Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
1 Jul 2020 Comma 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 55 minutes in and around the quarry late afternoon. Temp 20C, (...)
5 Jun 2018 Common Blue 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick warm, sunny some wind
25 Aug 2015 Common Blue 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick time ca 11:15 sun not fully on quarry face and cloud beginning (...)
31 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 7 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD392735 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
17 May 2019 Dingy Skipper 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 45 minutes observations.
18 May 2018 Dingy Skipper 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 45 minutes observation . Sunny and warm.
8 Aug 2019 Gatekeeper 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390766 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick 23deg C sun no wind aggregated grid reference knapweed the (...)
26 Jul 2016 Gatekeeper 17 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 75 minutes in and around the quarry. Occasional sunny spells.
17 Jul 2014 Gatekeeper 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland David and Margaret Eastlick hot sunny and bright day
4 Jul 2015 Large Skipper 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391766 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
8 Aug 2018 Large White 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 30 minutes in late afternoon. Sunny. Pair in cop.
19 Jul 2018 Large White 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 11.00 to 11.40 in moderately sunny conditions.
12 Jul 2020 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD394767 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon
23 Jul 2019 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Sunny. T 25C 35 minutes observation in mid afternoon.
13 Jul 2019 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391766 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick 17 deg C overcast no sun
27 Jul 2018 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 16.00 to 16.20. T29C. Sunny
25 Aug 2015 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick time ca 11:15 sun not fully on quarry face and cloud beginning (...)
15 Jun 2021 Northern Brown Argus 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 15.30 to 16.10. Warm and sunny
8 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 7 Adult Allithwaite Community Centre Allithwaite SD387767 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick on buddleia 23deg C sun no wind
6 Jul 2020 Ringlet 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minutes in late afternoon sunshine in the lower part of the (...)
1 Jun 2020 Small Heath 7 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD391736 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny, warm, slight breeze Aggregated grid reference
31 May 2020 Small Heath 7 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD392735 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
6 Jul 2020 Small Skipper 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minutes in late afternoon sunshine in the lower part of the (...)
31 Jul 2019 Small Skipper 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick lower part of quarry. 25 minutes observation in clody and (...)
30 Jul 2015 Small Skipper 17 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
9 Aug 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD393767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick About 60 minutes roaming over Wart Barrow in full sun. Temp. (...)

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