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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. (...)
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.
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 (...)
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 (...)
7 Jun 2022	Mountain Ringlet	5	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY131020	VC70 Cumberland	David Phillips	75% sunny, no wind, 1400-1530 hrs. 17c.
22 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Illgill head	Santon Bridge	NY168049	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Derrett	Resting in clump of grass
22 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY132023	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Derrett	Flying in sunshine.
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. (...)
1 Jun 2021	Mountain Ringlet	4	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY131022	VC70 Cumberland	J Manson	Warm, sunny, light breeze.
23 Jun 2020	Ringlet	6	Adult	Foxbield Wood	Santon Bridge	NY112035	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson	20 degrees and overcast
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	Ringlet	1	Adult	Field	Santon Bridge	NY113010	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	Field off bridleway. Conservative count.
27 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Irton Pike	Santon Bridge	NY129019	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	100% sun.
27 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Pike	Santon Bridge	NY145026	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace
27 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	5	Adult	Irton Pike	Santon Bridge	NY146027	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	394m.
27 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	3	Adult	Irton Pike	Santon Bridge	NY145028	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	Just after Greathall Gill.
27 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	4	Adult	Irton Pike	Santon Bridge	NY143026	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	395 metres elevation. Just before Greathall Gill.
27 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	1	Adult	Irton Pike	Santon Bridge	NY140024	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	100% sun. 351 metres elevation.
27 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Pike	Santon Bridge	NY133021	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	100% sun.
27 Jun 2019	Ringlet	1	Adult	Santon Bridge foot path	Santon Bridge	NY119011	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	Footpath towards Plumgarth.
26 Jun 2019	Ringlet	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Santon Bridge	Santon Bridge	NY123029	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	Forest path. 100% sun.
26 Jun 2019	Ringlet	2	Adult	Santon Bridge verge	Santon Bridge	NY113014	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace
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!
9 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	25	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY1302	VC70 Cumberland	Melissa Minter	14 degrees but sunny
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	8	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY12890195	VC70 Cumberland	Brian Arnold	Very windy - speed 25mph
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	3	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY136023	VC70 Cumberland	Brian Arnold	Highest point that I found MR
3 Jun 2019	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY12950199	VC70 Cumberland	Brian Arnold
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	172	Adult	Irton Fell / Whin Rigg	Santon Bridge	NY140029	VC70 Cumberland	Tom Dunbar	Extensive area covered.
30 May 2018	Mountain Ringlet	12	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY125019	VC70 Cumberland	Tom and Felix Fitter
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	10	Adult	Irton Fell / Whin Rigg	Santon Bridge	NY143026	VC70 Cumberland	Martin
18 Jun 2017	Mountain Ringlet	7	Adult	Whin Rigg	Santon Bridge	NY147029	VC70 Cumberland	Martin
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
30 May 2016	Mountain Ringlet	2	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY143025	VC70 Cumberland	Ewan Munro and Pete Howard
30 May 2016	Mountain Ringlet	25	Adult	Irton Fell	Santon Bridge	NY1201	VC70 Cumberland	Ewan Munro and Pete Howard	(Minimum count)
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 (...)
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

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