Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
17 May 2018 Green-veined White 3 Adult Waterhead Ambleside NY371036 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
17 May 2018 Orange-tip 4 Adult Waterhead Ambleside NY371036 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
17 May 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Waterhead Ambleside NY371036 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
27 May 2018 Common Blue 100 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter Too many to count!
27 May 2018 Dingy Skipper 30 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
27 May 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
27 May 2018 Large White 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
27 May 2018 Orange-tip 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
27 May 2018 Small Blue 20 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
27 May 2018 Small Heath 50 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
27 May 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
27 May 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
27 May 2018 Wall Brown 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
17 May 2018 Common Blue 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Tatty male 13085.jpeg
17 May 2018 Dingy Skipper 16 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace mainly on bank opposite railway
17 May 2018 Green-veined White 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Old? Feeble fluttering near ground level.
17 May 2018 Holly Blue 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace First one I've seen on this site. Male.
17 May 2018 Orange-tip 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Males.
17 May 2018 Small Blue 6 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace At least 6.
17 May 2018 Small White 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
17 May 2018 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
17 May 2018 Large White 1 Adult Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness SD211692 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick In B
27 May 2018 Dingy Skipper 6 Adult Hutton Roof Burton-in-Kendal SD546777 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 80% sun....would be more but too breezy.
27 May 2018 Small Heath 46 Adult Hutton Roof Burton-in-Kendal SD546777 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 80% sun....would be more but too breezy.
27 May 2018 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Hutton Roof Burton-in-Kendal SD546777 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 80% sun.
27 May 2018 Wall Brown 1 Adult Hutton Roof Burton-in-Kendal SD546777 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 80% sun.
17 May 2018 Orange-tip 1 Adult Hutton Roof Burton-in-Kendal SD541776 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Male
17 May 2018 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Hutton Roof Burton-in-Kendal SD541776 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
27 May 2018 Small Copper 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 14098.jpeg
27 May 2018 Wall Brown 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
27 May 2018 Holly Blue 2 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Flying around and settling on holly trees. 14097.jpeg
7 May 2018 Orange-tip 3 Adult Great Corby near school Carlisle NY475546 VC70 Cumberland Andrew Curtis Grassy bank at 3pm
7 May 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Great Corby School Carlisle NY475546 VC70 Cumberland Andrew Curtis 4.15pm basking in sun
7 May 2018 Large White 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
7 May 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
7 May 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult University of Cumbria grounds, Brampton Rd. Carlisle NY404571 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
7 May 2018 Holly Blue 1 Adult University of Cumbria grounds, Brampton Rd. Carlisle NY404571 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
17 May 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange over Sands SD409782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
7 May 2018 Orange-tip 1 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
7 May 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
7 May 2018 Orange-tip 1 Adult Charney Well Lane Grange over Sands SD404781 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
7 May 2018 Holly Blue 1 Adult Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange over Sands SD409782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
7 May 2018 Orange-tip 1 Adult Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange over Sands SD409782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
7 May 2018 Green Hairstreak 10 Adult Grizedale Forest Hawkshead SD337967 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
7 May 2018 Green-veined White 2 Adult Grizedale Forest Hawkshead SD337967 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
7 May 2018 Orange-tip 8 Adult Grizedale Forest Hawkshead SD337967 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
7 May 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Grizedale Forest Hawkshead SD337967 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
7 May 2018 Orange-tip 13 Adult Kent river bank Kendal SD5194 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 11.00 - 12.30. Mostly warm sunshine.
7 May 2018 Peacock 4 Adult Kent river bank Kendal SD5194 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 11.00 - 12.30. Mostly warm sunshine.
7 May 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Kent river bank Kendal SD5194 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 11.00 - 12.30. Mostly warm sunshine.
7 May 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Kent river bank Kendal SD5194 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 11.00 - 12.30. Mostly warm sunshine.
7 May 2018 Orange-tip 6 Adult Forestry path, Swirls car park Keswick NY317167 VC70 Cumberland Neil Whorton
27 May 2018 Marsh Fritillary 100 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY277567 VC70 Cumberland Graeme Baker
7 May 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Levens NY316054 VC69 Westmorland Maria Pilling I only saw one
17 May 2018 Green-veined White 12 Adult Dubmill Point Mawbray NY078464 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
17 May 2018 Large White 1 Adult Dubmill Point Mawbray NY078464 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
17 May 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Dubmill Point Mawbray NY078464 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
17 May 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Dubmill Point Mawbray NY078464 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
17 May 2018 Small White 8 Adult Dubmill Point Mawbray NY078464 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
17 May 2018 Green Hairstreak 1 Adult Limefit park Townhead NY438063 VC69 Westmorland Michael Hunt
17 May 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Next Ness Nature Reserve Ulverston SD300786 VC69 Westmorland Martin
17 May 2018 Speckled Wood 20 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434882 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
7 May 2018 Green Hairstreak 20 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458839 VC69 Westmorland Maria Pilling lots of them
7 May 2018 Green-veined White 8 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458839 VC69 Westmorland Maria Pilling lots of them
7 May 2018 Orange-tip 12 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack NY316054 VC69 Westmorland Maria Pilling lots of them

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