Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
21 Jul 2016 Gatekeeper 6 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD301750 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
21 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 100 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD290757 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell Phenomenal sight, all flying in area about 40m X 40m feeding on (...)
21 Jul 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD290757 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell Phenomenal sight, all flying in area about 40m X 40m feeding on (...)
21 Jul 2016 Small Skipper 1 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538842 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
21 Jul 2016 Gatekeeper 15 Adult Conishead Priory Ulverston SD307762 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
21 Jul 2016 Purple Hairstreak 10 Adult Finsthwaite Heights Finsthwaite SD367878 VC69 Westmorland David Hardaker Fairly common in tall, mature oaks in sheep fields north of (...)
21 Jul 2016 Gatekeeper 17 Adult Hyton Bootle SD085877 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace Hedgerows
21 Jul 2016 Grayling 3 Adult Hyton Bootle SD085877 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace Hedgerows
21 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 16 Adult Hyton Bootle SD085877 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace Hedgerows
21 Jul 2016 Meadow Brown 6 Adult Hyton Bootle SD085877 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace
21 Jul 2016 Ringlet 2 Adult Hyton Bootle SD085877 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace
21 Jul 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Hyton Bootle SD085877 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace
21 Jul 2016 Dark Green Fritillary 5 Adult Mawbray Banks Mawbray NY085475 VC70 Cumberland John Callion In weak late evening sunshine
21 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
21 Jul 2016 Small White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller

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