Cumbria Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Site Town Grid Ref. Recorder Comment Image
26 Mar 2024 Green Hairstreak 1 Foulshaw Moss Foulshaw SD4635182624 Diane Rhodes Flying near Osprey viewing platform
26 Mar 2024 Comma 1 Wasdale Gosforth NY1050803685 Jake Manson
24 Mar 2024 Peacock 1 Disused Railway line Sandhall SD307769 Brian and Lindsey Snell Fling along course of old railway line.
24 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 D Jackson
24 Mar 2024 Green Hairstreak 3 Duddon Mosses NNR Broughton in Furness SD222848 Helen Wallace 11c. Sunny. Landing on gorse & dry grass 45960.jpeg
24 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Garden Ulverston SD286768 Helen Wallace Sunny but cold wind. Basking on soil.
24 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD404778 Margaret Eastlick warm, sunny day
24 Mar 2024 Comma 1 Brigsteer FC plantation Kendal SD477902 Martin and Gwen Tordoff
24 Mar 2024 Peacock 1 Roadside Kylesyke Hill Brampton NY497635 Richard Brown 13* sunny intervals light cool breeze
24 Mar 2024 Peacock 2 Walton Moss North Brampton NY514674 Richard Brown 13* sunny intervals light cool breeze also 3 med size brown (...)
24 Mar 2024 Brimstone 5 Brigsteer Park Wood Brigsteer SD4864587812 Richard Evans Full sun, 10 degrees. All males.
24 Mar 2024 Peacock 1 Sizergh Estate Brigsteer SD4961088005 Richard Evans Full sun, 8 degrees. In arable field margin.
20 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 Latterbarrow Nature Reserve WItherslack SD438828 D Jackson
20 Mar 2024 Red Admiral 1 Tilberthwaite Coniston NY305011 Mo Richards Some sun
18 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Wetheral Wetheral NY4626752472 Georgina Collins
18 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 Rockwell Gardens Grange over SandsS SD403782 Pam Wilson Flying in garden.Warm sunshine.
18 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 Garden Keswick NY270231 Tim Dixon Flying and settled on leaves..fairly warm
18 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Garden Keswick NY270231 Tim Dixon Flying and settled on cornflower leaves..fairly warm
18 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 St Johns Churchyard Keswick NY267230 Tim Dixon Flying around
16 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Sands rd Ulverston SD289766 Charles Penfold Flew over garden
6 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 D Jackson At regular nettle breeding patch.
5 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 Arnside village Arnside SD456784 Lynne Farrell Fresh male on Ivy
5 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Arnside village Arnside SD455786 Lynne Farrell Feeding on Daphne bholua
5 Mar 2024 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Parr Street Kendal SD517923 Martin Tordoff Basking on plastic recycling crate
5 Mar 2024 Brimstone 1 Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 Pam Wilson Flying in Woods/edge of garden.
3 Mar 2024 Peacock 1 Miltonrigg Wood Brampton NY55916102 Paul Kennedy 7 deg C and sunny 45946.jpeg