403777 | David Eastlick | sunny, but chill light wind | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Carleton | Carlisle | NY4339053508 | Georgina Collins | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Small White | 1 | Noble's Rest | Kendal | SD513929 | John Mounsey | Mostly sunny. Settled for about 1/2 minute next to empty (...) | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Watersmeet | Caldbeck | NY341398 | Lorna Swift | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Watersmeet | Caldbeck | NY341398 | Lorna Swift | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Large White | 1 | Garden, Stanwix | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Male, 12:30pm, sunny periods but chilly. My first of the year. |  |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Grizedale Forest | Hawkshead | SD340965 | Mo Richards | Warmer pm | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Grizedale Forest | Hawkshead | SD340965 | Mo Richards | Warmer pm | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Grizedale Forest | Hawkshead | SD340965 | Mo Richards | Warmer pm | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pamela Wilson | Flying in garden. Warm sunshine | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Yewbarrow wood | Grange over Sands | SD411774 | Pamela Wilson | . Warm sunshine | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Wetheral garden | Wetheral | NY462548 | R H Jones | around hooly bushes | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Forestry Trough Head | Kershope Forestry | NY479745 | Richard Brown | sunny intervals 13 deg | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Forestry Trough Head | Kershope Forestry | NY479745 | Richard Brown | sunny intervals 13 deg | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Roadside verges | Carlisle Airport | NY475609 | Richard Brown | sunny intervals 13 deg | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Crag Wood | Colthouse | SD357987 | S. Hazelwood | male | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Crag Wood | Colthouse | SD358989 | S. Hazelwood | sunning itself warm sunshine 1st this year |  |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Crag Wood | Colthouse | SD358989 | S. Hazelwood | sunning itself warm sunshine 1st this year |  |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Scar House Lane | Colthouse | SD355985 | S. Hazelwood | male warm sunshine same date for 1st sighting as 2023 garlic (...) | |
| 23 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Field nr Watersmeet | Caldbeck | NY342399 | Tim Dixon | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Field nr Watersmeet | Caldbeck | NY342399 | Tim Dixon | ||
| 23 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Garden | Keswick | NY270231 | Tim Dixon | ||
| 22 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | St Helens | Flimby | NY010326 | John Callion | ||
| 22 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | St Helens | Flimby | NY010326 | John Callion | ||
| 22 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | Lorna Swift | Released from garage | |
| 22 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 22 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 22 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 22 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 22 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | Lorna Swift | In garage | |
| 21 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Hincaster track | Hincaster | SD507849 | Louise McGurk | ||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Breaks Moss South East | Brampton | NY510653 | Richard Brown | sheltering in scale sike | |
| 21 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 6 | Meathop Moss Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD444820 | Steve Malpass | ||
| 21 Apr 2024 | Unlisted | 1 | Pow Beck | Portinscale | NY246240 | Tony Marsh | Epinotia immundana. Sitting on a small Alder branch |  |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Sale Fell | Cockermouth | NY179294 | Andy Warner | Male. Bright sunny pm | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Sale Fell | Cockermouth | NY189292 | Andy Warner | Bright sunny pm | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Sale Fell | Cockermouth | NY202294 | Andy Warner | Bright sunny pm | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Sale Fell | Cockermouth | NY202296 | Andy Warner | Bright sunny pm. On very summit of Lothwaite 345m, 1,138 ft! | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Field | Crosthwaite | SD433911 | C Stebbings | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 4 | Cartmel | Cartmel | SD370779 | David Eastlick | warm, hazy sun. Butterflies buzzing around Jack-by-the-Hedge | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 2 | Greengate Wood | Santon Bridge | NY1112902417 | Jake Manson | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | Lorna Swift | In greenhouse | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 3 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | Lorna Swift | In garden and on verge | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Allithwaite Quarry | Allithwaite | SD390767 | Martin Chadwick | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Allithwaite Quarry | Allithwaite | SD390767 | Martin Chadwick | males | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Anthorn | Wigton | NY190577 | Mike Porter | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Wigton bypass | Wigton | NY254489 | Mike Porter | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Wigton bypass | Wigton | NY253489 | Mike Porter | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 4 | Aikbank Farm | Waverton | NY216458 | Peter Ritson | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 4 | Aikbank Farm | Waverton | NY216458 | Peter Ritson | SORRY NOT BRIMSTONE. ! | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Aikbank Farm | Waverton | NY216458 | Peter Ritson | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Warwick Bridge | Wetheral | NY475568 | R H Jones | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Wetheral | Wetheral | NY460554 | R H Jones | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Laversdale | NY476626 | Richard Brown | tried to get in window late afternoon | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Common Heath | 8 | Walton Moss North | Brampton | NY514674 | Richard Brown | sunny 12 deg | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 2 | Carrock Fell | Mungrisdale | NY342336 | Roger Fellows | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 2 | Witherslack Hall School Sports Field | Witherslack | SD438862 | Rose Thompson | Warm and sunny | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Witherslack Hall School Sports Field | Witherslack | SD438862 | Rose Thompson | Warm and sunny | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Mirehouse garden | Keswick | NY234281 | Steve Kirtley | All Males | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Mirehouse garden, Bee Garden | Keswick | NY233282 | Steve Kirtley | All Males | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 3 | St Bega's Churchyard | Keswick | NY226287 | Steve Kirtley | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Hedgerow Side Of Track | Mockerkin | NY0921122737 | Thalia Sparke |  | |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 20 Apr 2024 | Esperia sulphurella | 1 | Garden | Portinscale | NY249238 | Tony Marsh | On a bird bath in the sun in the morning. I haven't seen one (...) |  |
| 20 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 4 | Meathop Moss Nature Reserve | Meathop | SD446820 | Tony Marsh |  | |
| 19 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 2 | Great Coppice | Nether Wasdale | NY120034 | Jake Manson | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Far Arnside | Arnside | SD438767 | Lynne Farrell | Male | |
| 19 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Far Arnside | Arnside | SD440766 | Lynne Farrell | ||
| 17 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440827 | David Eastlick | Sunny and warm for once | |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Churchyard | Staveley | SD469985 | Ian Tallon | ||
| 17 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Woodland Garden | Corby Hill | NY4958 | Richard Brown | male flew throu garden | |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Green-veined White | 1 | Hedgerow Side Of Track | Mockerkin | NY0924622702 | Thalia Sparke |  | |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Green Hairstreak | 8 | Meathop Moss Nature Reserve | Meathop | SD444819 | Vanessa Postlethwaite |  | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Wythop valley | Cockermouth | NY180293 | Andy Warner | Female Sunny with chilly NW wind | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Wythop valley | Cockermouth | NY180293 | Andy Warner | Sunny with chilly NW wind | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Wythop valley | Cockermouth | NY191292 | Andy Warner | Sunny with chilly NW wind | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Wythop valley | Cockermouth | NY183293 | Andy Warner | Sunny with chilly NW wind | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Vegetation near railway line | Maryport | NY037365 | Dennis Renney | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Great Coppice | Nether Wasdale | NY120034 | Jake Manson | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Birkshill Garden | Raughton Head | NY376431 | K Temple | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Silver Meadows Nature Reserve | Dubwath | NY198309 | Lorna Swift | Male | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Silver Meadows Nature Reserve | Dubwath | NY198309 | Lorna Swift | Sunny | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Garden, Stanwix | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Fresh, flying around noon. My first of the year. |  |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Roadside south of Ellercarr Bridge | Wigton | NY206510 | Mike Porter | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pamela Wilson | Flying in garden during brief sunny interval | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Wetheral Greenacres | Wetheral | NY463548 | R H Jones | In very shelterd corner around ivy in bright sunshine | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Wetheral Greenacres | Wetheral | NY463548 | R H Jones | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Garden | Great Corby | NY4754 | Richard Brown | ||
| 16 Apr 2024 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Garden | Hayton | NY5057 | Richard Brown | basking in sheltered corner | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | School Playing Field | Kendal | SD528928 | Rose Thompson | Resting on the grass in the sunshine | |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Barbondale | Barbon, Carnforth | SD636826 | Tony Chapman |  | |
| 14 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 2 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 14 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Kent river bank | Kendal | SD515935 | John Mounsey | Alternately basking and chasing each other. Sunny intervals, (...) | |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 3 | Cumbria Way | Caldbeck | NY329399 | Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon | Brief sunshine | |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Holly Blue | 1 | Garden, Stanwix | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Flew through our garden several times during morning sunny (...) |  |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Tarraby Lane | Carlisle | NY406578 | Martin Keiller |  | |
| 11 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Tarraby Lane | Carlisle | NY406578 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Tarraby Lane | Carlisle | NY405576 | Martin Keiller | Including a pair with courtship behaviour. |  |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden Allonby | Allonby | NY082435 | John Callion | ||
| 8 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden Allonby | Allonby | NY082435 | John Callion | ||
| 8 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pam Wilson | Flying in garden. Sun shining briefly | |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Alstonby | NY4165 | Richard Brown | 80% sun 16 deg light breeze | |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Alstonby | NY4165 | Richard Brown | 80% sun 16 deg light breeze | |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Small White | 1 | Garden | Alstonby | NY4165 | Richard Brown | 80% sun 16 deg light breeze | |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Keswick | NY270231 | Tim Dixon | Brief sunshine | |
| 7 Apr 2024 | Comma | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 7 Apr 2024 | Orange-tip | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 6 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden off Back Road | Lindale | SD416804 | Barbara Dixon | ||
| 5 Apr 2024 | Brimstone | 1 | Garden off Back Road | Lindale | SD416804 | Barbara Dixon | ||
| 5 Apr 2024 | Red Admiral | 1 | St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix | Carlisle | NY401570 | Martin Keiller | Basking in sunshine around 3pm. Sheltered from strong breeze. |  |
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