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Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Ringlet

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
8 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	20	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY143026	VC70 Cumberland	Andy Warner	Minimum number. All seen in 50m radius north of summit cairn. (...)
7 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	14	Adult	Greathall Gill, Irton Fell	Wasdale	NY145028	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Timms	Not an extensive search.... just before broken stone wall, to (...)
6 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	3	Adult	Irton Fell	Wasdale	NY135023	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Cammack	Breezy, sunny.
4 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY131021	VC70 Cumberland	Stephen Rawlinson
3 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	12	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY131021	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	100% sun.
3 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY144024	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	100% sun.
3 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	5	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY142029	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	100% sun.
3 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	10	Adult	Irton Fell	Wasdale	NY135023	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Knight	1 newly emerged female v close to start of open fell and rest (...)
2 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale	NY131020	VC70 Cumberland	David Phillips	Sunny 18c
2 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	3	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY129019	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Chapman
1 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY129020	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson	Sunny with a light cool breeze
1 Jun 2023	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY129020	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Timms
31 May 2023	Mountain Ringlet	3	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY135024	VC70 Cumberland	Geoff Dymott	One by the bridleway crossing, two on the slopes above Greathall (...)
28 May 2023	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY121014	VC70 Cumberland	Charles Thompson
27 May 2023	Mountain Ringlet	3	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY127015	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	17C. 100% sun. Breezy. Found after gate onto fell & towards the (...)
22 Jun 2022	Mountain Ringlet	10	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY126020	VC70 Cumberland	Howard and Penny Smith	The upper colony - nothing below
19 Jun 2022	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY130021	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson	Cool but sunny with a fresh breeze
15 Jun 2022	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY136023	VC70 Cumberland	David Holcombe	3 seen at ref. Others singly further west. Warm sunny little (...)
14 Jun 2022	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY129021	VC70 Cumberland	Andy Bolton
7 Jun 2022	Mountain Ringlet	5	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY131020	VC70 Cumberland	David Phillips	75% sunny, no wind, 1400-1530 hrs. 17c.
5 Jun 2022	Mountain Ringlet	14	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale	NY131020	VC70 Cumberland	Jacki Solman	Morning from 9.30 until 11.30. Mostly males. One newly emerged (...)
2 Jun 2022	Mountain Ringlet	5	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale	NY146021	VC70 Cumberland	Jeremy Cuff
2 Jul 2021	Mountain Ringlet	3	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY14630280	VC70 Cumberland	John Kilner	3 between along path between to east of Greatham Gill
28 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	10	Adult	Irton Fell	Sandton	NY143027	VC70 Cumberland	Simon Fenner
22 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY132023	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Derrett	Flying in sunshine.
18 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Irton	NY129019	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Gearty	Evening visit at least 6 present sheltering from the wind. (...)
12 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	21	Adult	Irton Fell	Irton	NY129019	VC70 Cumberland	David Phillips	Sunny 22c
12 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	5	Adult	Irton Fell	Irton	NY143025	VC70 Cumberland	Graham Parry	Early morning. Cloudy and cool.
7 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY13500226	VC70 Cumberland	Debbie Firth	Stayed on the ground for a long time
6 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	12	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY138019	VC70 Cumberland	Ian Tallon	Most in sheltered right hand side Not posing for me today
5 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	30	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY127019	VC70 Cumberland	Stephen Griffin	Very active almost as soon as we entered the open fell. (...)
2 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	10	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY127019	VC70 Cumberland	Dinesh Patel	On either side of path amongst grass grass tussocks.
1 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	5	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY134019	VC70 Cumberland	Chris Winnick	22oC full sun and little wind. MR only just emerged and in usual (...)
1 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY127018	VC70 Cumberland	Chris Winnick	Freshly emerged. 18oC sun. Mid day. Cattle grazing site.
1 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	4	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY131022	VC70 Cumberland	J Manson	Warm, sunny, light breeze.
14 Jun 2020	Mountain Ringlet	12	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY14270265	VC70 Cumberland	Martin and Gwen Tordoff	10' count at this GR, 22C, 80% sun, light breeze
27 May 2020	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY129020	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson	Very mobile and hard to count
27 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	7	Adult	Irton Fell	Irton	NY140026	VC70 Cumberland	Chris Ballance	Well spread out
20 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Green	NY12460192	VC70 Cumberland	David Brown	Cloudy with very few sunny spells. Medium to strong westerly (...)
18 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	10	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY136022	VC70 Cumberland	Ian Tallon	Very flighty. Managed to photo one bedraggled individual - it (...)
18 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	40	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY128019	VC70 Cumberland	Rob Dalziel	Seen from 11am to 2pm in full sunshine
18 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	20	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY113015	VC70 Cumberland	Roger Cope	Some in good condition, others battered by weather!
10 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	50	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Green	NY12860193	VC70 Cumberland	Alan Beard	Up to 50 seen in full sun, 8-11 am.
9 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Green	NY12460192	VC70 Cumberland	Francis Gomme	Between 16.00 - 1700 at least 6 seen on fell immediately beyond (...)
9 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	25	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY1302	VC70 Cumberland	Melissa Minter	14 degrees but sunny
9 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	48	Adult	Irton Fell	Nether Wasdale	NY129020	VC70 Cumberland	Tom and Felix Fitter
6 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	27	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY126018	VC70 Cumberland	David Phillips	90% sun. 14-15c SW breeze. 2 hour visit from 11.45 hrs.
6 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	25	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY127019	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	15degC, breezy but mostly sunny. 12:30-13:30hrs.
3 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY12950199	VC70 Cumberland	Brian Arnold
3 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	3	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY136023	VC70 Cumberland	Brian Arnold	Highest point that I found MR
3 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY125019	VC70 Cumberland	Brian Arnold	Just past the gate onto the open Fell
3 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	8	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY12890195	VC70 Cumberland	Brian Arnold	Very windy - speed 25mph
3 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	3	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Green	NY126018	VC70 Cumberland	Chris Winnick	15oC breeze. Gride ref amended by MT, agreed by CW
3 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	4	Adult	Irton Fell	Gosforth	NY135027	VC70 Cumberland	Daniel O'Kelly	At least four in flight when sun came out.
1 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Irton Fell	Gosforth	NY12891095	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Tordoff	Only MR seen on BC Cumbria field trip. Mild, drizzly and breezy
27 Jun 2018	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY127020	VC70 Cumberland	Copland Smith	The second one (actually at 128020) may have been the same one (...)
13 Jun 2018	Mountain Ringlet	11	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY1428402763	VC70 Cumberland	Adam McVeigh
5 Jun 2018	Mountain Ringlet	39	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY127019	VC70 Cumberland	David Phillips	From the wood to the bridleway area. Mostly in full sun 19c
1 Jun 2018	Mountain Ringlet	50	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY127019	VC70 Cumberland	Adam McVeigh
30 May 2018	Mountain Ringlet	12	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY125019	VC70 Cumberland	Tom and Felix Fitter
29 May 2018	Mountain Ringlet	25	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY12710190	VC70 Cumberland	Adam McVeigh
29 May 2018	Mountain Ringlet	12	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY125019	VC70 Cumberland	Mark Pike	Seen between 1000-1200 all very fresh but also very active! GR (...)
24 May 2018	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY10	VC70 Cumberland	Clive Gambrill	300yds passed gate on bank left of dip. Grid reference not (...)
20 Jun 2017	Mountain Ringlet	7	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY135022	VC70 Cumberland	Linda	A lot of drifting cloud
18 Jun 2017	Mountain Ringlet	26	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY135022	VC70 Cumberland	Rob McDougall	Cumbria Branch guided event. Many thanks to Martin Tordorf for (...)
17 Jun 2017	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY129021	VC70 Cumberland	Brian Harrison
4 Jun 2017	Mountain Ringlet	30	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY133014	VC70 Cumberland	Graeme Baker
4 Jun 2017	Mountain Ringlet	50	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY1290701952	VC70 Cumberland	Tom Dunbar	90 sunshine but cool breeze.
3 Jun 2017	Mountain Ringlet	41	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY128020	VC70 Cumberland	Nigel Voaden
31 May 2017	Mountain Ringlet	20	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY127019	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Including mating pair. Also a freshly laid egg pointed out by (...)
25 May 2017	Mountain Ringlet	15	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY127019	VC70 Cumberland	Mark Yeldham	A number of butterflies were spotted, flying quickly and easily (...)
1 Jul 2016	Ringlet	1	Adult	Greathall Gill, Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY144027	VC70 Cumberland	Dan Hoare
1 Jul 2016	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY14370264	VC70 Cumberland	Dan Hoare	1 worn male flying east in poor weather along footpath on ridge, (...)
1 Jul 2016	Ringlet	6	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY128022	VC70 Cumberland	Dan Hoare
21 Jun 2016	Mountain Ringlet	10	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale	NY146026	VC70 Cumberland	Simon Fenner
12 Jun 2016	Mountain Ringlet	30	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY126020	VC70 Cumberland	Neil Hagley	Mix of fresh and worn. Most on the higher slope towards Whin (...)
5 Jun 2016	Mountain Ringlet	50	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY129022	VC70 Cumberland	Chris Winnick	24oC Full sun...some worn already!
5 Jun 2016	Mountain Ringlet	30	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY126020	VC70 Cumberland	Steven Holmes
30 May 2016	Mountain Ringlet	25	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY1201	VC70 Cumberland	Ewan Munro and Pete Howard	(Minimum count)
30 May 2016	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY143025	VC70 Cumberland	Ewan Munro and Pete Howard
9 Jul 2015	Mountain Ringlet	14	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY147028	VC70 Cumberland	Tim Wilcox	In 2 hours 1-3pm. Cool breeze 15C. Mostly faded and chipped
1 Jul 2015	Mountain Ringlet	137	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY147028	VC70 Cumberland	Tom Dunbar	In company with Alan Wingrove. 20% sunshine, 26deg C. 5 hours
27 Jun 2015	Mountain Ringlet	18	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY1302	VC70 Cumberland	N Godden, C Clay	GR edited by MT 03/11/15
12 Jun 2015	Mountain Ringlet	23	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY134023	VC70 Cumberland	Allan Rodda	First ones recorded 9 30am GR edited by MT 03/11/15
4 Jun 2015	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY130019	VC70 Cumberland	Tom Dunbar	Very active newly emerged male seen during sunny periods.
23 Jun 2014	Mountain Ringlet	7	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY1352002170	VC70 Cumberland	Russ Briers	Cloudy (PM), very breezy, 16c, all 7 M/R. seen separately along (...)
18 Jun 2014	Mountain Ringlet	150	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY142027	VC70 Cumberland	Mark Colvin	Good numbers observed throughout the day particularly on the (...)
17 Jun 2014	Mountain Ringlet	36	Adult	Irton Fell	Gosforth	NY135023	VC70 Cumberland	Michael Williams	Despite cloud cover first ones showed soon after 9 a.m.
17 Jun 2014	Mountain Ringlet	37	Adult	Irton Fell	Seascale	NY130020	VC70 Cumberland	Tom Dunbar	Highly active during sunny spells. Vast majority well worn at (...)
14 Jun 2014	Mountain Ringlet	75	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY135023	VC70 Cumberland	K Hamilton	the morning was mainly overcast, 75 is a conservative estimate
8 Jun 2014	Mountain Ringlet	30	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY128019	VC70 Cumberland	Robert Kitchen
6 Jun 2014	Mountain Ringlet	40	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale Green	NY1302	VC70 Cumberland	Chris Winnick	Weather just right!.....many fresh....others 4-5 days old.
6 Jun 2014	Mountain Ringlet	20	Adult	Irton Fell	Eskdale	NY131021	VC70 Cumberland	Steven Flynn	I checked a small area around the grid ref above and saw about (...)

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