Cumbria Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Site Town Grid Ref. Recorder Comment Image
27 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Kirkhead Allithwaite SD392756 Martin Chadwick 13C and sunny at 17.30
26 Mar 2017 Peacock 2 Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 Martin Chadwick
26 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 Martin Chadwick
24 Mar 2017 Peacock 2 Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD39037401 Lynne Farrell Flying along edge of woodland at end of track to beach
25 Mar 2017 Comma 1 Ambleside garden Ambleside NY379039 Mo Richards Sunny and warm
13 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Borrans Park Ambleside NY373034 Mo Richards On Celandine, early afternoon sunshine.
25 Mar 2017 Comma 1 Askam shore Askam SD209778 Helen Wallace 100 min timed walk along rough ground north of pier. On Gorse (...)
25 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 18 Askam shore Askam SD209778 Helen Wallace 100 min timed walk along rough ground north of pier.
25 Mar 2017 Small White 1 Askam shore Askam SD209778 Helen Wallace 100 min timed walk along rough ground north of pier.
24 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Near Eskholme Pike above Barbon Park Barbon SD638832 Stephen Jury Sunny bright day with gentle breeze Butterfly appeared smaller (...)
24 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Near Eskholme Pike above Barbon Park Barbon SD638832 Stephen Jury Sunny bright day with gentle breeze Butterfly appeared smaller (...)
24 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189717 Helen Wallace Basking in the sun.
15 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Burton in Kendal village Burton-in-Kendal SD531768 Tom Dunbar In flight
28 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Collin Ford, Great Corby Carlisle NY480543 Karen Mclellan Nectaring on heather
27 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 Martin Keiller
26 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 Martin Keiller 8233.jpeg
26 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 Martin Keiller
26 Mar 2017 Comma 4 Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 Martin Keiller At one point all 4 spiraled upwards together. Otherwise basking, (...)
26 Mar 2017 Peacock 3 Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 Martin Keiller
26 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 Martin Keiller There was also a white (G-v or Small) that was patrolling a 200m (...)
24 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 Martin Keiller
9 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 Martin Keiller Nectaring on crocus and daffodil, or basking on roof tiles. My (...) 8152.jpeg
28 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Hill Mill Brook Cartmel SD370784 Lynne Farrell Flying and landing on hedge near foot bridge
24 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Hampsfell Cartmel SD40367935 Lynne Farrell One flying at 1230pm
27 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD413791 Martin Chadwick
26 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD40387821 Pam Wilson
26 Mar 2017 Comma 1 Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD40387821 Pam Wilson
26 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD40387821 Pam Wilson
25 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Allithwaite Quarry Grange over Sands SD391766 Chris Winnick 16 degrees, very sunny, also saw 2 falcons, a buzzard and a Roe (...)
24 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 David Eastlick male
14 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Kentsford Road garden Grange over Sands SD399759 Gwen Tordoff âÂ
9 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange over Sands SD409782 Doreen Howard
6 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Murrell Hill Grange over Sands SD404777 David Eastlick in full sun, early morning about 10 deg C
26 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange-over-Sands SD4178 Doreen Howard
26 Mar 2017 Comma 2 Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange-over-Sands SD4178 Doreen Howard
26 Mar 2017 Comma 2 Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange-over-Sands SD4179 Doreen Howard
26 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange-over-Sands SD4179 Doreen Howard
26 Mar 2017 Peacock 4 Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange-over-Sands SD4178 Doreen Howard
26 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange-over-Sands SD4178 Doreen Howard
26 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Charney Well Lane Grange-over-Sands SD404781 Doreen Howard
26 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Charney Well Lane Grange-over-Sands SD404781 Doreen Howard
26 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Grange Fell Road Grange-over-Sands SD403779 Doreen Howard
26 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Yewbarrow Lodge gardens Grange-over-Sands SD409782 Doreen Howard
25 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Hampsfell Grange-over-Sands SD4079 Doreen Howard
25 Mar 2017 Brimstone 2 Nichols Moss Grange-over-Sands SD430831 Mike Gregory bright sunny day, seen along the track to Nichols moss
25 Mar 2017 Comma 1 Nichols Moss Grange-over-Sands SD430831 Mike Gregory bright sunny day, seen along the track to Nichols moss
25 Mar 2017 Peacock 6 Nichols Moss Grange-over-Sands SD430831 Mike Gregory bright sunny day, seen along the track to Nichols moss
25 Mar 2017 Red Admiral 2 Nichols Moss Grange-over-Sands SD430831 Mike Gregory bright sunny day, seen along the track to Nichols moss
24 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Grange Fell Road Grange-over-Sands SD405779 Doreen Howard
24 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Grange Fell Road Grange-over-Sands SD405779 Doreen Howard
24 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Main street Grange-over-Sands SD406776 Lynne Farrell Very fresh male flying across the road
27 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 2 River Lowther Helton NY516218 Sarah Mitchell Sunny. One flying. The other was basking in the sun and had a (...)
26 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 River Lowther Helton NY516218 Sarah Mitchell Sunny 15oC. Basking in the sun.
15 Mar 2017 Fox Moth 1 Helton Fell Helton NY495225 Sarah Mitchell Fox Moth Caterpillar on path.
26 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Queen's Road Kendal SD511931 Chris Winnick 16 degrees, in the garden
26 Mar 2017 Clouded Drab 1 Greenside Kendal SD510924 John Mounsey Clouded Drab, on bedroom wall.
25 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 B&Q Kendal SD522906 Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Mar 2017 Comma 1 B&Q, Kendal Kendal SD522906 Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 Mar 2017 Agonopterix heracliana 1 Greenside Kendal SD510924 John Mounsey Agonopterix heracliana, in porch.
25 Mar 2017 Common Plume 1 Greenside Kendal SD510924 John Mounsey Common Plume, Emmelina monodactyla. In porch.
25 Mar 2017 Hebrew Character 1 Greenside Kendal SD510924 John Mounsey Hebrew Character. In house, in shower.
25 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Greenside Kendal SD510924 John Mounsey Nectaring on white Erica, Anemone blanda and Primula (...)
24 Mar 2017 Red Admiral 2 Dodd Keswick NY224274 Kevin Marshall Flying on summit of Dodd Fell. I live in Lincolnshire & see (...)
23 Mar 2017 Brindled Pug 1 Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY274567 Paul Kennedy Brindled Pug Initially found on fence post in oak woodland (...) 8162.jpeg
23 Mar 2017 Early Tooth-striped 1 Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY273567 Paul Kennedy Early tooth-striped Identification confirmed by MC DTE 25 Mar (...) 8163.jpeg
23 Mar 2017 Eriocraniidae 1 Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY273563 Paul Kennedy Eriocraniidae species Found on a fence post in oak woodland, (...) 8161.jpeg
26 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 John Strutt Conservation area Cote Garth Kirkby Stephen NY796100 Dave Swalwell Landed adjacent to path on old rail line below the recently (...)
26 Mar 2017 Comma 1 Whinlatter Lorton NY183258 K Hamilton A walk in full sunshine from Darling how to Tarbarrel moss
26 Mar 2017 Peacock 12 Whinlatter Lorton NY183258 K Hamilton A walk in full sunshine from Darling how to Tarbarrel moss
26 Mar 2017 Red Admiral 1 Whinlatter Lorton NY183258 K Hamilton A walk in full sunshine from Darling how to Tarbarrel moss
25 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Garden Maryport NY052359 K Hamilton
25 Mar 2017 Comma 1 Next to petrol station Maryport NY036362 K Hamilton
27 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Garden Penrith NY499267 Sarah Mitchell Sunny. On the lawn.
26 Mar 2017 Peacock 2 Garden Penrith NY499267 Sarah Mitchell Sunny 15oC. Flew around garden together then basked in the sun.
27 Mar 2017 Orange Underwing 2 Ravenglass south end railway viaduct Ravenglass SD088968 Andrew Cockroft flying in bright sunshine x 2
28 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Myers Allotment Silverdale SD473750 Mike Gregory Bright sunshine, nectaring on dandelions just inside the gate
25 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Myers Allotment Silverdale SD473750 Mike Gregory Bright sunshine.
25 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Myers Allotment Silverdale SD473750 Mike Gregory Bright sunshine. Didn't settle long
25 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Myers Allotment Silverdale SD473750 Mike Gregory Bright sunshine.
24 Mar 2017 Brimstone 1 Arnside Knott/Heathwaite Silverdale SD448769 Linda & Arthur Pennington
24 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 Mo Richards
9 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 Mo Richards Very sunny, but wind strong at times.
31 Mar 2017 Red Admiral 1 Lighthouse Lane Sandwith Whitehaven NX954148 Mike and Lyn Mills
26 Mar 2017 Comma 1 Holehird Gardens Windermere NY410007 Chris Winnick 15 degrees...full sun.
26 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Holehird Gardens Windermere NY410007 Chris Winnick 15 degrees...full sun.
28 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 Bryan Ingleby Sunny,, nectaring on willow
26 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Halecat Woods Witherslack SD433834 Chris Winnick 17 degrees...full sun.
25 Mar 2017 Green Hairstreak 3 Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443816 Chris Winnick just emerged....possibly 1st in UK at this very early site.
14 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Witherslack Hall Witherslack SD437862 Helen Wallace On mud along footpath up to the school. Sunny.
9 Mar 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 Margaret and David Eastlick sunny, some westerly wind, guess 11 deg C
8 Mar 2017 Comma 1 Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 Mo Richards Temp about 13 degrees and sunny.
8 Mar 2017 Peacock 1 Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 Mo Richards Temp about 13 degrees and sunny.

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