Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
24 Jul 2020 Meadow Brown 10 Adult Blackwood Farm Braithwaite NY237250 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh
24 Jul 2020 Ringlet 1 Adult Blackwood Farm Braithwaite NY237250 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Nectaring on an early Devil's Bit Scabious 27892.jpeg
24 Jul 2020 Small Skipper 2 Adult Blackwood Farm Braithwaite NY237250 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Nectaring on an early Devil's Bit Scabious 27890.jpeg
24 Jul 2020 Gatekeeper 9 Adult Drigg Dunes Drigg SD04839847 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson From SD04839847 to SD06369709
24 Jul 2020 Meadow Brown 11 Adult Drigg Dunes Drigg SD04839847 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson From SD04839847 to SD06369709
24 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Drigg Dunes Drigg SD04839847 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson From SD04839847 to SD06369709
24 Jul 2020 Comma 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 27917.jpeg
24 Jul 2020 Green-veined White 12 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Including a mating pair. 27923.jpeg
24 Jul 2020 Meadow Brown 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020 Peacock 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller All quite fresh 27916.jpeg
24 Jul 2020 Small Copper 9 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 27920.jpeg
24 Jul 2020 Small Skipper 6 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 27921.jpeg
24 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020 Small White 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020 Wall Brown 8 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller All appeared fresh, 2nd generation. Mostly males but at least (...) 27919.jpeg
24 Jul 2020 Large White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2020 Meadow Brown 1 Adult Wetheral village Wetheral NY467539 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
24 Jul 2020 Red Admiral 2 Adult Wetheral village Wetheral NY467539 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
24 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Wetheral village Wetheral NY467539 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
24 Jul 2020 Dark Green Fritillary 7 Adult Greystoke Forest Greystoke NY389343 VC70 Cumberland Sarah Mitchell Sunny, warm & sheltered. 18oC
24 Jul 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Greystoke Forest Greystoke NY389343 VC70 Cumberland Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2020 Meadow Brown 29 Adult Greystoke Forest Greystoke NY389343 VC70 Cumberland Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2020 Ringlet 15 Adult Greystoke Forest Greystoke NY389343 VC70 Cumberland Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2020 Small Skipper 139 Adult Greystoke Forest Greystoke NY389343 VC70 Cumberland Sarah Mitchell Probably an undercount. They were everywhere. On Clover & (...)
24 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Greystoke Forest Greystoke NY389343 VC70 Cumberland Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Greystoke Forest Greystoke NY389343 VC70 Cumberland Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2020 Purple Hairstreak 4 Adult Wetheral Viaduct Wetheral NY4691154685 VC70 Cumberland Thomas Garner In elm alongside 1 white-letter hairstreak. Seen from the (...) 28018.jpeg
24 Jul 2020 White-letter Hairstreak 1 Adult Wetheral Viaduct Wetheral NY4691154685 VC70 Cumberland Thomas Garner In elm alongside 4 purple hairstreaks. Seen from the viaduct (...) 28017.jpeg
14 Jul 2020 Ringlet 3 Adult Field Nether Wasdale NY126044 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace Very dull afternoon.
14 Jul 2020 Comma 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
14 Jul 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Fresh
4 Jul 2020 Meadow Brown 8 Adult Derwent River A66 bridge Keswick NY250240 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Mostly low in vegetation on a very overcast morning. Small (...) 27335.jpeg

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