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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
13 May 2015 Peacock 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD439818 VC69 Westmorland Rob McDougall
13 May 2015 Green Hairstreak 12 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD439818 VC69 Westmorland Rob McDougall
13 May 2015 Peacock Adult Waste ground by Old Scotch Road. Killington SD595880 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Orange-tip 1 Adult Waste ground by Old Scotch Road. Killington SD595880 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Also eggs on Hedge Garlic.
13 May 2015 Orange-tip 1 Adult Old Scotch Road verge opposite Burns Beck Moss Killington SD595877 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Green-veined White 1 Adult Old Scotch Road verge opposite Burns Beck Moss Killington SD595877 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Green Hairstreak 3 Adult Old Scotch Road verge opposite Burns Beck Moss Killington SD595877 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Green-veined White 1 Adult Old Scotch Road Killington SD598911 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Orange-tip 3 Adult Old Park Plantation (north end of) Killington SD599903 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Also eggs on Cuckoo Flower.
13 May 2015 Green Hairstreak 3 Adult Killington, footpath from Old Scotch Road Killington SD598911 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Chasing each other and settling on Broom bush. 1978.jpeg
13 May 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Killington SD598912 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Peacock 1 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Killington SD598912 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Orange-tip 2 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Killington SD598912 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Large White 1 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Killington SD598912 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Green-veined White 1 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Killington SD598912 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Green Hairstreak 1 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Killington SD598912 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Orange-tip 5 Adult Fairthorns Road Killington SD594923 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey One female was ovipositing on Cuckoo flower. Sunny.
13 May 2015 Orange-tip 4 Egg Fairthorns Road New Hutton SD584912 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Eggs on Cuckoo Flower. Sunny.
13 May 2015 Green-veined White 1 Adult Fairthorns Road New Hutton SD592922 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2015 Large White 1 Adult Dubmill Point Allonby NY078460 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
13 May 2015 Green-veined White 10 Adult Dubmill Point Allonby NY078460 VC70 Cumberland John Callion newly emerged?
13 May 2015 Green-veined White 15 Adult Allonby North Lodge Allonby NY081432 VC70 Cumberland John Callion newly emerged?
13 May 2015 Peacock 1 Adult The Haggs Dalton-in-Furness SD231740 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Very tatty-looking.
13 May 2015 Orange-tip 4 Adult The Haggs Dalton-in-Furness SD231740 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
13 May 2015 Large White 1 Adult The Haggs Dalton-in-Furness SD231740 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
13 May 2015 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403778 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
13 May 2015 Holly Blue 1 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick

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