Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Holehird Gardens Windermere NY411008 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 12oC 100% sun
19 Apr 2019 Brimstone 2 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 100% sun
19 Apr 2019 Green Hairstreak 28 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 100% sun
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 4 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 100% sun
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 100% sun
19 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 100% sun
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 4 Adult Back o Fell Rd Lindale SD415829 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson Males on roadside Cardamine.
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Castlehead/Winster River Lindale SD423803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 21 Adult Castlehead/Winster River Lindale SD422803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson Basking in evening sun: nettle fence-line.
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Castlehead/Winster River Lindale SD423803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Lindale off Back Road/Playing Field Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD445820 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2019 Green Hairstreak 21 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 5 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD445819 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 4 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD446819 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD445820 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
19 Apr 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Meathop Road, Grange Golf course Grange over Sands SD426788 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun male
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Meathop Road, Grange Golf course Grange over Sands SD426788 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun male
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Raven's Lodge Levens SD463858 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun by Willacy yard
19 Apr 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD452858 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun female
19 Apr 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD455858 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun male
19 Apr 2019 Comma 1 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD455858 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 5 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD452858 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun over 2 hours
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD450854 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun with a flypast of two swallows
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 3 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD455858 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 4 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD452858 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun over 2 hours
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 4 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD452858 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun over 2 hours
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD452847 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD451848 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun on boundary of grassland and wood
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 2 Adult High Farm Grange over Sands SD4078 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
19 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult High Farm Grange over Sands SD4078 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult High Farm Grange over Sands SD4078 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Pengarth Grange over Sands SD401781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
19 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD3978 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
19 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 hour walk.
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 hour walk. Both male.
19 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 8 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 hour walk.
19 Apr 2019 Small White 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 hour walk.
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 9 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 hour walk.
19 Apr 2019 Large White 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Male.
19 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 hour walk.
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Walney Island Barrow-in-Furness SD170701 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Male
19 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Walney Island Barrow-in-Furness SD169708 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace On Dandelion.
19 Apr 2019 Small White 2 Adult Walney Island Barrow-in-Furness SD171704 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 3 Adult Mosser Mosser NY114247 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Males
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 9 Adult Mosser Fell Road Mosser NY122235 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Males
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 2 Adult Paddle School Eaglesfield NY108280 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Males
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 10 Adult Sosgill Sosgill NY100241 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Males
19 Apr 2019 Brimstone 5 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, light air. 4 male one female.
19 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 3 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, light air.
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 3 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, light air. 2 male one female.
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, light air.
19 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, light air.
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Male. Full sun, light air.
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, light air.
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Hincaster Hincaster SD5084 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Male
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Hincaster Hincaster SD5084 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
19 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Hincaster Hincaster SD5084 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Hincaster Hincaster SD5084 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 4 Adult Barkbooth Lot Levens SD417907 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm, windless,full sun
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Barkbooth Lot Levens SD417907 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm, windless,full sun
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Barkbooth Lot Levens SD419906 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm, windless, full sun
19 Apr 2019 Comma 1 Adult Between A7 and cricket ground Carlisle NY399566 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
19 Apr 2019 Comma 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
19 Apr 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Rather worn with some wing damage. 18431.jpeg
19 Apr 2019 Holly Blue 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first of 2019. Both males.
19 Apr 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson 3 sightings same butterfly
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 4 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson 2 male and 2female
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson 2 male and 2female
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 1 Adult Dallam Chase Milnthorpe SD496819 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
19 Apr 2019 Brimstone 11 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD334825 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2019 Green Hairstreak 28 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD334825 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 4 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD334825 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 4 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD334825 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD334825 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD334825 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Apr 2019 Brimstone 14 Adult Nichols Moss Witherslack SD4383 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Two observed egg laying.
19 Apr 2019 Green Hairstreak 70 Adult Nichols Moss Witherslack SD4383 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Several looking to oviposit on Bilberry. 18154.jpeg
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 4 Adult Nichols Moss Witherslack SD4383 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 3 Adult Nichols Moss Witherslack SD4383 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
19 Apr 2019 Green Hairstreak 130 Adult Savinhill and Helsington Mosses Witherslack SD4789 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Began roosting high on conifers from 3pm. Common Grn Hst (...) 18165.jpeg
19 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 2 Adult Savinhill and Helsington Mosses Witherslack SD4789 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
19 Apr 2019 Peacock 4 Adult Savinhill and Helsington Mosses Witherslack SD4789 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar

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    David Eastlick

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