Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
29 Jun 2019 Common Blue 16 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Common Blue 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Common Blue 1 Adult Bishop's Tithe Allotment Hampsfield Grange over Sands SD401800 VC69 Westmorland Geoff Birch Male 20469.jpeg
29 Jun 2019 Common Blue 3 Adult Barkbooth Lot Witherslack SD416908 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory 20449.jpeg
29 Jun 2019 Common Blue 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 3 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley Also 18 unidentified large fritillaries.
29 Jun 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley Also 45 unidentified large fritillaries
29 Jun 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 3 Adult Hampsfell Grange over Sands SD402798 VC69 Westmorland Geoff Birch Bishops tithe allotment 20465.jpeg
29 Jun 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Barkbooth Lot Witherslack SD416908 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory quite a number of large fritillaries but this was the only (...)
29 Jun 2019 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley Also 7 NBA eggs found.
29 Jun 2019 Grayling 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 High Brown Fritillary 6 Adult Barkbooth Lot Witherslack SD416908 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory This guy allowed me within 2 feet and stayed there for almost 20 (...) 20451.jpeg
29 Jun 2019 Large Heath 9 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD460832 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips 21548.jpeg
29 Jun 2019 Large Heath 12 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458835 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 2 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 2 Adult Beckside Farm Little Urswick SD262726 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm and sultry
29 Jun 2019 Large White 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Large White 3 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458835 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 6 Adult Black Beck area Winster SD401924 VC69 Westmorland Barry Dyson
29 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 4 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 5 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Swarthmoor Hall Meadow Ulverston SD282773 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm and sultry
29 Jun 2019 Mountain Ringlet 40 Adult Grey Knotts (NW slopes) Honister NY217133 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron At c 533m 1000 18c
29 Jun 2019 Northern Brown Argus 2 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley Also 7 NBA eggs found.
29 Jun 2019 Northern Brown Argus 7 Egg Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley new record made 5 Feb 2021 by DTE from data entered in comments (...)
29 Jun 2019 Northern Brown Argus 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 4 Adult Black Beck area Winster SD401924 VC69 Westmorland Barry Dyson
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 10 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 5 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD460832 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Bishop's Tithe Allotment Hampsfield Grange over Sands SD400798 VC69 Westmorland Geoff Birch
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Swarthmoor Hall Meadow Ulverston SD282773 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm and sultry
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 5 Adult Barkbooth Lot Witherslack SD416908 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458835 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 3 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Fleetwith Pike Honister NY215139 VC70 Cumberland Pete Barron At c 533m
29 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 1 Adult Stanwix Carlisle NY399574 VC70 Cumberland William O'Brien On a playing field.
29 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley Also 7 NBA eggs found.
29 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 2 Adult Garden Uldale NY249368 VC70 Cumberland L Swift Beautiful moth on garden plant-first one for me.
29 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Beckside Farm Little Urswick SD262726 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm and sultry
29 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Barkbooth Lot Witherslack SD416908 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 3 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458835 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Red Admiral 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Ringlet 1 Adult Black Beck area Winster SD401924 VC69 Westmorland Barry Dyson
29 Jun 2019 Ringlet 8 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Ringlet 10 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Ringlet 2 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD460832 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips
29 Jun 2019 Ringlet 7 Adult Swarthmoor Hall Meadow Ulverston SD282773 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm and sultry
29 Jun 2019 Ringlet 12 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Ringlet 6 Adult Kendal Kendal SD5393 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
29 Jun 2019 Small Heath 6 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Small Heath 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley
29 Jun 2019 Small Skipper 13 Adult Barkbooth Lot Witherslack SD416908 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory faded and past thier best now
29 Jun 2019 Small Skipper 5 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Beckside Farm Little Urswick SD262726 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm and sultry nectaring on bramble
29 Jun 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Barkbooth Lot Witherslack SD416908 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541796 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wrigley Also 7 NBA eggs found.
29 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Beckside Farm Little Urswick SD262726 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm and sultry
29 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
29 Jun 2019 White-letter Hairstreak 1 Adult Kendal river bank Kendal SD515941 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould In elms
29 Jun 2019 White-letter Hairstreak 1 Adult Rivers Kent and Mint Kendal SD519944 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould In elms by river

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    David Eastlick

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