Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 6 Adult Sands Road Ulverston SD289766 VC69 Westmorland Charles Penfold Feeding on verbena in the sun
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD401777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, little wind but with an autumnal chill
31 Aug 2020 Painted Lady 2 Adult Green Lane Allithwaite SD385769 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, little wind but with an autumnal chill Nectaring on a (...)
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 9 Adult Green Lane Allithwaite SD385769 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, little wind but with an autumnal chill Nectaring on a (...)
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD387772 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, little wind but with an autumnal chill one nectaring on (...)
31 Aug 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Buddleia.
31 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Alternating between over-ripe plum and Buddleia.
31 Aug 2020 Peacock 1 Adult garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
31 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 2 Adult garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
31 Aug 2020 Holly Blue 1 Adult garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick on ivy
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Benson Knott Kendal SD544950 VC69 Westmorland Martin & Gwen Tordoff
31 Aug 2020 Common Blue 4 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 60 minutes in full sun. Temp 18 C. Mid afternoon. Three males, (...)
31 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 60 minutes in full sun. Temp 18 C. Mid afternoon
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 60 minutes in full sun. Temp 18 C. Mid afternoon.
31 Aug 2020 Small White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 60 minutes in full sun. Temp 18 C. Mid afternoon
31 Aug 2020 Speckled Wood 4 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 60 minutes in full sun. Temp 18 C. Mid afternoon
31 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD391765 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 25 minutes in full sun. Temp 18 C. Mid afternoon.
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 16 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD391765 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 25 minutes in full sun. Temp 18 C. Mid afternoon. Most on (...)
31 Aug 2020 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD391765 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 25 minutes in full sun. Temp 18 C. Mid afternoon.
31 Aug 2020 Small Copper 1 Adult Between A7 and cricket ground Carlisle NY399566 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Small Copper 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 12 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Small White 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Wall Brown 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Large White 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Peacock 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 13 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Small White 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Aug 2020 Large White 2 Adult Sowerby Wood Dalston NY363525 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
31 Aug 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Sowerby Wood Dalston NY363525 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
31 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Sowerby Wood Dalston NY363525 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
31 Aug 2020 Small Copper 1 Adult Sowerby Wood Dalston NY363525 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 9 Adult Sowerby Wood Dalston NY363525 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
31 Aug 2020 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Sowerby Wood Dalston NY363525 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
31 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 2 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pamela Wilson
31 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pamela Wilson Feeding on Verbena bonariensis
31 Aug 2020 Speckled Wood 6 Adult Wetheral Viaduct Wetheral NY460549 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones on 700m stretch alongside railway cutting edged with oaks One (...) 29151.jpeg

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