Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
26 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Dalston Road Cemetery Carlisle NY388543 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong 12338.jpeg
26 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 5 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY082435 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
26 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 4 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 12 Adult Rickerby Park west and Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400566 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 12443.jpeg
26 Sep 2017 Comma 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 12431.jpeg
26 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 12 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Mostly on Ivy. 12427.jpeg
26 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 12428.jpeg
26 Sep 2017 Small White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 3 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
26 Sep 2017 Peacock 1 Adult River Lowther Askham NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 17oC. Overcast.
26 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 5 Adult River Lowther Askham NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Nectaring on a few remaining Thistles and on Ragwort.
16 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 7 Adult Anchorite Fields Kendal SD513921 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 16oC 60% sun
16 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 12 Adult Anchorite Fields Kendal SD513921 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 16oC 60% sun
16 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 5 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD336876 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace On buddleia
16 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD336876 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey On Buddleia and basking on rock face.
16 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD336876 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey On Buddleia and basking on rock face.
16 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD335871 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Spiralling up among trees.
16 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD457784 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell On pot plant opposite doctor's surgery in Orchard Road- NOT 18th (...)
16 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD457784 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell On pot plant opposite doctor's surgery in Orchard Road- NOT 18th (...)
16 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 3 Adult Leighton Moss RSPB car park Silverdale SD477751 VC60 West Lancashire Lynne Farrell On flowering ivy near station
16 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 4 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 12oC. Felt warm in the sun for an hour this morning. 2 flying (...)
16 Sep 2017 Small Copper 4 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 2 nectaring on Heather. 2 nectaring on Devil's Bit Scabious. 12249.jpeg
16 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell In the sun on Heather.
16 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 4 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 3 nectaring on Bowles Mauve. 1 flying around hedge.
6 Sep 2017 Green-veined White 1 Adult Grange over Sands Unknown Martin Chadwick Overcast and cool A walk from Berners car park to Kents Bank (...)
6 Sep 2017 Peacock 1 Adult Grange over Sands Unknown Martin Chadwick Overcast and cool A walk from Berners car park to Kents Bank (...)
6 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 20 Adult Grange over Sands Unknown Martin Chadwick Overcast and cool A walk from Berners car park to Kents Bank (...)
6 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 10 Adult Grange over Sands Unknown Martin Chadwick Overcast and cool A walk from Berners car park to Kents Bank (...)
6 Sep 2017 Small White 3 Adult Grange over Sands Unknown Martin Chadwick Overcast and cool A walk from Berners car park to Kents Bank (...)
6 Sep 2017 Holly Blue 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 Sep 2017 Painted Lady 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 Sep 2017 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller

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