Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
11 May 2019 Common Blue 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD460853 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Seen during a short sunny spell between very heavy showers. (...)
11 May 2019 Dingy Skipper 4 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD460853 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Seen during a short sunny spell between very heavy showers.
11 May 2019 Duke of Burgundy 1 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD5193 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Single male looking forlornly for female combany. Largely cloudy (...) 18592.jpeg
11 May 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Sedbergh SD590916 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Long sunny spells 15 degC. 18595.jpeg
11 May 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Aynsome Manor Cartmel SD383798 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny 12 deg C light breeze male crossing the road
11 May 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Greenbank Lane Cartmel SD379803 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick male 12 deg C sunny breeze on Jack-by -the-Hedge
11 May 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Greenbank Lane Cartmel SD378797 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick 12 deg C sunny breeze
11 May 2019 Orange-tip 3 Adult Greenbank Lane Cartmel SD382801 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick aggregate grid reference females 12 deg C sunny breeze on (...)
11 May 2019 Orange-tip 2 Adult Greenbank Lane Muddy Pool Cartmel SD382801 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick male possibly mating
11 May 2019 Orange-tip 3 Adult Greenbank Lane/Aynsome Lane Cartmel SD379803 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick 12 deg C sunny breeze on Jack-by -the-Hedge
11 May 2019 Orange-tip 2 Adult Bowness Common Wigton NY226599 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
11 May 2019 Orange-tip 5 Adult Rogersceugh Wigton NY217598 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Along the lonning east of Rogersceugh
11 May 2019 Orange-tip 8 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD5193 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Abundance of eggs. Difficult to find a Lady's Smock without one (...)
11 May 2019 Orange-tip 8 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Sedbergh SD590916 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Included mated pair with adjacent egg. 18596.jpeg
11 May 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Sedbergh SD590916 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
11 May 2019 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 4 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD460853 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Seen during a short sunny spell between very heavy showers. 18598.jpeg
11 May 2019 Small Copper 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 19279.jpeg
11 May 2019 Small Heath 1 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD392732 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On grassland at the Point in the early morning (08:30) sunshine. (...)
11 May 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Greenbank Lane Cartmel SD378797 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick 12 deg C sunny breeze
11 May 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Greenbank Lane Muddy Pool Cartmel SD382801 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
11 May 2019 Small White 2 Adult Greenbank Lane Muddy Pool Cartmel SD382801 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny 12 deg C light breeze
11 May 2019 Small White 2 Adult Greenbank Lane/Aynsome Lane Cartmel SD379803 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick 12 deg C sunny breeze on Jack-by -the-Hedge
11 May 2019 Small White 2 Adult Minor Lanes Cartmel SD378792 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick 12 deg C sunny breeze
11 May 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
11 May 2019 Wall Brown 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Male
11 May 2019 Wall Brown 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD460853 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Seen during a short sunny spell between very heavy showers.

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