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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
21 Sep 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Allonby garden Allonby NY082435 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
21 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Allonby garden Allonby NY082435 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
21 Sep 2016 Red Admiral 1 Adult Stanwix Carlisle NY400579 VC70 Cumberland William O'Brien On late Buddleia. Overcast, 18C.
11 Sep 2016 Painted Lady 3 Adult Gillingate/Anchorite corner Kendal SD513921 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick sun and 20oC
11 Sep 2016 Peacock 1 Adult Gillingate/Anchorite corner Kendal SD513921 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick sun and 20oC
11 Sep 2016 Red Admiral 2 Adult Gillingate/Anchorite corner Kendal SD513921 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick sun and 20oC
11 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 14 Adult Gillingate/Anchorite corner Kendal SD513921 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick sun and 20oC
11 Sep 2016 Painted Lady 2 Adult Wart Barrow Grange over Sands SD391766 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick sun and 18oC
11 Sep 2016 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Wart Barrow Grange over Sands SD391766 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick sun and 18oC
11 Sep 2016 Painted Lady 4 Adult Low Moorlands Dalston NY368506 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams On garden buddleia
11 Sep 2016 Peacock 1 Adult Low Moorlands Dalston NY368506 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
11 Sep 2016 Red Admiral 1 Adult Low Moorlands Dalston NY368506 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
11 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Low Moorlands Dalston NY368506 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
11 Sep 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Stanwix Carlisle NY400573 VC70 Cumberland William O'Brien Sunny, 20C. Feeding on Verbena bonariensis.
1 Sep 2016 Red Admiral 2 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick on buddleia
1 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
1 Sep 2016 Common Blue 16 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace At least 5 females. 70% cloud. 17C.
1 Sep 2016 Meadow Brown 16 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 70% cloud. 17C.
1 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 70% cloud. 17C.
1 Sep 2016 Small White 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 70% cloud. 17C. 3 other whites not I.D'd
1 Sep 2016 Speckled Wood 30 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 70% cloud. 17C.
1 Sep 2016 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Castle Carrock Reservoir Brampton NY543540 VC70 Cumberland Karen Mclellan
1 Sep 2016 Green-veined White 1 Adult Sandgate Marsh Flookburgh SD355754 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
1 Sep 2016 Painted Lady 3 Adult Sandgate Marsh Flookburgh SD353756 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On thistles
1 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Sandgate Marsh Flookburgh SD353756 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On thistles
1 Sep 2016 Small White 1 Adult Sandgate Marsh Flookburgh SD353756 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On thistles
1 Sep 2016 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Sandgate Marsh Flookburgh SD355754 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick

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