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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
27 Aug 2017	Brimstone	1	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	male
27 Aug 2017	Brimstone	1	Adult	Levens Park	Levens	SD501856	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Moverley
17 Aug 2017	Brimstone	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
17 Aug 2017	Brimstone	1	Adult	Heathwaite	Arnside	SD449767	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
7 Aug 2017	Comma	1	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 70% sun
7 Aug 2017	Comma	1	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496818	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
27 Aug 2017	Common Blue	3	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	1 male, two female
27 Aug 2017	Common Blue	5	Adult	Wart Barrow	Allithwaite	SD392769	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	40 minutes in mid afternoon. Sun5%
17 Aug 2017	Common Blue	32	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192724	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% sun
17 Aug 2017	Common Blue	1	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3054	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NW part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy. Fresh-looking male.
17 Aug 2017	Common Blue	1	Adult	Heathwaite	Arnside	SD449767	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
7 Aug 2017	Common Blue	4	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
17 Aug 2017	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans	Nectaring on marjoram with Scotch Argus.
27 Aug 2017	Gatekeeper	2	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
17 Aug 2017	Gatekeeper	6	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192724	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% sun
17 Aug 2017	Gatekeeper	13	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
17 Aug 2017	Gatekeeper	8	Adult	Heathwaite	Arnside	SD449767	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
7 Aug 2017	Gatekeeper	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 50% sun
7 Aug 2017	Gatekeeper	4	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 50% sun
17 Aug 2017	Grayling	4	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192724	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% sun
7 Aug 2017	Grayling	7	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 70% sun
27 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	3	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	10	Adult	River Lowther	Askham	NY516221	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	3	Adult	Levens Hall: Garden	Levens	SD495850	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Moverley
17 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192724	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% sun
17 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3054	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NW part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
17 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3053	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	SW part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
17 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	7	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3154	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NE part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
7 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 50% sun
7 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD443822	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 50% sun
7 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	4	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 70% sun
7 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
7 Aug 2017	Green-veined White	20	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY401568	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
7 Aug 2017	Holly Blue	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2017	Large White	1	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2017	Large White	2	Adult	River Lowther	Askham	NY516221	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2017	Large White	8	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192724	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% sun
7 Aug 2017	Large White	1	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 50% sun
7 Aug 2017	Large White	4	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 70% sun
7 Aug 2017	Large White	3	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
27 Aug 2017	Meadow Brown	2	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
17 Aug 2017	Meadow Brown	64	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192724	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% sun....widespread across site
17 Aug 2017	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
17 Aug 2017	Meadow Brown	6	Adult	Heathwaite	Arnside	SD449767	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
7 Aug 2017	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 70% sun
7 Aug 2017	Meadow Brown	8	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
7 Aug 2017	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY401568	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
7 Aug 2017	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Underlaid Wood	Milnthorpe	SD484799	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
7 Aug 2017	Northern Brown Argus	1	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
27 Aug 2017	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Plain Quarry	Burton-in-Kendal	SD552761	VC60 West Lancashire	Linda & Arthur Pennington
27 Aug 2017	Painted Lady	2	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2017	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Wart Barrow	Allithwaite	SD392769	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	40 minutes in mid afternoon. Sun5%
27 Aug 2017	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Levens Hall: Garden	Levens	SD495850	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Moverley
17 Aug 2017	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192724	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% sun
17 Aug 2017	Painted Lady	2	Adult	Camerton Church	Camerton	NY036301	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2017	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Low Moorlands	Dalston	NY367506	VC70 Cumberland	Michael Williams
17 Aug 2017	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Lazonby	Penrith	NY529416	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	on thistles warm sun light breeze
7 Aug 2017	Painted Lady	2	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 70% sun
7 Aug 2017	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY400566	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2017	Peacock	2	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2017	Peacock	4	Adult	Wart Barrow	Allithwaite	SD392769	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	40 minutes in mid afternoon. Sun5%
27 Aug 2017	Peacock	7	Adult	River Lowther	Askham	NY516221	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2017	Peacock	3	Adult	Levens Hall: Garden	Levens	SD495850	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Moverley
17 Aug 2017	Peacock	1	Adult	Camerton Church	Camerton	NY036301	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2017	Peacock	2	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3054	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NW part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
17 Aug 2017	Peacock	6	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3154	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NE part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
17 Aug 2017	Peacock	10	Adult	Lazonby	Penrith	NY529416	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones	on thistles warm sun light breeze
17 Aug 2017	Peacock	4	Adult	Wetheral ( garden)	Wetheral	NY462549	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
17 Aug 2017	Peacock	3	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
7 Aug 2017	Peacock	3	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 50% sun
7 Aug 2017	Peacock	14	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 70% sun
7 Aug 2017	Peacock	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY400566	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
7 Aug 2017	Peacock	2	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496817	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
27 Aug 2017	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Plain Quarry	Burton-in-Kendal	SD552761	VC60 West Lancashire	Linda & Arthur Pennington
27 Aug 2017	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2017	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Wart Barrow	Allithwaite	SD392769	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	40 minutes in mid afternoon. Sun5%
27 Aug 2017	Red Admiral	1	Adult	River Lowther	Askham	NY516221	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2017	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Levens Hall: Garden	Levens	SD495850	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Moverley
17 Aug 2017	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
7 Aug 2017	Red Admiral	9	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 70% sun
7 Aug 2017	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
7 Aug 2017	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY401568	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
7 Aug 2017	Red Admiral	3	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496817	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
17 Aug 2017	Scotch Argus	11	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
7 Aug 2017	Scotch Argus	74	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien	Numbered as part of a mark-release-recapture project by a (...)
27 Aug 2017	Small Copper	2	Adult	River Lowther	Askham	NY516221	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2017	Small Copper	1	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3054	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NW part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
7 Aug 2017	Small Copper	3	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY401568	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
7 Aug 2017	Small Heath	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
17 Aug 2017	Small Skipper	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
7 Aug 2017	Small Skipper	17	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
7 Aug 2017	Small Skipper	1	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY401568	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2017	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2017	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Wart Barrow	Allithwaite	SD392769	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	40 minutes in mid afternoon. Sun5%
27 Aug 2017	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Levens Hall: Garden	Levens	SD495850	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Moverley
17 Aug 2017	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192724	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% sun....but no Peacock or Red Admiral
17 Aug 2017	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Camerton Church	Camerton	NY036301	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2017	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3053	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	SW part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
7 Aug 2017	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 70% sun
7 Aug 2017	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
7 Aug 2017	Small Tortoiseshell	3	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496817	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
27 Aug 2017	Small White	2	Adult	River Lowther	Askham	NY516221	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Aug 2017	Small White	17	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192724	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% sun.
17 Aug 2017	Small White	12	Adult	Camerton Church	Camerton	NY036301	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2017	Small White	1	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3154	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NE part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
17 Aug 2017	Small White	1	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3054	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NW part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
7 Aug 2017	Small White	1	Adult	Smardale Gill	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY7206	VC69 Westmorland	Dave O'Brien
7 Aug 2017	Small White	4	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY401568	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
7 Aug 2017	Small White	5	Adult	Dallam Chase	Milnthorpe	SD496817	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
27 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Plain Quarry	Burton-in-Kendal	SD552761	VC60 West Lancashire	Linda & Arthur Pennington
27 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	5	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	6	Adult	Wart Barrow	Allithwaite	SD392769	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	40 minutes in mid afternoon. Sun5%
17 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	7	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192724	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20oC 80% sun....but no Peacock or Red Admiral
17 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Camerton Church	Camerton	NY036301	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Wetheral Station	Wetheral	NY466546	VC70 Cumberland	R H Jones
17 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	11	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD452774	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
17 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Heathwaite	Arnside	SD449767	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans
7 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	2	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 50% sun
7 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	5	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD459853	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	19oC 70% sun
7 Aug 2017	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Cockshot Lane	Milnthorpe	SD484799	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
27 Aug 2017	Wall Brown	3	Adult	Plain Quarry	Burton-in-Kendal	SD552761	VC60 West Lancashire	Linda & Arthur Pennington
27 Aug 2017	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2017	Wall Brown	4	Adult	Camerton Church	Camerton	NY036301	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
17 Aug 2017	Wall Brown	3	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3053	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	SW part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
17 Aug 2017	Wall Brown	23	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3054	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NW part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
17 Aug 2017	Wall Brown	8	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3154	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NE part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
17 Aug 2017	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY3153	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	SE part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
17 Aug 2017	Wall Brown	1	Adult	Sawmill Cottage	Staveley	NY45230160	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Tordoff
7 Aug 2017	Wall Brown	2	Adult	Path above cricket ground	Carlisle	NY398567	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Male
7 Aug 2017	Wall Brown	12	Adult	Rickerby Park	Carlisle	NY401568	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Mostly females

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