Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
21 Jun 2014 Common Blue 7 Adult Sandscale Haws Dalton-in-Furness SD199756 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny but very windy.
3 Jul 2015 Dark Green Fritillary 7 Adult Heathwaite Arnside SD451769 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very warm.
21 Jun 2014 Dark Green Fritillary 7 Adult Sandscale Haws Dalton-in-Furness SD199756 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny but very windy.
13 Jul 2021 Grayling 7 Adult Hutton Roof Clawthorpe SD552782 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Muggy, sunshine with some heavy cloud at times
8 May 2022 Green Hairstreak 7 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hazy sun
9 Apr 2019 Green Hairstreak 7 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD447820 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Few glimpses of sun, windy.
7 May 2023 Green-veined White 7 Adult High Arnside Tarn Skelwith Bridge NY330010 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny and rather warm
24 May 2019 Green-veined White 7 Adult High Arnside Tarn Skelwith Bridge NY330010 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny and breezy.
26 May 2015 Green-veined White 7 Adult Kentmere Hamlet Staveley NY456041 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
5 Sep 2014 Green-veined White 7 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
18 Jun 2023 Large Skipper 7 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD331985 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very warm, cloudy at times
29 Jul 2019 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards 20 degrees pm
4 Aug 2016 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Yew Tree Tarn Coniston NY322003 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
5 Aug 2014 Meadow Brown 7 Adult Tarn Hows Coniston SD330998 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
22 May 2019 Orange-tip 7 Adult Yew Tree Tarn Coniston NY322003 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Warm and windy
14 May 2019 Orange-tip 7 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Warm
13 May 2019 Orange-tip 7 Adult Fishgarths Wood Ambleside NY360037 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
14 May 2016 Orange-tip 7 Adult Fishgarths Wood Ambleside NY360037 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Temp c 15 degrees some wind.
2 May 2014 Orange-tip 7 Adult Whitbarrow NNR Witherslack SD441870 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Pleasant walking temperature.
30 Jul 2019 Painted Lady 17 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston Outgate SD333979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
7 Apr 2023 Peacock 7 Adult Brantwood Gdns Coniston SD311956 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny warm day
20 Apr 2020 Peacock 7 Adult Yew Tree Tarn Coniston NY322003 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
14 Sep 2019 Peacock 7 Adult Grizedale Forest Hawkshead SD342964 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
31 Aug 2017 Peacock 7 Adult Hayes Garden Centre Ambleside NY376035 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards On Buddleja on waste ground by their carpark.
18 Oct 2022 Red Admiral 7 Adult Brantwood Garden Coniston SD311956 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very sunny day.
20 Sep 2022 Red Admiral 7 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards a little sunshine
5 Oct 2020 Red Admiral 7 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny, warm
18 Oct 2019 Red Admiral 7 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
1 Sep 2017 Red Admiral 7 Adult Wharton Tarn Coniston SD331987 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards On Scabious
26 Sep 2014 Red Admiral 7 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD451773 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
23 Jul 2021 Ringlet 7 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Hot
3 Sep 2014 Small Heath 7 Adult Sandscale Haws Dalton-in-Furness SD199756 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
15 Jun 2023 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 7 Adult High Moss Far Sawrey SD374980 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Full sun
20 Jun 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 7 Adult High Arnside Tarn Skelwith Bridge NY330010 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
15 Jun 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 7 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
4 Aug 2014 Small Skipper 7 Adult Plain Quarry Hutton Roof SD552761 VC60 West Lancashire Mo Richards Warm sunshine mid to late afternoon. Site also very good for (...)
5 Sep 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards On Buddleja

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