Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
16 Jul 2021 Common Blue 7 Adult Mawbray Banks Mawbray NY083473 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10.30-11.30am sunny and warm, light breeze. All males.
1 Jun 2021 Common Blue 17 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY3054 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller NW part of reserve. 16 males, 1 female. 30889.jpeg
25 May 2017 Common Blue 7 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY3054 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller NW part of reserve. All males.
1 Jun 2021 Dingy Skipper 7 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY3054 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller NW part of reserve.
14 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 7 Adult Crosby-on-Eden riverbank path Carlisle NY445593 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
17 Aug 2017 Green-veined White 7 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY3154 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller NE part of reserve. 19oC 60% sun, windy.
15 Aug 2017 Green-veined White 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
3 May 2017 Green-veined White 7 Adult Bowness-on-Solway Nature Reserve Bowness-on-Solway NY2061 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
31 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
29 Jul 2023 Holly Blue 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller By far the most numerous butterfly in the garden throughout (...)
19 Jul 2023 Holly Blue 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
18 Aug 2019 Holly Blue 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 4 males, 3 females. All on Thornless Blackberry blossom. (...) 23970.jpeg
28 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 17 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10.40-11.50am sunny and warm.
10 Jun 2019 Large Skipper 7 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY272569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 2.10-3.10pm, 15degC, mostly sunny, light breeze.
8 Jun 2020 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Jun 2017 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY2756 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
18 Jun 2017 Northern Brown Argus 7 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Martin Keiller 16:00 - 16:50 Very warm 9763.jpeg
24 Apr 2022 Orange-tip 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 3 male, 4 female.
19 Apr 2021 Orange-tip 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller All males
12 May 2020 Orange-tip 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 5 males, 2 females
23 May 2019 Orange-tip 7 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY3054 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 15degC, sunny but breezy. 4m3f. NW part of reserve.
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 7 Adult Buckabank, R. Caldew Dalston NY370489 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 6 males, 1 female.
22 Apr 2019 Orange-tip 7 Adult River Caldew Dalston NY370497 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 5 males, 2 females.
11 May 2017 Orange-tip 7 Adult Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY256591 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Around parking area. 5m 2f.
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.
19 Sep 2019 Painted Lady 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
13 Sep 2019 Painted Lady 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
15 Aug 2019 Painted Lady 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
28 Jun 2019 Painted Lady 7 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10.40-11.50am sunny and warm.
26 Mar 2020 Peacock 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
24 Aug 2023 Red Admiral 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
7 Sep 2021 Red Admiral 7 Adult Bitts Park Carlisle NY401564 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
17 Sep 2020 Red Admiral 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
19 Sep 2019 Red Admiral 17 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
1 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
17 Jun 2020 Ringlet 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
21 Jun 2017 Ringlet 7 Adult Gosling Sike Carlisle NY409586 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 11049.jpeg
4 Jun 2021 Small Blue 7 Adult Glasson Maryport NY029360 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Spread out over a wide area. Mostly sunny, but breezy. (...) 30905.jpeg
7 May 2022 Small Copper 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first of the year. Seen from about 200m of pathway. I have (...) 35638.jpeg
4 Jun 2021 Small Heath 37 Adult Glasson Maryport NY029360 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Mostly sunny, but breezy. 3:40-5:10pm.
28 May 2020 Small Heath 17 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY272569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
20 Jul 2023 Small Skipper 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
1 Jul 2023 Small Skipper 57 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 Jun 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
16 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
17 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller All looked fresh
7 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
19 Sep 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
10 Jul 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
19 Sep 2019 Small White 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Including mating pair. 24284.jpeg
12 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
27 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
7 Jul 2022 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
15 Sep 2021 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
14 Jun 2020 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
20 Aug 2019 Speckled Wood 7 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
10 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY275567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
10 Aug 2021 Wall Brown 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
29 Jul 2017 Wall Brown 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller

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