Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
22 Jun 2021 Large Skipper 1 Adult Lyvennet north of Littlebeck inflow Kings Meaburn NY619201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Only saw the one - noticeably fewer butterflies around at this (...) 31319.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Small Blue 1 Larva Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206687 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Found on kidney vetch at north end of site 31336.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Small Skipper 1 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow in Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 31303.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Small White 1 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow in Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
22 Jun 2021 Mountain Ringlet 1 Adult Illgill head Santon Bridge NY168049 VC70 Cumberland Keith Derrett Resting in clump of grass
22 Jun 2021 Green-veined White 1 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10:40am - 12:10pm, mostly sunny. 31381.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Red Admiral 1 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10:40am - 12:10pm, mostly sunny.
22 Jun 2021 Small Skipper 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first in 2021
22 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult High Crag Wood Witherslack SD4433685813 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C.
22 Jun 2021 Common Blue 1 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD4341785326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C. On eastern slopes of Yewbarrow.
22 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 1 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4338284588 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 70% sun, 17C. Very fresh male.
22 Jun 2021 Ringlet 1 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4334884383 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 17C
22 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 21 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4338284588 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 70% sun, 17C
22 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4334884383 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 17C

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