Cumbria Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings
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| Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb 2019 | Mottled Grey | 20 | Coffin Wood | Kendal | SD504929 | John Mounsey | Approx. number. Couldn't be sure of identity; help please! (...) |  |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 6 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440828 | Finn & Sue Bugge | All males active in Reserve and nearby Halecat woods | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY401568 | Martin Keiller | Around 1pm, sunny, 17degC. | |
| 23 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Calvert Court | Endmoor, Kendal | SD538847 | Brian Snell | ||
| 23 Feb 2019 | Comma | 3 | Brown Robin Nature Reserve | Grange over Sands | SD413787 | Helen Wallace | Basking in sun on path. 14c. | |
| 27 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Calvert Court | Endmoor, Kendal | SD538847 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 26 Feb 2019 | Comma | 2 | Back Road | Lindale | SD417804 | D Jackson | ||
| 26 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Back Road | Lindale | SD417804 | D Jackson | ||
| 26 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Between A7 and cricket ground | Carlisle | NY399566 | Martin Keiller |  | |
| 26 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | River Lowther | Whale | NY516221 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 26 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY402570 | William O'Brien | On Lesser Celandine. | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Sands rd | Ulverston | SD289766 | Charles Penfold | Lovely sunny day on flowering heather in full sun in front (...) | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 2 | Walk by wood and grassland | Caldbeck | NY330399 | L Swift | grid ref approx. Flying nd sunning on path | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Allithwaite Quarry | Allithwaite | SD391767 | Martin Chadwick | Sunny. 16C | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Comma | 2 | Wart Barrow | Allithwaite | SD392767 | Martin Chadwick | Sunny. 16C | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 2 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY401569 | William O'Brien | On Lesser Celandine. | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Comma | 2 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY401568 | Martin Keiller | Around 1pm, sunny, 17degC. | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Garden | Keswick | NY270223 | Timothy Dixon | two on Heather and buddleia leaves | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 2 | Wartbarrow | Allithwaite | SD392767 | Wendy Nelson | warm sunny day | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Painted Lady | 2 | Silecroft | Silecroft | SD112819 | C Saunders | 2 flying near cliff line 1km north of Silecroft Beach Car Park. | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Broughton in Furness churchyard | Broughton in Furness | SD2095487372 | Richard Evans | Active and nectaring in the crocus carpeting the churchyard. |  |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 2 | Broughton Moor | Broughton in Furness | SD242949 | Tom and Felix Fitter | ||
| 27 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Farrer's Allotment | Levens | SD456861 | Chris Winnick | 13oC full sun | |
| 27 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Farrer's Allotment | Levens | SD456861 | Chris Winnick | 13oC full sun | |
| 27 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Dalston garden | Carlisle | NY365498 | Ian J Armstrong | Bright sunshine with specimen on Grape Hyacinth cover. | |
| 27 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Stanwix (garden) | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Basking in sun on house wall | |
| 27 Feb 2019 | Comma | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440827 | Mo Richards | ||
| 27 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440827 | Mo Richards | ||
| 27 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Meathop Moss | Witherslack | SD447820 | Mo Richards | ||
| 27 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Casterton | SD415803 | Nigel Sherring | light wind. | |
| 27 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Casterton | SD625792 | Nigel Sherring | light wind. | |
| 27 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Casterton | SD625792 | Nigel Sherring | light wind. | |
| 27 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 26 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440827 | David Eastlick | warm sunny morning | |
| 26 Feb 2019 | Comma | 1 | Simpson Ground | High Newton | SD404841 | David Johnson | ||
| 26 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Dalston garden | Carlisle | NY36574986 | Ian J Armstrong | ||
| 26 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Brigsteer Road | Levens | SD488863 | John Mounsey | Nectaring on garden Erica. Hot sunshine, no wind. | |
| 26 Feb 2019 | Comma | 1 | Whinlatter Forest Park | Braithwaite | NY208241 | K Hamilton | ||
| 26 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Whinlatter Forest Park | Braithwaite | NY208241 | K Hamilton | ||
| 26 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Between A7 and cricket ground | Carlisle | NY399566 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 26 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Stanwix (garden) | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Basking on house wall. Also same Comma as yesterday in garden (...) | |
| 26 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 1 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY402570 | William O'Brien | On Lesser Celandine. | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Hardcrag | Grange over Sands | SD405779 | Doreen Howard | ||
| 25 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Maryport | NY052359 | K Hamilton | A fresh looking butterfly, possibly same one 3 days in a row on (...) | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Comma | 1 | Walk by wood and grassland | Caldbeck | NY330399 | L Swift | Rather worn. On Dandelion. | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 1 | Gait Barrows NNR | Yealand Storrs | SD478776 | Lynne Farrell | Fresh male | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Comma | 1 | Stanwix (garden) | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Rather worn, nectaring on heather about 2pm. |  |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 1 | Stanwix (garden) | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | In hectic flight around the garden, ca. 2pm. | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Painted Lady | 1 | Holehird Gardens | Troutbeck Bridge | NY410007 | Mo Richards | Warm, sunny | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Holehird Gardens | Troutbeck Bridge | NY410007 | Mo Richards | Warm, sunny | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Comma | 1 | garden at Rock Cottage | High Casterton | SD625792 | Nigel Sherring | feeding on pink viburnham | |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Dotted Border | 1 | River Esk near Longtown | Longtown | NY37737071 | Paul Kennedy | Found on a fencepost by the River Esk about 2km upstream of (...) |  |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Knipe Moor | Bampton Grange | NY521189 | Sarah Mitchell | Flying. | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Own Garden | Cabus, Garstang | SD4925446693 | Bryan Ingleby | 19degC in sun On purple/white crocus | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 1 | Arnside Knott | Arnside | SD45587709 | Christine Bennett | ||
| 24 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 1 | Arnside Tower | Arnside | SD46237648 | Christine Bennett | ||
| 24 Feb 2019 | Comma | 1 | Bowfell Crescent | Windermere | SD414984 | Ian Tallon | ||
| 24 Feb 2019 | Satellite | 1 | Coffin Wood | Kendal | SD504929 | John Mounsey | Satellite, Eupsilia transversa. Overcast, still, 9.5deg.C, 8pm. | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Maryport | NY052359 | K Hamilton | ||
| 24 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 1 | Whitbarrow | Levens | SD452870 | Kath Armstrong | Walking along the footpath around whitbarrow very warm 18 (...) |  |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Whitbarrow. Summit | Levens | SD444870 | Kath Armstrong | Flying strongly near the summit in a hollow. Warm slight (...) | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD455785 | Lynne Farrell | Fresh male flying in garden | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY401568 | Martin Keiller | Around 1pm, sunny, 17degC. | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Comma | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD40387821 | Pam Wilson | In garden.Edge of woodland | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | River Lowther | Whale | NY516221 | Sarah Mitchell | basking in sun and flying. | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | River Lowther | Whale | NY516221 | Sarah Mitchell | basking in sun and flying. | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Comma | 1 | Stony Hazel | Rusland | SD337897 | Tom and Felix Fitter | ||
| 23 Feb 2019 | Painted Lady | 1 | Calvert Court | Endmoor, Kendal | SD538847 | Brian Snell | ||
| 23 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 1 | Calvert Court | Endmoor, Kendal | SD538847 | Brian Snell | ||
| 23 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Simpson Ground | High Newton | SD404841 | David Johnson | ||
| 23 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Maryport | NY052359 | K Hamilton | ||
| 23 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 1 | Summerdale House | Lupton | SD545819 | Lynne Farrell | Male- very fresh flying in garden | |
| 23 Feb 2019 | Comma | 1 | Summerdale House | Lupton | SD545819 | Lynne Farrell | Basking in garden | |
| 23 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD40387821 | Pam Wilson | In garden adjoining woodland | |
| 23 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Haweswater | Burnbanks | NY490157 | Peter Ritson | ||
| 22 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 1 | Garden, Back Road | Lindale | SD41668043 | D Jackson/B Dixon | male, flying strongly | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Painted Lady | 1 | Rigmaden Court | Mansergh, Kirkby Lonsdale | SD612850 | Diana Hall | Flying round our garden! | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440828 | Finn | Nectaring on Lesser Celandine | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Allonby | Allonby | NY081432 | John Callion | Balmy warm morning, light southerly | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 1 | Binsey Fell | Uldale | NY225355 | L Swift | Summit of Binsey Fell | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Gosling Sike | Carlisle | NY410588 | Lucy Graham | 16 degrees #sunny #breezy On CWT gosling sike building (...) | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | Flying at 2pm in hazy sunshine. Breezy. My first butterfly of (...) | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Brimstone | 1 | Arnside Promenade | Arnside | SD4578 | Stephen Ward | Friday afternoon - flying over front gardens along cul-de-sac (...) | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden Area | Unthank | NY452360 | T Dixon | Flying and sunning in garden | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Red Admiral | 1 | Broughton Moor | Broughton in Furness | SD242949 | Tom and Felix Fitter | ||
| 22 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | My garden near | Portinscale | NY247242 | Tony Marsh | On flowering Rosemary & sunbathing. V. flighty | |
| 17 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Witherslack | Witherslack | SD437826 | Ryan Simpson | Grid reference taken en route to Holy Well | |
| 16 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Brigsteer | Kendal | SD49238847 | G Lawrence | ||
| 16 Feb 2019 | Spring Usher | 1 | Miltonrigg Wood | Brampton | NY558608 | Paul Kennedy | On fencepost at edge of wood, measured at 6mm in length. (...) |  |
| 15 Feb 2019 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Calvert Court | Endmoor, Kendal | SD538847 | Brian Snell | ||
| 15 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | South-west Edge Of Coniferous Forest | Egremont | NY046113 | David Rudd | Rough grassland, south-west edge of Lowther Park, coniferous (...) | |
| 15 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | South-west Edge Of Coniferous Forest | Egremont | NY046113 | David Rudd | Rough grassland, south-west edge of Lowther Park, coniferous (...) | |
| 15 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Irton Pike | Gosforth | NY11890095 | Jake Manson | First of the year, 14 degrees celsius | |
| 15 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | MARYPORT | NY052359 | K Hamilton | First butterfly of the year for me | |
| 15 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Lawn Area | Keswick | NY270231 | Tim dixon | No email address | |
| 15 Feb 2019 | Peacock | 1 | Lawn Area | Keswick | NY270223 | Tim dixon | No email address | |
| 10 Feb 2019 | Dotted Border | 1 | Finglandrigg Wood | Kirkbampton | NY28115676 | Paul Kennedy | Found perched on a gatepost and measured at just under 9mm in (...) |  |
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