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Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Dark Green Fritillary

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
10 Aug 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455775	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Ghorbal
3 Aug 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	5	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455775	VC69 Westmorland	Neil Freeman	All females in varying condition from not bad to very worn
29 Jul 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Kate Hughes	Plus 5 unidentified fritillary
14 Jul 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	15	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Berg	Many very worn and tattered
13 Jul 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Redhills pasture	Arnside	SD4555577963	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans	2 clearly ID'd. Approx 11 unidentified large frits.
25 Jun 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	20	Adult	Arnside Redhills Pasture	Arnside	SD4535077591	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Watts	5pm. 95% sun. 19c. Breezy. Considerable activity until 6.30pm or (...)
23 Jun 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	30	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455775	VC69 Westmorland	Howard and Penny Smith
19 Jun 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside village	Arnside	SD455785	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Flying and alighting in garden
16 Jun 2022	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	51 Plantation Avenue	Arnside	SD461780	VC69 Westmorland	Jennifer Rae
4 Aug 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD450773	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	21oC 90% sun and very little wind. Faded females.
2 Aug 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	5	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Howard and Penny Smith
25 Jul 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	20	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Michael Hampson
22 Jul 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451773	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	28oC full sun/no wind...did not visit the main DGF areas
21 Jul 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	4	Adult	Copridding Wood	Arnside	SD447772	VC69 Westmorland	Pete Crooks
17 Jul 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	10	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD459779	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Gregory	28 degrees, full sun. widespread esp near summit
17 Jul 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD44937769	VC69 Westmorland	Rosa Menendez	I have a very good look at the wing underside, ID confirmed.
7 Jul 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD44977720	VC69 Westmorland	Rosa Menendez	Sunny and 20 degrees, species ID by the markings on the (...)
7 Jul 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD45487741	VC69 Westmorland	Rosa Menendez	Sunny and 20 degrees, species ID by the markings on the (...)
7 Jul 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD44887739	VC69 Westmorland	Rosa Menendez	Sunny and 20 degrees, species ID confirmed by the markings (...)
7 Jul 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD45237719	VC69 Westmorland	Rosa Menendez	Sunny and 20 degrees, species ID by the markings on the (...)
2 Jul 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	20	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Ghorbal	Very active. Couldn’t tell if any were HBFs but all I could (...)
27 Jun 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	20	Adult	Red Hills	Arnside	SD454776	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Watts	3-4.30pm. Mostly overcast. 19c and humid. Perfect conditions for (...)
13 Jun 2021	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Stephen Griffin	Close to the trig point at the very top
13 Aug 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453773	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Watts	99% sun, hot. Mid-afternoon. Female ovipositing.
8 Aug 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4577	VC69 Westmorland	Philip Key
30 Jul 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453773	VC69 Westmorland	Graham Parry	Sunny breaks in cloud, humid
29 Jul 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Redhills Pasture	Arnside	SD454779	VC69 Westmorland	Tom Dunbar	Several Fritillary sightings in flight inc. probable High Brown
11 Jul 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451773	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Watts	4pm. 40% sun. Cool.
26 Jul 2019	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD454774	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
23 Jul 2019	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD451772	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Gregory	26 deg full sun. No wind 6pm - 8pm
14 Jul 2019	Dark Green Fritillary	4	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 90% dull no breeze.
14 Jul 2019	Dark Green Fritillary	12	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 20% sun almost still
18 Jul 2018	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside village	Arnside	SD455785	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Resting on Acer in my garden at 6pm
15 Jul 2018	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	H Shacklock
14 Jul 2018	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	H Shacklock
14 Jul 2018	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	Mike Gregory
11 Jul 2018	Dark Green Fritillary	5	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4577	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
24 Jun 2018	Dark Green Fritillary	10	Adult	Redhills pasture	Arnside	SD453777	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Watts	10.30-12noon. Very sunny and warm.
17 Aug 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans	Nectaring on marjoram with Scotch Argus.
8 Aug 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD450772	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 70% sun
25 Jul 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455775	VC69 Westmorland	Karen Bullimore
23 Jul 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Linda
16 Jul 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD450772	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% Sun
13 Jul 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Graeme Baker
12 Jul 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Copridding	Arnside	SD4477	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
8 Jul 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	5	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	180C 90% sun
5 Jul 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	4	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Michael Williams
2 Jul 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Heathwaite	Arnside	SD450768	VC69 Westmorland	Matthew Ross
1 Jul 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	4	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449773	VC69 Westmorland	James Bradbury	Potentially a lot more but only a few settled to be identified.
30 Jun 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Copridding	Arnside	SD451777	VC69 Westmorland	David Gower
30 Jun 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Arnside Heathwaite	Arnside	SD448768	VC69 Westmorland	David Gower
30 Jun 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453775	VC69 Westmorland	David Gower	12.30 PM
30 Jun 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott - West Side	Arnside	SD454778	VC69 Westmorland	David Gower	12.30 p m
26 Jun 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	18	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449772	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 40-60% sun Most recently emerged males.
22 Jun 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	5	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456774	VC69 Westmorland	Maria Pilling	They were very active
17 Jun 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD454776	VC69 Westmorland	Tom O'Boyle and Kate Blomfield	Only 2 seen well enough to definitively identify; probably saw (...)
6 Aug 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Heathwaite	Arnside	SD448769	VC69 Westmorland	Linda
30 Jul 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD454776	VC69 Westmorland	James Bradbury
29 Jul 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	4	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD457776	VC69 Westmorland	Simon Fenner	Looking very faded and tatty
26 Jul 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Hutton Roof Crags	Arnside	SD558783	VC69 Westmorland	Steve and Maggie East
22 Jul 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452772	VC69 Westmorland	Steve and Maggie East
5 Jul 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	16	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Sue and Finn Bugge
3 Jul 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Arnside Knott Wood	Arnside	SD451778	VC69 Westmorland	Graeme Baker
23 Jun 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	8	Adult	Arnside Park	Arnside	SD440770	VC69 Westmorland	Tom Dunbar	Included mated pair.
21 Jun 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	12	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456776	VC69 Westmorland	Simon Fenner	Cool morning and bright cloud combination was ideal for seeing (...)
18 Jun 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	4	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD455775	VC69 Westmorland	Karen Bullimore
10 Jun 2016	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott Wood	Arnside	SD449776	VC69 Westmorland	Neil Freeman	Very fresh. 2 individuals seen in the air together.
15 Aug 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD454774	VC69 Westmorland	Tom Dunbar
11 Aug 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	!Please enter a value\|	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449772	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	Tatty Dull day but fairly warm pm
5 Aug 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	5	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449772	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick
3 Aug 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	5	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD449772	VC69 Westmorland	Dave Viles
1 Aug 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD448775	VC69 Westmorland	Dave Higginson-Tranter
30 Jul 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD457789	VC69 Westmorland	Stefan McElwee
24 Jul 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD4477	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Howard
15 Jul 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	15	Adult	Arnside Knott/Heathwaite	Arnside	SD454772	VC69 Westmorland	Graeme Baker
9 Jul 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD457789	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	plus 11 large Fritillaries and 8 smaller Fritillaries, (...)
3 Jul 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	7	Adult	Heathwaite	Arnside	SD451769	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Very warm.
30 Jun 2015	Dark Green Fritillary	10	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Tim Wilcox
22 Jun 2014	Dark Green Fritillary	12	Adult	Arnside Redhills Pasture	Arnside	SD455778	VC69 Westmorland	Tom Dunbar

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