Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
18 Jul 2021 Common Blue 7 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY757087 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick Aggregate grid reference used, that of entrance from over bridge (...)
5 Jul 2016 Common Blue 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY729077 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 50% sun 17oC
13 Aug 2015 Common Blue 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY7207 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
21 Jun 2014 Common Blue 27 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY739082 VC69 Westmorland M C Dixon
12 Aug 2015 Dark Green Fritillary 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY728074 VC69 Westmorland Graeme Baker
4 Aug 2018 Green-veined White 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY7206 VC69 Westmorland Michael Addis There were 4 of us and we walked from Smardale carpark to the (...)
22 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY730070 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 10.40-15.30 Overcast
25 Aug 2019 Large White 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY728065 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 28oC Full sun
4 Aug 2018 Large White 127 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY7206 VC69 Westmorland Michael Addis There were 4 of us and we walked from Smardale carpark to the (...)
1 Aug 2021 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY725067 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon & Mike Roberts 12C Overcast
29 Jul 2019 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY732065 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 14.00-15.30 Sunny last half hour
21 Jul 2019 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY728071 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 21648.jpeg
7 Jul 2019 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY761082 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick No wind in cutting and really warm when the sun shone, ~20 deg (...)
26 Jul 2018 Meadow Brown 17 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY727069 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips
26 Jul 2018 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Smardale Disused Rly Line Kirkby Stephen NY711060 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
3 Aug 2017 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY725068 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon
10 Jun 2019 Northern Brown Argus 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY727069 VC69 Westmorland Michael Williams all between the viaduct and the kilns
8 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 137 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY7207 VC69 Westmorland Keith Walton
17 Aug 2023 Peacock 37 Adult Smardale Gill NNR Kirkby Stephen NY727068 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips
24 Aug 2019 Peacock 7 Adult Franks Bridge Kirkby Stephen NY776087 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny 21 deg C little wind
24 Aug 2019 Peacock 7 Adult Smardale NNR Kirkby Stephen NY7244406548 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny 21 deg C little wind at lime kilns
19 Jul 2018 Peacock 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY7206 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Mostly sunny 22c
17 Aug 2023 Red Admiral 17 Adult Smardale Gill NNR Kirkby Stephen NY727068 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips
25 Aug 2019 Red Admiral 17 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY724065 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 28oC Hot and full sun.
8 Aug 2019 Red Admiral 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY7207 VC69 Westmorland Keith Walton
4 Aug 2018 Red Admiral 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY7206 VC69 Westmorland Michael Addis There were 4 of us and we walked from Smardale carpark to the (...)
4 Aug 2019 Ringlet 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY727067 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips 70% sun 20c
23 Aug 2023 Scotch Argus 97 Adult Smardale Gill NNR Kirkby Stephen NY742083 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell A variation in markings seen. 44927.jpeg
17 Aug 2023 Scotch Argus 227 Adult Smardale Gill NNR Kirkby Stephen NY727068 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Majority confined to a small core area near the viaduct, with 43 (...)
5 Aug 2022 Scotch Argus 37 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY728071 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 12.20-15.20 12C-15C Overcast, Showery, Sunny 38254.jpeg
3 Aug 2021 Scotch Argus 447 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY724064 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oc 65% sun little wind. Astonishing!......would have been over (...)
4 Aug 2018 Scotch Argus 2007 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY7206 VC69 Westmorland Michael Addis There were 4 of us and we walked from Smardale carpark to the (...)
26 Jul 2018 Scotch Argus 107 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY727069 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips 3 in the cutting and one at the west end between the cutting and (...)
13 Aug 2015 Small Heath 57 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY727070 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
28 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 7 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY759084 VC69 Westmorland Andy Bolton
18 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 7 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY757087 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick Aggregate grid reference used, that of entrance from over bridge (...)
21 Jul 2019 Small Skipper 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY728071 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon
22 Jul 2018 Small Skipper 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY730070 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 10.40-15.30 Overcast 15561.jpeg
25 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY728065 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 28oC Full sun.
13 Aug 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY725068 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
7 Aug 2019 Small White 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY728070 VC69 Westmorland Keith Temple

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    Chris Winnick
  • Treasurer:
    David Eastlick

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