Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

Submit sighting report. Show mode help. Show view help. Show first sightings. Show sightings gallery. Show data visualisations.




Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
24 May 2018 Dingy Skipper 4 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Ingleby/Kath Armstrong Full sun,23degC
24 May 2018 Orange-tip 5 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Ingleby/Kath Armstrong Full sun,23degC
24 May 2018 Small Heath 25 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Ingleby/Kath Armstrong Full sun,23degC
24 May 2018 Common Blue 40 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190718 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Dingy Skipper 40 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190718 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190718 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Holly Blue 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190718 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Large White 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190718 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Orange-tip 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190718 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Small Blue 60 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190718 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 100% sun all very fresh......numbers still building up
24 May 2018 Small Heath 20 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190718 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 100% sun all very fresh......numbers still building up
24 May 2018 Wall Brown 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190718 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 100% sun all very fresh......numbers still building up
24 May 2018 Common Blue 5 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD198754 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 24oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD198754 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 24oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Green-veined White 2 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD198754 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 24oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Small Copper 1 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD198754 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 24oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Small Heath 4 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD198754 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 24oC 100% sun
24 May 2018 Mountain Ringlet 1 Adult Irton Fell Eskdale Green NY10 VC70 Cumberland Clive Gambrill 300yds passed gate on bank left of dip. Grid reference not (...)
24 May 2018 Wall Brown 2 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD186750 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
24 May 2018 Brimstone 2 Egg Lyth Valley Brigsteer SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 2 Eggs on Buckthorn, one apparently empty. 21 deg.C. Full sun, (...) 13298.jpeg
24 May 2018 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Lyth Valley Brigsteer SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 21 deg.C. Full sun, occasional light easterly breeze. 10.00 - (...)
24 May 2018 Duke of Burgundy 11 Adult Lyth Valley Brigsteer SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 21 deg.C. Full sun, occasional light easterly breeze. 10.00 - (...) 13296.jpeg
24 May 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Lyth Valley Brigsteer SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 21 deg.C. Full sun, occasional light easterly breeze. 10.00 - (...)
24 May 2018 Orange-tip 3 Adult Lyth Valley Brigsteer SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 21 deg.C. Full sun, occasional light easterly breeze. 10.00 - (...)
24 May 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Lyth Valley Brigsteer SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 21 deg.C. Full sun, occasional light easterly breeze. 10.00 - (...)
24 May 2018 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 2 Adult Lyth Valley Brigsteer SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 21 deg.C. Full sun, occasional light easterly breeze. 10.00 - (...)
24 May 2018 Small Heath 2 Adult Lyth Valley Brigsteer SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 21 deg.C. Full sun, occasional light easterly breeze. 10.00 - (...)
24 May 2018 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Lyth Valley Brigsteer SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 21 deg.C. Full sun, occasional light easterly breeze. 10.00 - (...)
24 May 2018 Holly Blue 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 2 males 1 female 15418.jpeg
24 May 2018 Small White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
14 May 2018 Green Hairstreak 2 Adult Burns Beck Moss Killington SD594879 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air. 13043.jpeg
14 May 2018 Green-veined White 18 Adult Burns Beck Moss Killington SD594879 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air.
14 May 2018 Orange-tip 8 Adult Burns Beck Moss Killington SD594879 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air.
14 May 2018 Green-veined White 6 Adult Old Park Wood Sedbergh SD599895 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air.
14 May 2018 Orange-tip 3 Adult Old Park Wood Sedbergh SD599895 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air.
14 May 2018 Orange-tip 5 Adult Old Park Wood Sedbergh SD598900 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air. One female checking Cuckoo Flowers, but not (...)
14 May 2018 Green-veined White 3 Adult Old Scotch Road Sedbergh SD598911 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air.
14 May 2018 Large White 1 Adult Old Scotch Road Sedbergh SD598911 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air.
14 May 2018 Orange-tip 8 Adult Old Scotch Road Sedbergh SD598911 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air.
14 May 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Old Scotch Road Sedbergh SD598911 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air.
14 May 2018 Green Hairstreak 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD459836 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Spotted while working at Foulshaw - may have been lots more (...)
14 May 2018 Green-veined White 4 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD459836 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
14 May 2018 Orange-tip 3 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD459836 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
14 May 2018 Peacock 2 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD459836 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
14 May 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD459836 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
14 May 2018 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD435880 VC69 Westmorland Sonia Allen
14 May 2018 Orange-tip 2 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD435880 VC69 Westmorland Sonia Allen
14 May 2018 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 2 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD435880 VC69 Westmorland Sonia Allen Could have been 3
14 May 2018 Speckled Wood 6 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD435880 VC69 Westmorland Sonia Allen
4 May 2018 Brimstone 1 Adult Cartmel Road Grange over Sands SD395773 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, sunny, no wind, male
4 May 2018 Orange-tip 1 Adult Cartmel Road Grange over Sands SD395773 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, sunny, no wind
4 May 2018 Green-veined White 3 Adult Dalton Lane Burton-in-Kendal SD531759 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Mild sunny afternoon, 3.30 - 4.30 pm.
4 May 2018 Green-veined White 3 Adult Dalton Lane Burton-in-Kendal SD531759 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Mild sunny afternoon, 3.30 - 4.30 pm.
4 May 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first in 2018
4 May 2018 Green Hairstreak 4 Adult Duddon Mosses NNR Foxfield SD219851 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
4 May 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Duddon Mosses NNR Foxfield SD219851 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
4 May 2018 Peacock 3 Adult Duddon Mosses NNR Foxfield SD219851 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
4 May 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Duddon Mosses NNR Foxfield SD219851 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
4 May 2018 Orange-tip 1 Adult Garden Broughton in Furness SD209874 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Female 12930.jpeg
4 May 2018 Small White 1 Adult Garden Broughton in Furness SD209874 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 12931.jpeg
4 May 2018 Small White 1 Adult Clawthorpe Quarry reserve Burton-in-Kendal SD539782 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows basking in full sun

Branch information

In your area

  • Chairman:
    Chris Winnick
  • Treasurer:
    David Eastlick

Full Branch Contacts List