Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
29 May 2020 Common Blue 8 Adult Maryport Coastal Park Maryport NY029360 VC70 Cumberland Andy Warner Sunny, warm
29 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Maryport Coastal Park Maryport NY029360 VC70 Cumberland Andy Warner Sunny, warm
29 May 2020 Small Blue 12 Adult Maryport Coastal Park Maryport NY031361 VC70 Cumberland Andy Warner Small colony? Sparse Kidney Vetch. Sunny, warm 25957.jpeg
29 May 2020 Small Blue 4 Adult Maryport Coastal Park Maryport NY029360 VC70 Cumberland Andy Warner Kidney Vetch quite profuse. Sunny, warm
29 May 2020 Small Heath 30 Adult Maryport Coastal Park Maryport NY029360 VC70 Cumberland Andy Warner Everywhere
29 May 2020 Small Blue 3 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NY029366 VC70 Cumberland Derek McAlone 26034.jpeg
29 May 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Eastgate, Sandylands Kendal SD524930 VC69 Westmorland Gary Gould in garden
29 May 2020 Green Hairstreak 2 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Old Hutton SD598914 VC69 Westmorland Gary Gould On billberry
29 May 2020 Painted Lady 1 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Old Hutton SD598914 VC69 Westmorland Gary Gould settled on Yellowrattle
29 May 2020 Small Heath 80 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Old Hutton SD598914 VC69 Westmorland Gary Gould flying all over
29 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Elterwater Ambleside NY314048 VC69 Westmorland Gary Lawrence
29 May 2020 Northern Brown Argus 8 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 25978.jpeg
29 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 12 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 25979.jpeg
29 May 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Moor Row bike track Moor Row NY00931407 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson
29 May 2020 Small Copper 1 Adult Ling Fell Wythop Mill NY173282 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
29 May 2020 Small Heath 200 Adult Ling Fell Wythop Mill NY173282 VC70 Cumberland John Callion estimated count on circular walk around Ling Fell
29 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 16 Adult Ling Fell Wythop Mill NY173282 VC70 Cumberland John Callion superb condition, minimum count
29 May 2020 Speckled Wood 4 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377430 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
29 May 2020 Wall Brown 6 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377430 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple 25973.jpeg
29 May 2020 Large White 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell in garden
29 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Smardale NNR Kirkby Stephen NY709058 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day aggregated grid reference male
29 May 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Smardale NNR Kirkby Stephen NY709058 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day aggregated grid reference male
29 May 2020 Small Copper 1 Adult Smardale NNR Kirkby Stephen NY709058 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day aggregated grid reference 5 Northern Marsh (...)
29 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Smardale NNR Kirkby Stephen NY709058 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day aggregated grid reference male
29 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY757085 Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day aggregated grid reference Tebay branch male
29 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY761083 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day almost windless day Penrith branch male (...)
29 May 2020 Orange-tip 6 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY757085 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day almost windless day Tebay branch aggregated grid (...)
29 May 2020 Orange-tip 2 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY761083 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day almost windless day Penrith branch male (...)
29 May 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY758085 Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day aggregated grid reference Tebay branch
29 May 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY761083 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day almost windless day Penrith branch aggregated (...)
29 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY761083 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day almost windless day Penrith branch aggregated (...)
29 May 2020 Small Heath 2 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY760082 Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day aggregated grid reference Tebay branch
29 May 2020 Small White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
29 May 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller After an 18-day gap, 2 fresh-looking males turned up.
29 May 2020 Common Blue 10 Adult Lowca Brows Whitehaven NX978216 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
29 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Lowca Brows Whitehaven NX979217 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
29 May 2020 Small Blue 9 Adult Lowca Brows Whitehaven NX979217 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
29 May 2020 Small Heath 18 Adult Lowca Brows Whitehaven NX979216 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
29 May 2020 Common Blue 15 Adult Micklam brickworks site Whitehaven NX979221 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
29 May 2020 Painted Lady 1 Adult Micklam brickworks site Whitehaven NX979221 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
29 May 2020 Small Blue 10 Adult Micklam brickworks site Whitehaven NX979221 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
29 May 2020 Small Heath 17 Adult Micklam brickworks site Whitehaven NX979221 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
29 May 2020 Green-veined White 2 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Wigton NY272568 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
29 May 2020 Marsh Fritillary 1 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Wigton NY27555673 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Seen on the way to the Fritillary Meadows.
29 May 2020 Small Heath 5 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Wigton NY2756 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
29 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 6 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Wigton NY272568 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter On freshly-opened Ragged Robin.
29 May 2020 Marsh Fritillary 20 Adult Finglandrigg Wood. Fritillary meadows Wigton NY2756 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter I didn't leave the path but there were very many present even (...)
29 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Lancelot Clark Storth Witherslack SD5416777602 VC69 Westmorland Mr. Bryan Yorke
29 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 6 Adult Gowborrow Park Penrith NY401213 VC70 Cumberland Robert Dawson On the woodland fringe Where bracken and scrub start coming out (...)
29 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
29 May 2020 Large White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
29 May 2020 Small White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell

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