Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
25 May 2018 Common Blue 20 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 20 . Overcast, windy.
25 May 2018 Small Blue 20 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 20 . Overcast, windy.
15 May 2018 Orange-tip 2 Adult Fishgarths Wood Ambleside NY360036 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air.
15 May 2018 Green-veined White 2 Adult Loughrigg Ambleside NY364040 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light air.
15 May 2018 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minute walk the length of Howe Ridding. Full sun. Temp. about (...)
15 May 2018 Green Hairstreak 1 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minute walk the length of Howe Ridding. Full sun. Temp. about (...)
15 May 2018 Green-veined White 4 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minute walk the length of Howe Ridding. Full sun. Temp. about (...)
15 May 2018 Orange-tip 6 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minute walk the length of Howe Ridding. Full sun. Temp. about (...)
15 May 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minute walk the length of Howe Ridding. Full sun. Temp. about (...)
15 May 2018 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 3 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minute walk the length of Howe Ridding. Full sun. Temp. about (...)
15 May 2018 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minute walk the length of Howe Ridding. Full sun. Temp. about (...)
15 May 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Heathwaite Arnside SD451770 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
15 May 2018 Orange-tip 3 Adult Heathwaite Arnside SD451770 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
15 May 2018 Speckled Wood 8 Adult Heathwaite Arnside SD451770 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
15 May 2018 Comma 1 Adult Middlebarrow Plain Silverdale SD4578376729 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
15 May 2018 Orange-tip 2 Adult Middlebarrow Plain Silverdale SD4578376729 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
5 May 2018 Common Blue 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD447820 VC69 Westmorland Adam McVeigh
5 May 2018 Green Hairstreak 7 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD444818 VC69 Westmorland Adam McVeigh
5 May 2018 Orange-tip 8 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD444818 VC69 Westmorland Adam McVeigh
5 May 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD444818 VC69 Westmorland Adam McVeigh
5 May 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD444818 VC69 Westmorland Adam McVeigh
5 May 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD444818 VC69 Westmorland Adam McVeigh
5 May 2018 Comma 1 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
5 May 2018 Holly Blue 1 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, sunny, no wind
5 May 2018 Orange-tip 1 Adult Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD404778 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, sunny, no wind
5 May 2018 Large White 3 Adult Garden, Simpson Ground Cartmel Fell SD4085 VC69 Westmorland David Johnson
5 May 2018 Orange-tip 3 Adult Garden, Simpson Ground Cartmel Fell SD4085 VC69 Westmorland David Johnson
5 May 2018 Orange-tip 1 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
5 May 2018 Orange-tip 1 Adult Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange over Sands SD409782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
5 May 2018 Orange-tip 3 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510923 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey All male. Fine sunny day.
5 May 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Sizergh Castle gardens Levens SD499879 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Fine sunny day.
5 May 2018 Orange-tip 3 Adult Sizergh Castle gardens Levens SD499879 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey All male. Fine sunny day.
5 May 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Sizergh Castle gardens Levens SD499879 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Fine sunny day.
5 May 2018 Holly Blue 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
5 May 2018 Orange-tip 3 Adult Wetheral Wetheral NY467555 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones males
5 May 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Wetheral Station Wetheral NY467546 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones in regular spot at station

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