Cumbria Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings
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| Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid Ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Adjacent to How Farm, Portinscale | Keswick | NY247243 | Tony Marsh | In the warmth of the afternoon | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Arnside Signal Box | Arnside | SD458790 | Roger Fellows | At least three, suspect four. | |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Arnside Signal Box | Arnside | SD458790 | Roger Fellows | ||
| 27 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD452783 | Lynne Farrell | In Phil Taylor's front garden 4pm | |
| 27 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD455785 | Lynne Farrell | Flying through garden | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD455785 | Lynne Farrell | Male flying through garden | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD455785 | Lynne Farrell | Flying through garden | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD455785 | Lynne Farrell | Male flying through garden | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside Heathwaite | SD446782 | Lynne Farrell | Flying along the water's edge on the shore | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD452784 | Lynne Farrell | In old walled garedn | |
| 20 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Ashrigg | Grange over Sands | SD402781 | Doreen Howard | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Bird's Park Farm | Kendal | SD535931 | Philip Key | ||
| 23 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Birkshill Garden | Raughton Head | NY377431 | Keith Temple | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Blackstock point | Thornthwaite | NY221272 | Keith Hamilton | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 3 | Blackstock point | Thornthwaite | NY221272 | Keith Hamilton | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Blackstock point | Thornthwaite | NY221272 | Keith Hamilton | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Brocca Cottage | Lindale | SD416802 | D Jackson | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Brocca Cottage | Lindale | SD416802 | D Jackson | ||
| 27 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Calvert Court | Endmoor | SD538847 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Calvert Court | Endmoor | SD538847 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Cartmel Fell Church | High Newton | SD416880 | Margaret and David Eastlick | on celandine full sun no wind blue sky 14 deg C in shade | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Painted Lady | 1 | Dalston garden | Carlisle | NY36564987 | Ian J Armstrong | Very early record for me. Flying around garden in bright (...) | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Dalston garden | Carlisle | NY365498 | Ian J Armstrong | ||
| 27 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Eastgate, Sandylands | Kendal | SD52389322 | Gary Gould | 2 flying through garden | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 7 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Eden Bridge Gardens | Carlisle | NY400567 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Ellerside | Holker | SD355785 | Martin Chadwick | male flew across the road | |
| 22 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Footpath | Ulverston | SD286776 | Helen Wallace | ||
| 23 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 2 | Gait Barrows | Silverdale | SD483769 | Lynne Farrell | Males flying quickly | |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Gait Barrows | Silverdale | SD483774 | Lynne Farrell | In grassland | |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Gait Barrows | Silverdale | SD483774 | Lynne Farrell | In grassland | |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Gait Barrows | Silverdale | SD481773 | Lynne Farrell | On limestone pavement | |
| 28 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Garden | Nibthwaite | SD294897 | Ian Fishwick | In bright sunlight amongst daffodils | |
| 28 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Garden | Nibthwaite | SD294897 | Ian Fishwick | ||
| 28 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Garden | Nibthwaite | SD294897 | Ian Fishwick | ||
| 28 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 28 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Ulverston | SD286767 | Helen Wallace | On daffodil | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Burneside | SD507951 | Sue Shiels | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Burneside | SD507951 | Sue Shiels | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Midday. Sunny | |
| 24 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Holme | SD522790 | Steve Matthewman | Garden at lunchtime | |
| 22 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Garden | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pam Wilson | Sunny day Emerged from beech hedge | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Garden Ca191yf | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | On celandines | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 2 | garden on Millans Park | Ambleside | NY374046 | Pete Martin | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 8 | garden on Millans Park | Ambleside | NY374046 | Pete Martin | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Garlands | Carlisle | NY434534 | Georgina Collins | On celandines | |
| 22 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Garlands | Carlisle | NY432542 | Georgina Collins | Resting in sunny garden | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Grange Fell Road | Grange over Sands | SD399778 | David Eastlick | ||
| 27 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Male. Might have been 2, but probably the same one twice. Full (...) | |
| 27 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | 2 chasing each other. Full sun, cool breeze. | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small White | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Flitted about the garden but not seen to feed. Sunny, air temp. (...) | |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Sunny, still. Nectaring on Primula denticulata. | |
| 22 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Nectaring on Primula denticulata then digesting its meal in a (...) | |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Grizedale Forest | Hawkshead | SD337979 | Mo Richards | ||
| 24 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Hagg Hill Top, New Hutton | Kendal | SD548912 | Robert Petley-Jones | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 3 | Halecat Woods | Witherslack | SD433834 | Chris Winnick | 16oC full sun | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Halecat Woods | Witherslack | SD433834 | Chris Winnick | 16oC full sun | |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 2 | Halecat Woods | Witherslack | SD432834 | Martin Chadwick | males | |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 3 | Halecat Woods | Witherslack | SD432834 | Martin Chadwick | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Hampsfell | Grange over Sands | SD399798 | David Eastlick | near south gate of FC clear felled land Seen on my daily (...) | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Hampsfell | Grange over Sands | SD405795 | David Eastlick | The same one in the same place on 22 March? Very warm in sun, (...) | |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Hampsfell | Grange over Sands | SD397786 | David Eastlick | flying determinly south east at head height hazy sun, little (...) | |
| 22 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Hampsfell | Grange over Sands | SD405795 | David Eastlick | one peacock identified on ground, flew off and joined by a (...) | |
| 22 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | High Mill | Winster | SD416941 | Steve Douglas | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Hodge Hill | High Newton | SD420883 | Margaret and David Eastlick | composite grid reference between Hodge Hill and River Winster on (...) | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 5 | Hodge Hill | High Newton | SD420883 | Margaret and David Eastlick | composite grid reference between Hodge Hill and River Winster on (...) | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Hodge Hill | High Newton | SD420883 | Margaret and David Eastlick | composite grid reference between Hodge Hill and River Winster on (...) | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Howe Ridding | Witherslack | SD432874 | Chris Winnick | 16oC full sun | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Comma | 2 | Howe Ridding | Witherslack | SD432874 | Chris Winnick | 16oC full sun | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 8 | Howe Ridding | Witherslack | SD432874 | Chris Winnick | 16oC full sun | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Kent Close | Bowston | SD497966 | John Peatfield | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 5 | Kent Close | Bowston | SD497966 | John Peatfield | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Kent Close | Bowston | SD497966 | John Peatfield | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 5 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440828 | D Jackson | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440828 | D Jackson | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440828 | D Jackson | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440827 | Mo Richards | Sunny, bit of a chill wind. | |
| 20 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440827 | D Jackson | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 3 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 8 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | Too many to count precisely, focusing on usual young nettle (...) | |
| 22 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 7 | Lindale Recreation Ground | Lindale | SD417803 | D Jackson | All flying wildly together= a cloud?? | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Holly Blue | 1 | Lingmell | Grange over Sands | SD406776 | Doreen Howard | ||
| 27 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 4 | Little Langdale | Coniston | NY316028 | Mo Richards | ||
| 20 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Longlands | Cleator | NY01261294 | Jake Manson | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Low Moorlands | Dalston | NY368506 | Michael Williams | Rescued from sunlounge! | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 3 | Mockerkin | Mockerkin | NY090233 | John Callion | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Mockerkin | Mockerkin | NY090233 | John Callion | ||
| 22 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Mockerkin | Mockerkin | NY090233 | John Callion | ||
| 27 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Mountbarrow Rd | Ulverston | SD284762 | Helen Wallace | Flying. | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Old Sedbergh Road | Kendal | SD546926 | Philip Key | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Old Sedbergh Road | Kendal | SD546926 | Philip Key | ||
| 19 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Opposite Carlton Clinic | Carlisle | NY434534 | Georgina Collins | ||
| 19 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Ormsgill Slag Banks | Barrow-in-Furness | SD189714 | Helen Wallace | In field between car park | |
| 19 Mar 2020 | Comma | 2 | Ormsgill Slag Banks | Barrow-in-Furness | SD189714 | Helen Wallace | Full sun.One landed on me x3. |  |
| 27 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 5 | Peasey Beck | Crooklands | SD539840 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 27 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 4 | Peasey Beck | Crooklands | SD539840 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 1 | Queen's Road | Kendal | SD511931 | Chris Winnick | 17oC full sun | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Queen's Road | Kendal | SD511931 | Chris Winnick | 17oC full sun | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | R. Caldew | Dalston | NY371505 | Michael Williams | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Comma | 2 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 15 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 12 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 23 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | My first of 2020 | |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 4 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 23 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 5 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 5 Mar 2020 | Ruby Tiger | 1 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY401568 | Martin Keiller | Larva, starting to spin its pupation cocoon. |  |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Brimstone | 2 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pam Wilson | Very warm and sunny | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pam Wilson | Very warm and sunny | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pam Wilson | Very warm and sunny | |
| 5 Mar 2020 | Comma | 2 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pam Wilson | Briefly flying around garden. Sunny. | |
| 27 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Scales | Ulverston | SD269723 | Helen Wallace | Short cycle ride. On substation wall. | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 5 | Sillfield Beck | Gatebeck | SD549852 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 6 | Sillfield Beck | Gatebeck | SD549852 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 24 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Simpson Ground | High Newton | SD406871 | David Johnson | ||
| 24 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Simpson Ground | High Newton | SD4086 | David Johnson | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Comma | 1 | Sowerby Wood | Dalston | NY365520 | Michael Williams | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Sowerby Wood | Dalston | NY365520 | Michael Williams | ||
| 20 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | St Helena | Egremont | NY01871142 | Jake Manson | ||
| 30 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 19 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Sunning itself on paving stones at noon. | |
| 5 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Settled briefly on house wall. Sunny but cool. | |
| 31 Mar 2020 | Hebrew Character | 1 | Tilberthwaite | Coniston | NY305011 | Mo Richards | Seen on a Daffodil! | |
| 31 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Tilberthwaite | Coniston | NY305011 | Mo Richards | 10am temp, 8 degrees seen before the sun went in. | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 3 | Tilberthwaite | Coniston | NY305011 | Mo Richards | Warm and sunny | |
| 22 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Uldale | Uldale | NY252370 | James Macgregor | Warm and sunny. | |
| 20 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 1 | Uldale | Egremont | NY03321179 | Jake Manson | ||
| 27 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Urswick Tarn | Urswick | SD269746 | Helen Wallace | Basking in sun. | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Wedholme Flow | Wigton | NY232537 | Mike Porter | ||
| 23 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Wetheral Greenacres | Wetheral | NY462550 | R H Jones | ||
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 5 | Wharton Tarn | Coniston | SD331987 | Mo Richards | Warm and sunny | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Wharton Tarn | Coniston | SD331987 | Mo Richards | Warm and sunny | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 5 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD458851 | Chris Winnick | 18oC Full sun | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD458851 | Chris Winnick | 18oC Full sun | |
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 2 | Whitrigglees | Wigton | NY246566 | Mike Porter | ||
| 25 Mar 2020 | Peacock | 3 | Witherslack Woods | Witherslack | SD435866 | Chris Winnick | 16oC full sun |
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