Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
9 Apr 2017 Green Hairstreak 7 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD443817 VC69 Westmorland Nigel Maden warm sunny with breeze
22 Jun 2016 Large Skipper 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Grange over Sands SD392766 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC and sunny intervals
11 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 27 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
11 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 27 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4179 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
21 Sep 2019 Painted Lady 7 Adult Esplanade and Promenade Grange over Sands SD406775 VC69 Westmorland Martin Keiller On buddleias and sedums 4.10-4.45pm. Warm and sunny.
27 Aug 2019 Peacock 7 Adult Eden Mount Grange over Sands SD402782 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
22 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 7 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pam Wilson Feeding on Ivy flowers
19 Jul 2023 Red Admiral 7 Adult Grange over Sands Grange over Sands SD394765 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Area of Buddleia, thistles and scrub west of the recycling site. (...)
7 Jul 2023 Red Admiral 7 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD439828 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge
13 Sep 2022 Red Admiral 7 Adult Hampsfell Road Grange over Sands SD407781 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick All on one large buddleia, Sunny, wind free afternoon
19 Sep 2020 Red Admiral 7 Adult Spring Bank Grange over Sands SD3978 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
12 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 7 Adult Station Grange over Sands SD412781 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows There were at least this many, on ivy, at the Arnside end of the (...)
10 Oct 2017 Red Admiral 7 Adult High Farm Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD403787 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick On sheltered late ivy and in full sunshine
12 Oct 2015 Red Admiral 7 Adult Cart Lane Grange over Sands SD400764 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick on ivy in bright sunshine
27 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 7 Adult Risedale Hill Grange over Sands SD397767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Actaea flowers. Red admirals in particular find it (...)
20 May 2020 Small Heath 7 Adult Hampsfell Grange over Sands SD40487925 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick Sunny, windless Agregated grid reference seen as singletons
22 Jun 2019 Small Heath 7 Adult Bishop's Tithe Allotment Hampsfield Grange over Sands SD4079 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
5 Jun 2017 Small Heath 7 Adult Bishop's Tithe Allotment Hampsfield Grange over Sands SD4079 VC69 Westmorland D Howard
3 Jun 2017 Small Heath 7 Adult Bishop's Tithe Allotment Hampsfield Grange over Sands SD4079 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
24 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Grange over Sands Grange over Sands SD397768 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick nectaring on Verbena rigida
9 Jun 2018 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
17 Jun 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard

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  • Chairman:
    Chris Winnick
  • Treasurer:
    David Eastlick

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