Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
17 Sep 2018 Comma 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Windy all day. Warm with a few showers.
27 Sep 2018 Red Admiral 9 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
27 Sep 2018 Red Admiral 3 Adult Hayes Garden Centre Ambleside NY376039 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
27 Sep 2018 Small Copper 1 Adult Hayes Garden Centre Ambleside NY376039 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
27 Sep 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Hayes Garden Centre Ambleside NY376039 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
27 Sep 2018 Comma 3 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
27 Sep 2018 Peacock 1 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
27 Sep 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
27 Sep 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
7 Sep 2018 Comma 2 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD434857 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Resting on brambles
7 Sep 2018 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Roadside Verge near Sandy Brow Wigton NY306470 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter On Snowberry. Bright but not sunny.
7 Sep 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD434857 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Buddleia
7 Sep 2018 Painted Lady 2 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD434857 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Buddleia
7 Sep 2018 Red Admiral 1 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD434857 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Buddleia
7 Sep 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD434857 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Buddleia
7 Sep 2018 Small White 4 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD434857 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Buddleia
7 Sep 2018 Painted Lady 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Garden at No.11 Inglemere Drive
7 Sep 2018 Red Admiral 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Garden at No.11 Inglemere Drive
7 Sep 2018 Green-veined White 2 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Garden at No.1 Inglemere Drive
7 Sep 2018 Large White 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Garden at No.1 Inglemere Drive
17 Sep 2018 Brimstone 1 Adult Meal Bank Kendal SD5495 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Female
17 Sep 2018 Small Copper 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Cloudy but warm (19C). One hour's observations in and around (...)
17 Sep 2018 Painted Lady 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Cloudy but warm (19C). One hour's observations in and around (...)
17 Sep 2018 Comma 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Cloudy but warm (19C). One hour's observations in and around (...)
17 Sep 2018 Large White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Cloudy but warm (19C). One hour's observations in and around (...)
17 Sep 2018 Red Admiral 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Cloudy but warm (19C). One hour's observations in and around (...)
17 Sep 2018 Speckled Wood 6 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Cloudy but warm (19C). One hour's observations in and around (...)
27 Sep 2018 Comma 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 90% sun. 100 min walk.
27 Sep 2018 Painted Lady 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 90% sun. 100 min walk.
27 Sep 2018 Red Admiral 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 90% sun. 100 min walk.
27 Sep 2018 Small Copper 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 90% sun. 100 min walk.
27 Sep 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 90% sun. 100 min walk.
27 Sep 2018 Small White 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 90% sun. 100 min walk.
27 Sep 2018 Small Copper 3 Adult North Walney NNR Barrow-in-Furness SD172707 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 50% sun. Windy. 20 min walk.
27 Sep 2018 Comma 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 17531.jpeg
27 Sep 2018 Painted Lady 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Sep 2018 Red Admiral 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 17527.jpeg
27 Sep 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Sep 2018 Small White 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2018 Red Admiral 2 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY36534987 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong
17 Sep 2018 Small White 2 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY36534987 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong
17 Sep 2018 Green-veined White 1 Adult Meal Bank Kendal SD5495 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
17 Sep 2018 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Meal Bank Kendal SD5495 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
17 Sep 2018 Painted Lady 3 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2018 Red Admiral 12 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 4 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2018 Small White 5 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Sep 2018 Small Heath 3 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD433849 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
7 Sep 2018 Speckled Wood 6 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD434845 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick

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