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, (...)
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.
26 Jul 2016 Gatekeeper 17 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 75 minutes in and around the quarry. Occasional sunny spells.
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.
23 Jul 2019 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Sunny. T 25C 35 minutes observation in mid afternoon.
27 Jul 2018 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 16.00 to 16.20. T29C. Sunny
15 Jun 2021 Northern Brown Argus 7 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 15.30 to 16.10. Warm and sunny
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. (...)
26 Aug 2017 Red Admiral 7 Adult Grange over Sands Unknown Martin Chadwick Cart lane to Kents Bank. 45 minutes walk around mid-day. 50% (...)
23 Sep 2016 Red Admiral 7 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD336876 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On windfall pears
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 (...)
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 (...)
14 Jun 2022 Small Blue 27 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189715 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Sunny and breezy. Temperature 18C two hours observation in (...)
24 Jun 2018 Small Heath 7 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Mill Side SD459849 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minutes observation in 100% sun. Temp 22C
9 Jun 2015 Small Heath 7 Adult Undermillbeck Common Bowness-on-Windermere SD421950 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
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
23 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Grange over Sands Promenade Grange SD408778 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick walk the full length of the promenade. warm. Sunny spells
2 Sep 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD438827 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minutes walk around the reserve. Full sun and warm.
24 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Grange over Sands Grange over Sands SD397768 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick nectaring on Verbena rigida
6 Jul 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Ulpha meadow Meathop SD457808 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 200 metres of thistles on bank at edge of Ulpha meadow. Sunny (...)
21 Apr 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness SD189709 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick an hour spent on Channelside between the museum and the slag (...)
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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