Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Green-veined White

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
6 Sep 2017 Green-veined White 1 Adult Grange over Sands Unknown Martin Chadwick Overcast and cool A walk from Berners car park to Kents Bank (...)
16 Jul 2020 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 1 hour in mid afternoon. t18C. 10% sunshine.
6 Jul 2020 Green-veined White 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minutes in late afternoon sunshine in the lower part of the (...)
1 Jul 2020 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 55 minutes in and around the quarry late afternoon. Temp 20C, (...)
21 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 10 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 1 hour observation in and around the quarry. Dull and breezy. (...)
12 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 6 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD389763 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 1 hour around mid-day. Sun 50%. temp 18C
6 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 50 minutes observation in and around the quarry. full sun but (...)
31 Jul 2019 Green-veined White 6 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick lower part of quarry. 25 minutes observation in clody and (...)
23 Jul 2019 Green-veined White 10 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Sunny. T 25C 35 minutes observation in mid afternoon.
23 Jul 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD392766 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 75 minutes observation in mid afternoon. temp 26
17 May 2019 Green-veined White 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 45 minutes observations.
6 May 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minutes obs. 90% sun, breezy, Temperature about 12C.
22 Aug 2018 Green-veined White 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 50 minutes in and around perimeter of the quarry. 50% sun. T (...)
8 Aug 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 30 minutes in late afternoon. Sunny.
19 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 4 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 11.00 to 11.40 in moderately sunny conditions.
10 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 45 minutes in late afternoon sunshine. Within quarry and (...)
25 Jun 2018 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 60 minutes observation in sun and temp. about 25C
6 Jun 2018 Green-veined White 3 Adult Kirkhead Allithwaite SD393755 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 60 minutes surveying the eastern slope in warm and sunny (...)
18 May 2018 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 45 minutes observation . Sunny and warm.
6 May 2018 Green-veined White 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 45 minutes; sun 100% T >22C Pair in cop.
30 Apr 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
19 Apr 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Nectaring on Cardamine
27 Aug 2017 Green-veined White 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
15 Aug 2017 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 1 hour mid afternoon. Sun 50% T19
9 Aug 2017 Green-veined White 4 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 45 minutes in and around quarry in full sun
9 Aug 2017 Green-veined White 2 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD393767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick About 60 minutes roaming over Wart Barrow in full sun. Temp. (...)
31 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 70 minutes in and around the quarry. sun 10%, breezy,
16 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 20 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD388742 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Approximate number in rushy field by the lane
26 Jun 2017 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 15.30 to 16.00 in calm and sunny weather
13 Jun 2017 Green-veined White 1 Adult Kirkhead Allithwaite SD393755 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 80 minutes covering the south east slopes of Kirkhead. T 17C (...)
4 Jun 2017 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 35 minutes late afternoon. 100% sun. Few butterflies active (...)
12 May 2017 Green-veined White 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
3 May 2017 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 30 minutes observation. temp 17C Sunny and breezy
16 Aug 2016 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick female
4 Aug 2016 Green-veined White 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
1 Aug 2016 Green-veined White 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 70 minutes observation in and around the boundary of the quarry. (...)
29 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 2 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD391735 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
26 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 4 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 75 minutes in and around the quarry. Occasional sunny spells.
11 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 6 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick brief sunny spell in the late afternoon. T17 Blustery westerly (...)
12 May 2016 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
1 Sep 2015 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minute walk in the lower quarry only.
26 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 45 minutes in and around the quarry. Sun 70%, T 17 Windy
24 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 10 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
18 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
6 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 4 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
30 Jul 2015 Green-veined White 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
29 Jul 2015 Green-veined White 1 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD390739 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
25 May 2015 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391766 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
23 Apr 2015 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391766 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
7 Aug 2014 Green-veined White 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Warm and sunny. Lots of observers from a joint Cumbria BC field (...)
7 Aug 2014 Green-veined White 10 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD388745 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Warm and sunny. Many observers from a joint field trip of (...)
16 Jun 2014 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
28 Apr 2014 Green-veined White 8 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
14 Apr 2014 Green-veined White 4 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
11 Apr 2014 Green-veined White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD389767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
15 May 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult South Walney NR Barrow-in-Furness SD215620 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
22 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 3 Adult Piel Island Barrow-in-Furness SD232636 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 90 minutes on the island in warm but overcast conditions.
19 May 2018 Green-veined White 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 110 minutes slow walk around the N slag bank. Full sun, light (...)
3 Jun 2016 Green-veined White 10 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Approximate numbers seen in 140 minutes during a Butterfly (...)
30 May 2016 Green-veined White 10 Adult Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Slag banks north of the railway bridge in 2 hours
13 May 2014 Green-veined White 20 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD188749 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
12 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Capes Head Barker Scar Cark SD330781 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
21 May 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Sandgate Marsh Flookborough SD349752 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
1 Sep 2016 Green-veined White 1 Adult Sandgate Marsh Flookburgh SD355754 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
19 Jul 2023 Green-veined White 1 Adult Grange over Sands Grange over Sands SD394765 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Area of Buddleia, thistles and scrub west of the recycling site. (...)
19 Jul 2023 Green-veined White 2 Adult Wart Barrow Grange over Sands SD394768 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Small ungrazed meadow. Warm and sunny
12 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD413794 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minutes on Merlewood bank at midday
17 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 11 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD412793 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minute circuit of Merlewood Bank and top fields
25 May 2019 Green-veined White 3 Adult Capes Head Holker SD329781 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 1 hour, late afternoon, full sun
30 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Old Park Wood Holker SD336786 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
27 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 3 Adult Old Park Wood Holker SD334788 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 30 minutes walk between car park and stile to caravan park.
29 Sep 2015 Green-veined White 1 Adult Capes Head Holker SD335779 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
12 Aug 2018 Green-veined White 4 Adult Kents Bank sea wall path Kents Bank SD394751 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
29 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 4 Adult Kents Bank Kents Bank SD396754 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Footpath by the railway embankment from the station to Kirkhead (...)
12 Oct 2015 Green-veined White 1 Adult Kents Bank Kents Bank SD398758 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
8 Aug 2017 Green-veined White 3 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY729073 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Dull and chilly. T14C
27 Aug 2014 Green-veined White 5 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY728075 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
3 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 3 Adult Ulpha meadow Meathop SD459811 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On thistles near the bird hide. Most of the site has been mown. (...)
13 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 100 Adult Ulpha meadow Meathop SD457809 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Mid afternoon, after a morning of steady rain a brief spell of (...)
8 Sep 2017 Green-veined White 40 Adult Ulpha meadow Meathop SD459808 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 9.30am Sun; t14
15 Aug 2016 Green-veined White 10 Adult Crag Wood Meathop SD460807 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
17 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 5 Adult Ulpha meadow Meathop SD461808 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
25 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 10 Adult Ulpha meadow Ulpha SD458809 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On thistles
22 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 10 Adult Ford Park Ulverston SD292787 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
2 Sep 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Whitbarrow SD459852 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 35 minute walk from Ravens Lodge towards Whitbarrow Lodge. (...)
14 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Undermillbeck Common Windermere SD418947 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 200 minutes on the common. T14. Sun 5%, breezy.
7 Sep 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD434857 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Buddleia
15 May 2018 Green-veined White 4 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minute walk the length of Howe Ridding. Full sun. Temp. about (...)
17 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 1 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD431847 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minutes 100% sun. T21C
5 Aug 2016 Green-veined White 10 Adult Halecat Woods Witherslack SD433834 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick BC field trip. Two hours observation at the nursery and the (...)
3 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 1 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD433854 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
30 Jul 2015 Green-veined White 10 Adult Slate Hill Witherslack SD427836 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Damp field of thistles
14 Jun 2014 Green-veined White 2 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX993297 VC70 Cumberland Martin Chadwick

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