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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
27 Jun 2019 Grayling 12 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC full sun.
27 Jun 2019 Common Blue 12 Adult Scout Kendal SD488928 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
27 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 2 Adult Irton Fell Irton NY140026 VC70 Cumberland Chris Ballance
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Irton Fell Irton NY140026 VC70 Cumberland Chris Ballance
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434878 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC full sun
27 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Witherslack Woods Witherslack SD434868 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC full sun
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Witherslack Woods Witherslack SD434868 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC full sun
27 Jun 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Bishop's Tithe Allotment LA11 6LY Grange over Sands SD404803 VC69 Westmorland Geoff Birch First this year on Bishop's Tithe Allotment
27 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Greasy Barrow Wood LA11 6LY Grange over Sands SD404803 VC69 Westmorland Geoff Birch Greasy Barrow Wood
27 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Irton Pike Santon Bridge NY125018 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace 100% sun. On path before open fell.
27 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 2 Adult Irton Pike Santon Bridge NY145026 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace
27 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 2 Adult Irton Pike Santon Bridge NY133021 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace 100% sun.
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Glasson Moss Bowness-on-Solway NY235596 VC70 Cumberland Ian Tallon
27 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 2 Adult Hartsop Dodd Hartsop NY411118 VC69 Westmorland Ian Watts Hot and sunny. 5pm. 2 at the summit cairn.
27 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 2 Adult Rosthwaite Fell (summit area) Seatoller NY251138 VC70 Cumberland Jeremy Bartlett
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Garden Area Uldale NY249368 VC70 Cumberland L Swift
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Lanercost Old Bridge Brampton NY552633 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Footpath on north bank of River Irthing
27 Jun 2019 Ringlet 2 Adult Low Gelt Bridge Brampton NY519591 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Garden, West Avenue Wigton NY257476 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
27 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 2 Adult Cunswick Scar Kendal SD488928 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
27 Jun 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Low Dale Park Rusland SD3530391637 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 22c. In bracken/anthill/grass mosaic.
27 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 2 Adult Low Dale Park Rusland SD3530391637 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 22c. In bracken/anthill/grass mosaic.
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Low Dale Park Rusland SD3507791668 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 22c.
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Low Dale Park Rusland SD3530391637 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 22c. In bracken/anthill/grass mosaic.
27 Jun 2019 Small Heath 2 Adult Low Dale Park Rusland SD3587791496 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 23c. Forest road above Thwaite Head Fell.
27 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 2 Adult Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3511591507 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 23c. Track between Thwaite Head and Low Dale Park.
27 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 2 Adult Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3556491200 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 23c.
27 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3511591507 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 23c. Track between Thwaite Head and Low Dale Park.
27 Jun 2019 Ringlet 2 Adult Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3556491200 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 23c.
27 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3556491200 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 100% sun, 23c.
27 Jun 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Lord Ling Oxen Park SD317884 VC69 Westmorland Rob Fitter
27 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 2 Adult Lord Ling Oxen Park SD317884 VC69 Westmorland Rob Fitter
27 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Lord Ling Oxen Park SD317884 VC69 Westmorland Rob Fitter
27 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Holme Fell area Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell

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    Chris Winnick
  • Treasurer:
    David Eastlick

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