Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
21 Jun 2014 Mountain Ringlet 20 Adult Fleetwith Pike Seatoller NY215133 VC70 Cumberland Brian Sunny intervals 17 degrees probably many more in higher (...) 765.jpeg
21 Jun 2014 Small Heath 10 Adult Fleetwith Pike Seatoller NY215134 VC70 Cumberland Brian Flying in amongst Mountain Ringlets
21 Jun 2014 Red Admiral 1 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538842 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
21 Jun 2014 Common Blue 27 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY739082 VC69 Westmorland M C Dixon
21 Jun 2014 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY739082 VC69 Westmorland M C Dixon
21 Jun 2014 Northern Brown Argus 69 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY739082 VC69 Westmorland M C Dixon
21 Jun 2014 Common Blue 7 Adult Sandscale Haws Dalton-in-Furness SD199756 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny but very windy.
21 Jun 2014 Dark Green Fritillary 7 Adult Sandscale Haws Dalton-in-Furness SD199756 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny but very windy.
21 Jun 2014 Meadow Brown 40 Adult Sandscale Haws Dalton-in-Furness SD199756 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny but very windy.
21 Jun 2014 Small Heath 10 Adult Sandscale Haws Dalton-in-Furness SD199756 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny but very windy.
21 Jun 2014 Painted Lady 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD456775 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez
11 Jun 2014 Green-veined White 2 Adult Lawyer's Brow Longsleddale NY512076 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
11 Jun 2014 Green-veined White 1 Adult Sadgill Longsleddale NY483057 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
11 Jun 2014 Small Heath 1 Adult Sladdale Fell Longsleddale NY489066 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
11 Jun 2014 Small Heath 50 Adult High Dam back of Finsthwaite SD359889 VC69 Westmorland David Hardaker Plentiful on boggy areas.
11 Jun 2014 Green-veined White 20 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Waitby NY756085 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
11 Jun 2014 Large Skipper 2 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Waitby NY756085 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
11 Jun 2014 Orange-tip 2 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Waitby NY756085 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Both male
11 Jun 2014 Northern Brown Argus 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD402777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick very fresh basking on Yorkshire Fog in full sun
11 Jun 2014 Brimstone 1 Adult Nichols Moss Witherslack SD428829 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick MALE
11 Jun 2014 Large Heath 3 Adult Nichols Moss Witherslack SD428829 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
11 Jun 2014 Large Heath 3 Adult Scaleby Moss Carlisle NY432636 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Only 3 seen over a 3 hour period. Warm and sunny but quite (...) 574.jpeg
11 Jun 2014 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Disused Railway Storth SD472802 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows female
11 Jun 2014 Green-veined White 1 Adult Disused Railway Storth SD472802 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
11 Jun 2014 Orange-tip 1 Adult Disused Railway Storth SD472802 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
11 Jun 2014 Painted Lady 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY409568 VC70 Cumberland William O'Brien A very 'washed out' and pale individual.
1 Jun 2014 Small Heath 12 Adult High Dam back of Finsthwaite SD359889 VC69 Westmorland David Hardaker 2 or 3 on several sections of peat bog at the back of High Dam. (...) 475.jpeg
1 Jun 2014 Brimstone 1 Adult Collin Ford, Great Corby Carlisle NY480544 VC70 Cumberland Karen Mclellan Male in garden
1 Jun 2014 Green-veined White 2 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD445820 VC69 Westmorland Marg and David Eastlick
1 Jun 2014 Small White 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD445820 VC69 Westmorland Marg and David Eastlick
1 Jun 2014 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD445820 VC69 Westmorland Marg and David Eastlick
1 Jun 2014 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Beetham Fell Beetham SD485795 VC69 Westmorland Peter Moreton
1 Jun 2014 Red Admiral Adult Beetham Fell Beetham SD485795 VC69 Westmorland Peter Moreton
1 Jun 2014 Speckled Wood 10 Adult Beetham Fell Beetham SD485795 VC69 Westmorland Peter Moreton

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