Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
3 Aug 2019 Wall Brown 32 Adult Bowness-on-Solway gravel pits Kirkbride NY2061 VC70 Cumberland Keith Walton
2 Sep 2021 Speckled Wood 32 Adult Siddick Village Workington NX998312 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Along a sunny/shady/damp track east of railway line. Lots of (...)
23 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 32 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Along about 500m of path, mostly on or near bramble. 27073.jpeg
9 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 32 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
12 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 32 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
9 Jul 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 32 Adult Thwaite Head Thwaite Head SD348906 VC69 Westmorland Allan Sumner A whopping count of 32 nectaring in one small area (on thyme). (...)
11 Jul 2019 Small Skipper 32 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Most resting on grasses near foot of SE-facing bank. 5:40pm, (...) 21261.jpeg
1 Aug 2019 Small Skipper 32 Adult Kendal Golf Course and Fell Kendal SD505931 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 40% sun.
12 Jul 2020 Small Skipper 32 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD4401482849 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 15C, light breeze.
14 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 32 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD505933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC sun late afternoon
22 Jun 2022 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 32 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 90% sun gentle breeze. Half looking faded and half quite (...)
7 Aug 2020 Scotch Argus 132 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY727068 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Cloudy then sunny periods. Max temp 21c
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 (...)
5 Jul 2016 Ringlet 32 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY729077 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 50% sun 17oC
30 Jun 2017 Ringlet 32 Adult Arnside Heathwaite Arnside SD451767 VC69 Westmorland David Gower
4 Jul 2019 Ringlet 32 Adult Hutton Roof NNR Hutton SD547776 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 18oC 20 % Sun
12 Jul 2021 Ringlet 32 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY376432 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
24 Jul 2022 Ringlet 32 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY495756 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sun and showers windy. wind seemed to concentrate them to a (...)
21 Sep 2020 Red Admiral 32 Adult Wetheral Carlisle NY462548 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones on 10 metre bank of flowering ivy
13 Sep 2022 Red Admiral 32 Adult Birkshill Garden Raughton Head NY376432 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple Attracted to fallen plumbs and apples
15 Sep 2022 Red Admiral 32 Adult Dalston garden Dalston NY365498 VC70 Cumberland Ian Armstrong Mainly on Buddleia and Ivy. 39564.jpeg
12 Aug 2018 Peacock 32 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY725067 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 21oC 20% sun very humid.
3 Aug 2019 Peacock 32 Adult Broomriggs Hawkshead SD363970 VC69 Westmorland Paul Martin 22 degees, 70% sun
23 Jun 2014 Northern Brown Argus 32 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY740078 VC69 Westmorland Phil Berry No bold white spots! Two individuals with faint white spots and (...)
27 Jun 2018 Meadow Brown 32 Adult Sheepbarrow behind Hadwins Lindale SD419805 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson On dry, rough grassland.
29 Jul 2019 Meadow Brown 32 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD508931 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC 90% sun. superb wild flowers!
11 Jul 2020 Meadow Brown 32 Adult Undermillbeck Common Winster SD418955 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Mostly cloudy 15c
7 Jul 2022 Meadow Brown 32 Adult Brigsteer Park Wood Levens SD486878 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 20C- Along high,middle & lower pathways meadow
29 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 32 Adult Brigsteer Park Wood Levens SD486878 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge
9 Jul 2023 Meadow Brown 32 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 19C. 95% sun. 42924.jpeg
31 Jul 2017 Large White 32 Adult River Lowther Whale NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
13 Jul 2019 Grayling 32 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD461853 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC 80% dull.
10 Jul 2022 Grayling 32 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC full sun
29 Jul 2022 Grayling 32 Adult Whitbarrow Raven's Lodge Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun no wind.
11 Jul 2018 Gatekeeper 32 Adult Copridding Wood Arnside SD4477 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
23 Jun 2015 Common Blue 32 Adult Lowca Brows Whitehaven NX978220 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills 10 am, bit early and cool breeze - still!
23 Jun 2015 Common Blue 32 Adult Lowca Brows Whitehaven NX978220 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills 10 a.m. With cool breeze but full sun for the sheltered parts
17 Aug 2017 Common Blue 32 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192724 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC 80% sun
23 May 2022 Common Blue 32 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD190748 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Field trip. 13.15-14.45. Mainly sunny

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