Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
22 Jun 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Fleetwith Pike Honister NY208141 VC70 Cumberland Brian and Lindsey Snell Flew over summit
22 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 2 Adult Dalton Crags Witherslack SD5523976238 VC60 West Lancashire Bryan Yorke
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 2 Adult Dalton Crags Witherslack SD5524276508 VC60 West Lancashire Bryan Yorke
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 9 Adult Dalton Crags Witherslack SD5524276508 VC60 West Lancashire Bryan Yorke
22 Jun 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Lindale off Back Road/Playing Field Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
22 Jun 2019 Common Blue 3 Adult Bishop's Tithe Allotment Hampsfield Grange over Sands SD4079 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 1 Adult Bishop's Tithe Allotment Hampsfield Grange over Sands SD4079 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 7 Adult Bishop's Tithe Allotment Hampsfield Grange over Sands SD4079 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Jun 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Hampsfell Hospice Grange over Sands SD3979 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Hampsfell Hospice Grange over Sands SD3979 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult High Farm Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD4078 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Jun 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult High Farm Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD4078 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult High Farm Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD4078 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Jun 2019 Comma 1 Adult Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD3978 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 30 Adult Bethecar Moor High Nibthwaite SD312900 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 30 over Bethecar Moor.
22 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 1 Adult Field High Nibthwaite SD299894 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace field adjacent to high wood. Mid way between points 4
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Field High Nibthwaite SD299894 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace field adjacent to high wood. Mid way between points 4
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 2 Adult Field High Nibthwaite SD299894 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace field adjacent to high wood. Mid way between points 4
22 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 1 Adult Old Parrock Intake High Nibthwaite SD320905 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 20c. Full sun.
22 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 20 Adult Grey Knotts (NW slopes) Honister NY215132 VC70 Cumberland Jeremy Bartlett
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 20 Adult Grey Knotts (NW slopes) Honister NY215132 VC70 Cumberland Jeremy Bartlett
22 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 16 Adult Grey Knotts / Brandreth Honister NY217123 VC70 Cumberland Jeremy Bartlett Between the summits of Grey Knotts and Brandreth
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Grey Knotts / Brandreth Honister NY217123 VC70 Cumberland Jeremy Bartlett Between the summits of Grey Knotts and Brandreth
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 10 Adult Grey Knotts / Brandreth Honister NY217123 VC70 Cumberland Jeremy Bartlett Between the summits of Grey Knotts and Brandreth
22 Jun 2019 Small Copper 1 Adult Grassy Wildflower Bank St John's in the Vale NY316215 VC70 Cumberland L Swift
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 4 Adult Sunny Bank St John's in the Vale NY316215 VC70 Cumberland L Swift
22 Jun 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Scout Scar Brigsteer SD4889 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould
22 Jun 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Scout Scar Brigsteer SD4889 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould
22 Jun 2019 Northern Brown Argus 10 Adult Scout Scar Brigsteer SD4889 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould
22 Jun 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Capes Head Holker SD334778 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick full sun 18 deg C
22 Jun 2019 Northern Brown Argus 1 Adult Capes Head Holker SD333778 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick full sun 18 deg C
22 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Capes Head Holker SD334778 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick full sun 18 deg C
22 Jun 2019 Ringlet 1 Adult Old Park Wood Caravan Site Holker SD335780 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick full sun 18 deg C
22 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Old Park Wood Caravan Site Holker SD335780 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick full sun 18 deg C fresh specimen
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Grasmere - Chapel Stile path Grasmere NY328069 VC69 Westmorland Martin
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Silver How summit Grasmere NY324066 VC69 Westmorland Martin
22 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Silver How summit Grasmere NY324066 VC69 Westmorland Martin
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 2 Adult Wray Gill Grasmere NY324072 VC69 Westmorland Martin
22 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 22 Adult Hartsop Dodd Hartsop NY411119 VC69 Westmorland Matthew Ross Flying on ridge path up and all around summit. Most very fresh. 19850.jpeg
22 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 25 Adult Illgill head Wasdale NY1705 VC70 Cumberland Melissa Minter Eastern slopes of Illgill head ~490m 19995.jpeg
22 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Hutton Roof Burton-in-Kendal SD5482577418 VC69 Westmorland Mr. Bryan Yorke
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 7 Adult Hutton Roof Common Burton-in-Kendal SD5560777033 VC60 West Lancashire Mr. Bryan Yorke
22 Jun 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Lancelot Clark Storth Burton-in-Kendal SD5488477476 VC69 Westmorland Mr. Bryan Yorke
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 3 Adult Lancelot Clark Storth Burton-in-Kendal SD5490977514 VC69 Westmorland Mr. Bryan Yorke
22 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 9 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
22 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 25 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Too many to count.
22 Jun 2019 Northern Brown Argus 10 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
22 Jun 2019 Ringlet 6 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
22 Jun 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
22 Jun 2019 Large Heath 25 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD441819 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Too many to count, probably many more than this.
22 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD441819 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
22 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD441819 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY462549 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
22 Jun 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Male
22 Jun 2019 Common Blue 3 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Males
22 Jun 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 9 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 19856.jpeg
22 Jun 2019 Dingy Skipper 4 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
22 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 6 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
22 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Natty Bridge Broughton in Furness SD240939 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter

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