Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
18 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Allonby Allonby NY080430 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
18 Jun 2019 Common Blue 2 Adult Garden Barrow-in-Furness SD226704 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace M
18 Jun 2019 Common Blue 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD5426278898 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Yorke
18 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD5423579001 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Yorke
18 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first of 2019.
18 Jun 2019 Ringlet 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first of 2019.
18 Jun 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Larva Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Final instar larvae on nettles.
18 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first of 2019. Nectaring on Bowles Mauve flowers.
18 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
18 Jun 2019 Large Heath 20 Adult Duddon Mosses NNR Foxfield SD223855 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 19685.jpeg
18 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
18 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
18 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange over Sands SD409782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
18 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 50 Adult Hartsop Dodd Hartsop NY4111 VC69 Westmorland Ian Wilson Flying in abundance just south of the bare rock and on the steep (...) 19645.jpeg
18 Jun 2019 Common Blue 3 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY732083 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Green-veined White 14 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY732083 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 1 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY732083 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Northern Brown Argus 6 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY732083 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY732083 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Small Heath 1 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY732083 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 6 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY732083 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Common Blue 5 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY758084 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY758084 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Green-veined White 12 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY758084 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 2 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY758084 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Orange-tip 4 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY758084 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY758084 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Small Heath 1 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY758084 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun
18 Jun 2019 Common Blue 3 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick full sun 16 deg C
18 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick full sun 16 deg C one fly orchid nearby
18 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick full sun 16 deg C
18 Jun 2019 Northern Brown Argus 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick full sun 16 deg C little Rock rose at White Scar
18 Jun 2019 Small Heath 4 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick full sun 16 deg C
18 Jun 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019 Large Heath 18 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 4 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter 2 larval colonies
18 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
18 Jun 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
18 Jun 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
18 Jun 2019 Small White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
18 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Rosthwaite Rosthwaite NY257146 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron
18 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 10 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY136022 VC70 Cumberland Ian Tallon Very flighty. Managed to photo one bedraggled individual - it (...) 19680.jpeg
18 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY136022 VC70 Cumberland Ian Tallon
18 Jun 2019 Small Heath 45 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY136022 VC70 Cumberland Ian Tallon 19681.jpeg
18 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 40 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY128019 VC70 Cumberland Rob Dalziel Seen from 11am to 2pm in full sunshine
18 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 20 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY113015 VC70 Cumberland Roger Cope Some in good condition, others battered by weather!
18 Jun 2019 Small Heath 30 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY113015 VC70 Cumberland Roger Cope Also male and female Clouded Buff, the latter in perfect livery
18 Jun 2019 Green-veined White 2 Adult High Arnside Tarn Skelwith Bridge NY330010 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards sunny and warm
18 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 3 Adult High Arnside Tarn Skelwith Bridge NY330010 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards sunny and warm
18 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 2 Adult High Arnside Tarn Skelwith Bridge NY330010 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards sunny and warm
18 Jun 2019 Small Heath 12 Adult High Arnside Tarn Skelwith Bridge NY330010 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards sunny and warm

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