Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
25 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 3 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
5 Sep 2023 Large White 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
5 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
5 Sep 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
5 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 10 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 9 Adult Cartmel Road Grange over Sands SD395772 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick Seen along the length of Cartmel Road. Aggregated grid (...)
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 5 Adult Hampsfell Road Grange over Sands SD407784 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick Nectaring as a group on ivy. Being social or a very tasty ivy?
25 Sep 2023 Comma 2 Adult Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD395779 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick Nectaring on ivy flower with Red Admirals
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 5 Adult Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD395779 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick A group nectaring on ivy flower. Again, something special about (...)
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 3 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson Sunning themselves on garden path
5 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 11 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick on ivy, full sun, little wind
5 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 4 Adult Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD402777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick on buddleia, full sun, little wind
5 Sep 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Grange Fell Road Grange over Sands SD402777 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick on buddleia, full sun, little wind
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 3 Adult Green Track Kershope Kershope NY510808 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny very windy
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult High Hampsfield Lindale SD406801 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick no ivy, flying as singletons
25 Sep 2023 Comma 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Sep 2023 Peacock 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 11 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Sep 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Sep 2023 Small White 3 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 Sep 2023 Large White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 Sep 2023 Peacock 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 Sep 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 Sep 2023 Small White 3 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 4 Adult Forestry track kershope Shankhill NY495757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny very windy
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY495757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown
25 Sep 2023 Small White 1 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY495757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown
5 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 1 Adult Breaks Moss Walton NY509653 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny breezy 6pm middle of moss
5 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Breaks Moss Walton NY509653 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny breezy 6pm around gorse
5 Sep 2023 Small White 1 Adult Woodland track Walton NY495642 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny breezy 6pm track to breaks moss
5 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 18 Adult Woodland track Walton NY495642 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny breezy 6pm track to breaks moss
25 Sep 2023 Large White 1 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY463548 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
25 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 2 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY463548 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
25 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY463548 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones

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