Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
21 Jun 2020 Large Skipper 2 Adult Binsey Uldale NY235351 VC70 Cumberland James Macgregor
21 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
21 Jun 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
21 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Brownrigg bridge Wigton NY167521 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
21 Jun 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Brownrigg bridge Wigton NY167521 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
11 Jun 2020 Silver-washed Fritillary 1 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434879 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace M. Disturbed from low perch.
11 Jun 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 5 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434879 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace All static until sun shone at noon. Then started nectaring. 26402.jpeg
11 Jun 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434879 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 11am. 14C.
11 Jun 2020 Large Heath 3 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD442818 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1pm. 20% sun. Very breezy.
11 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD442818 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1pm. 20% sun. Very breezy.
11 Jun 2020 Large Heath 1 Adult Glasson Moss Wigton NY231599 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Very windy.
11 Jun 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Glasson Moss Wigton NY235609 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
11 Jun 2020 Green-veined White 2 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
11 Jun 2020 Large Skipper 1 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
11 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
11 Jun 2020 Small Heath 8 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
11 Jun 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 14 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
11 Jun 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Waterside Waverton NY221456 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson
11 Jun 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079994 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman several others flying nearby, but unable to positively (...)
11 Jun 2020 Large Skipper 1 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079994 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
11 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079994 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
1 Jun 2020 Small Copper 2 Adult Roughton Gill Fellside NY299355 VC70 Cumberland Colin Smith full sun, settled on track
1 Jun 2020 Common Blue 6 Adult Blitterlees Beach Silloth NY103525 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
1 Jun 2020 Large White 1 Adult Blitterlees Beach Silloth NY103525 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
1 Jun 2020 Small Heath 24 Adult Blitterlees Beach Silloth NY103525 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
1 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Blitterlees Beach Silloth NY103525 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
1 Jun 2020 Small Heath 30 Adult Howgills Sedbergh SD6493 VC65 North-west Yorkshire John Mounsey Approx. number. Full sun, light breeze.
1 Jun 2020 Painted Lady 2 Adult Kirkland Frizington NY072179 VC70 Cumberland Lesley and George Grace Feeding on prostrate pyracantha
1 Jun 2020 Common Blue 5 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD391736 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny, warm, slight breeze Aggregated grid reference
1 Jun 2020 Small Heath 7 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD391736 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny, warm, slight breeze Aggregated grid reference
1 Jun 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
1 Jun 2020 Holly Blue 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
1 Jun 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
1 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Burnfoot Wigton NY257486 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
1 Jun 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Female on Bowles Mauve.
1 Jun 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell First for garden.
1 Jun 2020 Green-veined White 8 Adult Beacon Tarn Water Yeat SD276897 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
1 Jun 2020 Small Heath 23 Adult Beacon Tarn Water Yeat SD277896 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
1 Jun 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 8 Adult Beacon Tarn Water Yeat SD276897 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter

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