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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
24 Jul 2020	Meadow Brown	10	Adult	Blackwood Farm	Braithwaite	NY237250	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh
24 Jul 2020	Ringlet	1	Adult	Blackwood Farm	Braithwaite	NY237250	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Nectaring on an early Devil's Bit Scabious
24 Jul 2020	Small Skipper	2	Adult	Blackwood Farm	Braithwaite	NY237250	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Nectaring on an early Devil's Bit Scabious
24 Jul 2020	Small Skipper	25	Adult	Hawkshead Hill	Ambleside	SD33569954	VC69 Westmorland	Gill Henwood	On managed flower meadow, particularly on betony. Many more (...)
24 Jul 2020	Gatekeeper	9	Adult	Drigg Dunes	Drigg	SD04839847	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson	From SD04839847 to SD06369709
24 Jul 2020	Meadow Brown	11	Adult	Drigg Dunes	Drigg	SD04839847	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson	From SD04839847 to SD06369709
24 Jul 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Drigg Dunes	Drigg	SD04839847	VC70 Cumberland	Jake Manson	From SD04839847 to SD06369709
24 Jul 2020	Meadow Brown	3	Adult	East Portal Witherslack Underpass	Grange over Sands	SD403777	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick
24 Jul 2020	Peacock	1	Adult	East Portal Witherslack Underpass	Grange over Sands	SD403777	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick
24 Jul 2020	Small White	1	Adult	East Portal Witherslack Underpass	Grange over Sands	SD403777	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick
24 Jul 2020	Gatekeeper	1	Adult	Garden LA11 7JA	Grange over Sands	SD403777	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	First photo of a Gatekeeper walking upside down on a glass roof
24 Jul 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Halecat Woods	Witherslack	SD433835	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	female
24 Jul 2020	Large White	1	Adult	Halecat Woods	Witherslack	SD433835	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
24 Jul 2020	Silver-washed Fritillary	2	Adult	Halecat Woods	Witherslack	SD432833	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
24 Jul 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Halecat Woods	Witherslack	SD433835	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
24 Jul 2020	Comma	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY403570	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020	Green-veined White	12	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Including a mating pair.
24 Jul 2020	Meadow Brown	5	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020	Peacock	5	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	All quite fresh
24 Jul 2020	Small Copper	9	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020	Small Skipper	6	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020	Small White	2	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020	Wall Brown	8	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY402569	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	All appeared fresh, 2nd generation. Mostly males but at least (...)
24 Jul 2020	Large White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020	Large White	1	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
24 Jul 2020	Meadow Brown	12	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
24 Jul 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
24 Jul 2020	Ringlet	1	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
24 Jul 2020	Small Skipper	8	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
24 Jul 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Grizedale Forest	Coniston	SD337979	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
24 Jul 2020	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Wetheral village	Wetheral	NY467539	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
24 Jul 2020	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Wetheral village	Wetheral	NY467539	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
24 Jul 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	5	Adult	Wetheral village	Wetheral	NY467539	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
24 Jul 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	7	Adult	Greystoke Forest	Greystoke	NY389343	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny, warm & sheltered. 18oC
24 Jul 2020	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Greystoke Forest	Greystoke	NY389343	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2020	Meadow Brown	29	Adult	Greystoke Forest	Greystoke	NY389343	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2020	Ringlet	15	Adult	Greystoke Forest	Greystoke	NY389343	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2020	Small Skipper	139	Adult	Greystoke Forest	Greystoke	NY389343	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell	Probably an undercount. They were everywhere. On Clover & (...)
24 Jul 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Greystoke Forest	Greystoke	NY389343	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2020	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Greystoke Forest	Greystoke	NY389343	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2020	Purple Hairstreak	4	Adult	Wetheral Viaduct	Wetheral	NY4691154685	VC70 Cumberland	Thomas Garner	In elm alongside 1 white-letter hairstreak. Seen from the (...)
24 Jul 2020	White-letter Hairstreak	1	Adult	Wetheral Viaduct	Wetheral	NY4691154685	VC70 Cumberland	Thomas Garner	In elm alongside 4 purple hairstreaks. Seen from the viaduct (...)

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