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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
24 Aug 2020	Common Blue	6	Adult	Oldside Wind Farm	Workington	NX994300	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh
24 Aug 2020	Gatekeeper	2	Adult	Oldside Wind Farm	Workington	NX994300	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh
24 Aug 2020	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Oldside Wind Farm	Workington	NX994300	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Only my second P.L. of the year.
24 Aug 2020	Peacock	3	Adult	Oldside Wind Farm	Workington	NX994300	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh
24 Aug 2020	Small Blue	1	Adult	Oldside Wind Farm	Workington	NX994300	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Bravely flying up to challenge all the larger butterflies that (...)
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	60	Adult	Oldside Wind Farm	Workington	NX994300	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Estimate possibly way out, many of them everywhere on the site. (...)
24 Aug 2020	Common Blue	6	Adult	Station Car Park area	Workington	NX995288	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	On rough ground adjacent to Workington Station Car Park
24 Aug 2020	Large White	3	Adult	Station Car Park area	Workington	NX995288	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	On rough ground adjacent to Workington Station Car Park
24 Aug 2020	Meadow Brown	10	Adult	Station Car Park area	Workington	NX995288	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	On rough ground adjacent to Workington Station Car Park
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Station Car Park area	Workington	NX995288	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	On rough ground adjacent to Workington Station Car Park
24 Aug 2020	Small Copper	2	Adult	Station Car Park area	Workington	NX995288	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	On rough ground adjacent to Workington Station Car Park
24 Aug 2020	Small Heath	1	Adult	Station Car Park area	Workington	NX995288	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	On rough ground adjacent to Workington Station Car Park
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	8	Adult	Station Car Park area	Workington	NX995288	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	On rough ground adjacent to Workington Station Car Park
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Sands Road	Ulverston	SD289766	VC69 Westmorland	Charles Penfold	Feeding on verbena in back garden
24 Aug 2020	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Broomrigg	Ainstable	NY547465	VC70 Cumberland	Clive Griffiths	Also 5 Small Copper, 3 Small Skipper and 1 Meadow Brown
24 Aug 2020	Peacock	1	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson	On Buddleia
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson	On Buddleia
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	30	Adult	Lindale Recreation Ground	Lindale	SD417803	VC69 Westmorland	D Jackson	On Buddleia
24 Aug 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	15	Adult	Below quarry Orton Scar	Crosby Ravensworth	NY626112	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Sunny warm afternoon, mostly feeding on Knapweed
24 Aug 2020	Large White	2	Adult	Below quarry Orton Scar	Crosby Ravensworth	NY626112	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Flying on sunny warm afternoon.
24 Aug 2020	Meadow Brown	2	Adult	Below quarry Orton Scar	Crosby Ravensworth	NY626112	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	On sunny warm afternoon, flying in short grass.
24 Aug 2020	Peacock	30	Adult	Below quarry Orton Scar	Crosby Ravensworth	NY626112	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Feeding on knapweed on sunny warm afternoon, flying and basking (...)
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Below quarry Orton Scar	Crosby Ravensworth	NY626112	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Sunny warm afternoon, feeding on Knapweed
24 Aug 2020	Small Copper	1	Adult	Below quarry Orton Scar	Crosby Ravensworth	NY626112	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	On sunny warm afternoon, basking in short grass and on limestone (...)
24 Aug 2020	Small Heath	5	Adult	Below quarry Orton Scar	Crosby Ravensworth	NY626112	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	On a sunny warm afternoon, flying around in the short grass
24 Aug 2020	Small Skipper	20	Adult	Below quarry Orton Scar	Crosby Ravensworth	NY626112	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Sunny warm afternoon, feeding on Knapweed
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	5	Adult	Below quarry Orton Scar	Crosby Ravensworth	NY626112	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Sunny warm afternoon, feeding on Knapweed
24 Aug 2020	Common Blue	12	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Breezy in places. 100% sun.
24 Aug 2020	Gatekeeper	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Breezy in places. 100% sun.
24 Aug 2020	Grayling	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Breezy in places. 100% sun.
24 Aug 2020	Meadow Brown	30	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Breezy in places. 100% sun.
24 Aug 2020	Painted Lady	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Breezy in places. 100% sun.
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Breezy in places. 100% sun.
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	9	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Breezy in places. 100% sun.
24 Aug 2020	Small White	16	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Breezy in places. 100% sun.
24 Aug 2020	Speckled Wood	8	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Breezy in places. 100% sun.
24 Aug 2020	Common Blue	1	Adult	St Bees Head	St Bees	NX938147	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson
24 Aug 2020	Small Copper	1	Adult	St Bees Head	St Bees	NX938147	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	11	Adult	St Bees Head	St Bees	NX938147	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson
24 Aug 2020	Wall Brown	4	Adult	St Bees Head	St Bees	NX945149	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson
24 Aug 2020	Comma	1	Adult	Garden Allonby	Allonby	NY082434	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
24 Aug 2020	Large White	2	Adult	Garden Allonby	Allonby	NY082434	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Garden Allonby	Allonby	NY082434	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	17	Adult	Garden Allonby	Allonby	NY082434	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
24 Aug 2020	Large White	2	Adult	Birkshill Garden	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Aug 2020	Peacock	5	Adult	Birkshill Garden	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	7	Adult	Birkshill Garden	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Aug 2020	Small Copper	1	Adult	Birkshill Garden	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	14	Adult	Birkshill Garden	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Aug 2020	Small White	4	Adult	Birkshill Garden	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Aug 2020	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	Birkshill Garden	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Aug 2020	Wall Brown	4	Adult	Birkshill Garden	Raughton Head	NY377431	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Garden LA11 7JA	Grange over Sands	SD403777	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	on buddlea full sun, 17 deg C no wind
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	5	Adult	Garden LA11 7JA	Grange over Sands	SD403777	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	on ceratostigma and buddleas full sun, 17 deg C n owind
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	7	Adult	Garden Grange over Sands	Grange over Sands	SD397768	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	nectaring on Verbena rigida
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	5	Adult	Sandgate Marsh	Flookburgh	SD352753	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
24 Aug 2020	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Between A7 and cricket ground	Carlisle	NY399566	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Large White	2	Adult	Between A7 and cricket ground	Carlisle	NY399566	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	4	Adult	Between A7 and cricket ground	Carlisle	NY399566	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Small White	3	Adult	Between A7 and cricket ground	Carlisle	NY399566	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Between A7 and cricket ground	Carlisle	NY399566	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Large White	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Small White	2	Adult	Eden Bridge Gardens	Carlisle	NY400567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Small Copper	4	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Wall Brown	3	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix	Carlisle	NY401570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2020	Large White	2	Adult	East Park	Crofton	NY313504	VC70 Cumberland	Michael Williams
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	East Park	Crofton	NY313504	VC70 Cumberland	Michael Williams
24 Aug 2020	Wall Brown	4	Adult	East Park	Crofton	NY313504	VC70 Cumberland	Michael Williams
24 Aug 2020	Painted Lady	1	Adult	R. Caldew, Rose Bridge	Dalston	NY375465	VC70 Cumberland	Michael Williams
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	5	Adult	R. Caldew, Rose Bridge	Dalston	NY375465	VC70 Cumberland	Michael Williams
24 Aug 2020	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	R. Caldew, Rose Bridge	Dalston	NY375465	VC70 Cumberland	Michael Williams
24 Aug 2020	Wall Brown	3	Adult	R. Caldew, Rose Bridge	Dalston	NY375465	VC70 Cumberland	Michael Williams
24 Aug 2020	Peacock	1	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY218531	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
24 Aug 2020	Small Copper	2	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY228533	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
24 Aug 2020	Small Copper	3	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY229529	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	5	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY233538	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter	Small Tortoiseshells constantly seen on walk round Wedholme (...)
24 Aug 2020	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Wedholme Flow	Wigton	NY234538	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
24 Aug 2020	Painted Lady	4	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY462549	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	mim number
24 Aug 2020	Peacock	4	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY462549	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	mim number
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY462549	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	mim number
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	10	Adult	Wetheral garden	Wetheral	NY462549	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	min number On buddlea in hot sun
24 Aug 2020	Speckled Wood	4	Adult	Wetheral Station	Wetheral	NY467546	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
24 Aug 2020	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny & warm.
24 Aug 2020	Peacock	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	17	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2020	Small White	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Aug 2020	Large White	5	Adult	Garden	Mockerkin	NY0904523168	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
24 Aug 2020	Peacock	8	Adult	Garden	Mockerkin	NY0904523168	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
24 Aug 2020	Red Admiral	10	Adult	Garden	Mockerkin	NY0904523168	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke
24 Aug 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	29	Adult	Garden	Mockerkin	NY0904523168	VC70 Cumberland	Thalia Sparke	Lots of butterflies feeding

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