Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
13 Aug 2018 Comma 1 Adult River Lowther Whale NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
13 Aug 2018 Common Blue 10 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Breezy. Overcast.
13 Aug 2018 Gatekeeper 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190715 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, stiff westerly breeze
13 Aug 2018 Gatekeeper 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Breezy. Overcast.
13 Aug 2018 Grayling 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190716 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, stiff westerly breeze. On bare ground
13 Aug 2018 Green-veined White 2 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD504933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC mix of sun and rain!
13 Aug 2018 Green-veined White 2 Adult River Lowther Whale NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
13 Aug 2018 Large White 1 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD504933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC mix of sun and rain!
13 Aug 2018 Large White 2 Adult River Lowther Whale NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
13 Aug 2018 Meadow Brown 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190715 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, stiff westerly breeze
13 Aug 2018 Meadow Brown 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Breezy. Overcast.
13 Aug 2018 Painted Lady 1 Adult Allithwaite Allithwaite SD380769 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
13 Aug 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD504933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC mix of sun and rain!
13 Aug 2018 Scotch Argus 6 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD504933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC mix of sun and rain!
13 Aug 2018 Small Blue 10 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Even 1 before the tunnel.
13 Aug 2018 Small Copper 2 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD504933 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC mix of sun and rain!
13 Aug 2018 Small Copper 1 Adult Wedholme Flow Wigton NY228534 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Cloudy.
13 Aug 2018 Small Copper 2 Adult River Lowther Whale NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
13 Aug 2018 Small White 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190715 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, stiff westerly breeze
13 Aug 2018 Small White 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
13 Aug 2018 Small White 7 Adult River Lowther Whale NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
13 Aug 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190715 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, stiff westerly breeze
13 Aug 2018 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Breezy. Overcast
13 Aug 2018 Wall Brown 1 Adult Garden, West Avenue Wigton NY257476 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter First ever sighting in garden.
13 Aug 2018 Wall Brown 7 Adult Roadside near Longwath Wigton NY309451 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Cloudy.
13 Aug 2018 Wall Brown 8 Adult Wedholme Flow Wigton NY2353 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Cloudy.

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