Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
6 Jul 2020 Common Blue 7 Adult Scout Scar Kendal SD498916 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey All male. Very blustery, sunny intervals, 16deg.C. 2.45-3.30pm. 27382.jpeg
26 Jul 2021 Grayling 7 Adult Scout Scar Kendal SD486914 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny intervals.
27 May 2021 Green-veined White 7 Adult Dubbs Lane Troutbeck NY422014 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Rarely settling. Not all accurately identified, but probably (...)
6 Jun 2016 Green-veined White 7 Adult Burns Beck Moss Killington SD5987 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, light breeze, 29deg. C. 13.15-14.45.
24 Apr 2014 Green-veined White 7 Adult Brigsteer Park Wood Levens SD4886 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey In about 1 hour. Warm, sunny, still.
16 Jun 2023 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Fell Foot National Trust Newby Bridge SD380869 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Flying among thickly planted Ox-eye Daisies, but not seen (...)
2 May 2017 Orange-tip 7 Adult Fishgarths Wood Ambleside NY3603 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
8 Apr 2015 Peacock 7 Adult Claife Heights area Ambleside SD3798 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Spread over a wide area as singletons.
4 Sep 2023 Red Admiral 7 Adult Garden Kendal SD510923 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey On Buddleia. Hot sunshine, calm, noon.
19 Sep 2020 Red Admiral 17 Adult Holehird Gardens Windermere NY411007 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, sheltered from cool breeze in walled garden.
2 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 7 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light breeze. On Buddleia.
5 Jun 2021 Small Heath 7 Adult Helsington Barrows Kendal SD496910 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Repeatedly settling briefly. Sunny, brisk southerly breeze.
24 Jun 2020 Small Heath 7 Adult Sunbiggin Tarn Tebay NY674077 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 13.30-14.15. Hot sun, light breeze.
21 May 2020 Small Heath 7 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD433844 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 20deg. C. Sunny intervals.
9 Jun 2019 Small Heath 7 Adult Scout Scar Kendal SD493914 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Blustery west wind, sunny intervals.
2 Jul 2017 Small Skipper 7 Adult Halecat Woods Witherslack SD4383 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 14.15 - 16.15, 19 deg. C, SW breeze, sunny spells.
4 Aug 2018 Small White 7 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, light breeze.
8 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Woodland below White Scar Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Hazy sunshine, hot, 4pm.
11 May 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD459852 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, easterly breeze, 21deg. C. One very dark and hardly (...)

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