Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
3 Aug 2019 Wall Brown 32 Adult Bowness-on-Solway gravel pits Kirkbride NY2061 VC70 Cumberland Keith Walton
3 Aug 2019 Peacock 32 Adult Broomriggs Hawkshead SD363970 VC69 Westmorland Paul Martin 22 degees, 70% sun
3 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 12 Adult St Mary Cleator NY016136 VC70 Cumberland John Pye 22631.jpeg
3 Aug 2019 Gatekeeper 12 Adult Ulpha meadow Meathop SD459811 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On thistles near the bird hide. Most of the site has been mown. (...)
3 Aug 2019 Meadow Brown 12 Adult Abbey Gills Lanercost NY549641 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard
23 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 2 Adult Sands Road Ulverston SD289766 VC69 Westmorland Charles Penfold
23 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Sands Road Ulverston SD289766 VC69 Westmorland Charles Penfold
23 Aug 2019 Gatekeeper 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 19-21c. Sunny spells, breezy. Very tatty.
23 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 19-21c. Sunny spells, breezy.
23 Aug 2019 Large White 2 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Garden at 6pm
13 Aug 2019 Gatekeeper 2 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun.
13 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 2 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun.
13 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun.
13 Aug 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 50% sun.
13 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Arnside Signal Box Arnside SD459789 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
3 Aug 2019 Small Heath 2 Adult Hampsfell Grange over Sands SD3979 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
3 Aug 2019 Holly Blue 2 Adult Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD3978 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
3 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD3978 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
3 Aug 2019 Large White 2 Adult Garden Ulverston SD287766 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 24c. On Buddleia.
3 Aug 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Buddleia. 4.30 pm. Sunny.
3 Aug 2019 Large White 2 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD504933 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny.
3 Aug 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD503932 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Knapweed. . Warm and Sunny.
3 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD504933 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Very fresh, nectaring on Knapweed. Sunny.
3 Aug 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Bowness Common Kirkbride NY2259 VC70 Cumberland Keith Walton
3 Aug 2019 Small Copper 2 Adult Bowness-on-Solway gravel pits Kirkbride NY2061 VC70 Cumberland Keith Walton
3 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 2 Adult Ulpha meadow Meathop SD459811 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On thistles near the bird hide. Most of the site has been mown. (...)
3 Aug 2019 Small Skipper 2 Adult Ulpha meadow Meathop SD459811 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On thistles near the bird hide. Most of the site has been mown. (...)
3 Aug 2019 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD333979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very warm.
3 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 2 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD333979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very warm.
3 Aug 2019 Large White 2 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD333979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very warm.
3 Aug 2019 Large White 2 Adult Abbey Gills Lanercost NY549641 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard
3 Aug 2019 Grayling 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4577 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Relative abundance.
3 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4577 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Relative abundance.
3 Aug 2019 Northern Brown Argus 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4577 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Relative abundance.
3 Aug 2019 Peacock 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4577 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Relative abundance.
3 Aug 2019 Scotch Argus 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4577 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Actual number.
3 Aug 2019 Small White 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4577 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Relative abundance.
3 Aug 2019 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD4577 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Relative abundance.
3 Aug 2019 Small Heath 2 Adult Orton Scar Wetheral NY628105 VC69 Westmorland R H Jones

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