Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
27 Aug 2019 Small Copper 1 Adult Foxfield Cartmel Fell SD407851 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
27 Aug 2019 Brimstone 6 Adult Simpson Ground Cartmel Fell SD395865 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson On Knapweed below dam.
27 Aug 2019 Holly Blue 1 Adult Smoot Garth Kings Meaburn NY62112127 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Single Holly Blue feeding up on purple toadflax 23457.jpeg
27 Aug 2019 Brimstone 1 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4179 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 3 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 20 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 3 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 9 Adult Eden Mount Grange over Sands SD402782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 7 Adult Eden Mount Grange over Sands SD402782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Eden Mount Grange over Sands SD402782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Eden Mount Grange over Sands SD402782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Gatekeeper 1 Adult Netherwood Grange over Sands SD413784 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 4 Adult Netherwood Grange over Sands SD413784 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 1 Adult Netherwood Grange over Sands SD413784 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange over Sands SD409782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange over Sands SD409782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 Aug 2019 Clouded Yellow 1 Adult Aldingham Beach Ulverston SD282709 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Flitting about near ground level. Open wings looked grey. 23430.jpeg
27 Aug 2019 Holly Blue 2 Adult Aldingham Beach Ulverston SD282709 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace In continual, fast flight mainly around holly.
27 Aug 2019 Large White 1 Adult Aldingham Beach Ulverston SD282709 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 13.52-14.55. 19c. 10% sun.
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 5 Adult Aldingham Beach Ulverston SD282709 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 13.52-14.55. 19c. 10% sun. 1 was pristine.
27 Aug 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Aldingham Beach Ulverston SD282709 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 13.52-14.55. 19c. 10% sun.
27 Aug 2019 Small Copper 3 Adult Aldingham Beach Ulverston SD282709 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace On ragwort. 1 caeruleopunctata. 23437.jpeg
27 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Aldingham Beach Ulverston SD282709 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 13.52-14.55. 19c. 10% sun.
27 Aug 2019 Small White 4 Adult Aldingham Beach Ulverston SD282709 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 13.52-14.55. 19c. 10% sun.
27 Aug 2019 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Aldingham Beach Ulverston SD282709 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 13.52-14.55. 19c. 10% sun. Flying between brambles
27 Aug 2019 Large White 3 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY36544986 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY36544986 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY36544986 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong
27 Aug 2019 Small Copper 1 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY36544986 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong
27 Aug 2019 Wall Brown 2 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY36544986 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 36 Adult Next Home, Kingstown. Carlisle NY39415958 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong On White Buddleia bushes at Next Home, Kingstown. Bright (...)
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 26 Adult Next Home, Kingstown. Carlisle NY39415958 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong On White Buddleia bushes at Next Home, Kingstown. Bright (...)
27 Aug 2019 Red Admiral 25 Adult Next Home, Kingstown. Carlisle NY39415958 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong On White Buddleia bushes at Next Home, Kingstown. Bright (...)
27 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Next Home, Kingstown. Carlisle NY39415958 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong On White Buddleia bushes at Next Home, Kingstown. Bright (...)
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 8 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Buddleia. Some very fresh, some very tattered. Hot (...)
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 10 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Buddleia. Hot sunshine.
27 Aug 2019 Red Admiral 2 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Feeding on over-ripe plums. Hot sunshine.
27 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Buddleia. Hot sunshine.
27 Aug 2019 Large White 1 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD390741 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 25 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD390745 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Between Outdoor centre and Humphrey Head Point.
27 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD390745 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD393739 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 14 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2019 Small White 2 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2019 Small Copper 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 3 Adult Skiddaw House area Keswick NY2729 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 4 Adult Skiddaw House area Keswick NY2729 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
27 Aug 2019 Brimstone 4 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hot and cloud free
27 Aug 2019 Large White 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hot and cloud free
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 8 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hot and cloud free
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 15 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hot and cloud free
27 Aug 2019 Red Admiral 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hot and cloud free
27 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hot and cloud free
27 Aug 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hot and cloud free
27 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2019 Large White 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 5 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 17 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2019 Small White 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell

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