Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
13 May 2019 Orange-tip 2 Adult Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Stephen NY773081 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
13 May 2019 Holly Blue 1 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY082435 VC70 Cumberland John Callion First for me :-)
13 May 2019 Green Hairstreak 1 Adult Burns Beck Moss Killington SD595878 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, fresh S breeze. On gorse bush..
13 May 2019 Green-veined White 4 Adult Burns Beck Moss Killington SD595878 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, fresh S breeze. One ovipositing.
13 May 2019 Orange-tip 8 Adult Burns Beck Moss Killington SD595878 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, fresh S breeze. One female ovipositing and several (...)
13 May 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Burns Beck Moss Killington SD595878 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, fresh S breeze. Basking on wall.
13 May 2019 Green Hairstreak 2 Adult Just East of Killington reservoir Killington SD598911 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey On Broom. 18714.jpeg
13 May 2019 Green-veined White 2 Adult Just East of Killington reservoir Killington SD598911 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2019 Orange-tip 2 Adult Just East of Killington reservoir Killington SD598911 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2019 Green-veined White 2 Adult Old Park Plantation Killington SD599900 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2019 Orange-tip 3 Adult Old Park Plantation Killington SD599900 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Old Park Plantation Killington SD599900 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
13 May 2019 Holly Blue 1 Adult Sizergh Castle gardens Sizergh SD499879 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick bright sun, no wind 14deg C
13 May 2019 Orange-tip 5 Adult Sizergh Castle gardens Sizergh SD499879 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick bright sun, no wind 14deg C Aggregated grid reference
13 May 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Between A7 and cricket ground Carlisle NY399566 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
13 May 2019 Holly Blue 2 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller A male and a female, both on or around Holly. 19274.jpeg
13 May 2019 Small White 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller One male resting briefly with an Azure Damselfly. 19284.jpeg
13 May 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
13 May 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Stony Holme Golf Course Carlisle NY414565 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller A female. Briefly nectaring on several flowers before flying (...) 18730.jpeg
13 May 2019 Comma 1 Adult Stony Holme Golf Course Carlisle NY414565 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
13 May 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Stony Holme Golf Course Carlisle NY414565 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
13 May 2019 Orange-tip 4 Adult Stony Holme Golf Course Carlisle NY414565 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Males
13 May 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Stony Holme Golf Course Carlisle NY414565 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
13 May 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Stony Holme Golf Course Carlisle NY414565 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
13 May 2019 Small White 1 Adult Stony Holme Golf Course Carlisle NY414565 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
13 May 2019 Wall Brown 1 Adult Robin lane Troutbeck NY404023 VC69 Westmorland Michael Hunt
13 May 2019 Orange-tip 7 Adult Fishgarths Wood Ambleside NY360037 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
13 May 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Fishgarths Wood Ambleside NY360037 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
13 May 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Fishgarths Wood Ambleside NY360037 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
13 May 2019 Green Hairstreak 2 Adult Southerndale Beck Bassenthwaite NY24233035 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy 18698.jpeg

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