Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Green-veined White

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
30 Jul 2014 Green-veined White 5 Adult Syke Fold Dent SD726859 VC65 North-west Yorkshire Barry Prater
19 May 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Broughton Beck Lowick Green SD279832 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
26 May 2017 Green-veined White 15 Adult High Cup Nick Dufton NY746262 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell All in marshy area at top of HCN
18 May 2017 Green-veined White 15 Adult Bardsea Bardsea SD290757 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell Farmer leaves corner of field alone. On 21 July last year there (...)
21 Aug 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Wet Sleddale Shap NY540109 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 15oC 70% sun
23 Jul 2021 Green-veined White 5 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD455861 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 28oC full sun/no wind..
22 Jul 2021 Green-veined White 5 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD457850 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 28oC full sun/no wind.
22 Jul 2021 Green-veined White 5 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD457850 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 28oC full sun/no wind
23 Jul 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD460853 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 25oC 90% sun.
16 May 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Hutton Roof Burton-in-Kendal SD549777 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 18oC 60% sun breeze
24 May 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190718 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 100% sun
13 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Halecat Woods Witherslack SD434833 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC 70% sun
30 Sep 2015 Green-veined White 5 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY466544 VC70 Cumberland Cilla Stanger-Moore 4187.jpeg
30 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Chamley Bank Oxen Park SD322900 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wainwright
12 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Low Crag Wood Witherslack SD444853 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wainwright
17 Jul 2014 Green-veined White 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland David and Margaret Eastlick hot sunny and bright day
8 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 5 Adult Park House Farm Milnthorpe SD494826 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick at fruit farm
11 May 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY619203 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass A sunny and warm afternoon after a cooler morning. 35678.jpeg
3 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Spring Bank Lane Grange over Sands SD3978 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
11 May 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Broughton Moor Broughton Mills SD239931 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 15C. Overcast. 13.45-15.20 40651.jpeg
2 Aug 2021 Green-veined White 5 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD456775 VC69 Westmorland Howard and Penny Smith 33100.jpeg
31 May 2021 Green-veined White 15 Adult Wolsty Banks Wolsty NY095504 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
24 May 2021 Green-veined White 15 Adult Crosscanonby Nature Reserve Crosscananby NY065395 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Many on Star of Bethlehem
24 Apr 2020 Green-veined White 5 Adult Crosscanonby Nature Reserve Maryport NY063397 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
21 May 2019 Green-veined White 15 Adult Isthmus Keswick NY257233 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
23 May 2016 Green-veined White 5 Adult Seaton Seaton NY013307 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
13 May 2015 Green-veined White 15 Adult Allonby North Lodge Allonby NY081432 VC70 Cumberland John Callion newly emerged?
24 May 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Burns Beck Moss Killington SD595878 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny, 15deg.C
24 May 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Old Scots Road Killington SD598911 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Dandelions. Sunny, 15dg. C.
11 Aug 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Faulds Brow Caldbeck NY303408 VC70 Cumberland John Mounsey Full sun all day, occasional light NE breeze. Mid afternoon.
22 Jul 2021 Green-veined White 5 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Ovipositing on Aurenia saxatilis, Yellow Alyssum. Hot sunshine.
17 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Disused Railway Kirkby Stephen NY747087 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 6 others may have been Small Whites. 20deg. C. Sheltered from (...)
2 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Burns Beck Moss Sedbergh SD595878 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, fitful easterly breeze, 25deg. C. No butterflies seen (...)
26 Aug 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Dalton Lane Burton-in-Kendal SD531759 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, light breeze.
16 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Meathop Moss, track to Witherslack SD446820 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny.
8 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD3387 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Mostly sunny. 10.30 - 12.30.
3 May 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Flashbank Wood Levens SD4888 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, very strong east wind.
14 Jun 2014 Green-veined White 5 Adult Soddy Gap Little Broughton NY071323 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
30 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 5 Adult Collin Ford, Great Corby Carlisle NY480543 VC70 Cumberland Karen Mclellan
12 Jun 2015 Green-veined White 5 Adult Nether Row Caldbeck NY322388 VC70 Cumberland Karen Mclellan
8 Aug 2014 Green-veined White 15 Adult Walton Moss Brampton NY520662 VC70 Cumberland Karen Mclellan
22 Aug 2021 Green-veined White 5 Adult Birkshill Garden Raughton Head NY373505 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
16 Sep 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Birkshill Garden Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
7 Sep 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple Woodland edge
1 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 15 Adult Eycott Hill Nature Reserve Berrier NY388296 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
7 Sep 2021 Green-veined White 5 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland L Swift
24 Jul 2021 Green-veined White 15 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD503933 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould
10 Jun 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Verge Uldale NY252363 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
10 Jun 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Roadside verges Overwater Uldale NY254354 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift Sunny but very windy
26 May 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Country verge Overwater Uldale NY253353 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
2 Jun 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Roadside verges Uldale NY251367 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
10 May 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Field Broughton Cartmel SD3880 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
30 Apr 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick 100% sun slight breeze
25 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick time ca 11:15 sun not fully on quarry face and cloud beginning (...)
30 May 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Foulshaw Moss Kendal SD457836 VC69 Westmorland Mark Pike
21 May 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Sandgate Marsh Flookborough SD349752 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
30 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Old Park Wood Holker SD336786 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
14 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Undermillbeck Common Windermere SD418947 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 200 minutes on the common. T14. Sun 5%, breezy.
12 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD413794 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minutes on Merlewood bank at midday
12 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Capes Head Barker Scar Cark SD330781 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
4 Aug 2016 Green-veined White 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
1 Aug 2016 Green-veined White 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 70 minutes observation in and around the boundary of the quarry. (...)
17 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 5 Adult Ulpha meadow Meathop SD461808 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
27 Aug 2014 Green-veined White 5 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY728075 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
7 Aug 2014 Green-veined White 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Warm and sunny. Lots of observers from a joint Cumbria BC field (...)
5 May 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Spring Hagg Staveley SD482983 VC69 Westmorland Martin J Thompson
11 Jul 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Eden N bank, W of A7 bridge Carlisle NY400566 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Including mating pair
13 May 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
9 May 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
2 Aug 2021 Green-veined White 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
21 May 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
21 May 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
29 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 15 Adult Walton Moss Brampton NY515673 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Buckabank, R. Caldew Dalston NY370489 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
20 Apr 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
25 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 15 Adult Soddy Gap Little Broughton NY070323 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10.50 - 11.30am
24 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 15 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
12 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Eden Bridge, path under, just west of bridge Carlisle NY400566 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
9 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
28 May 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY280570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
23 May 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Kingmoor North NR Carlisle NY385595 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
10 Aug 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Glasson Maryport NY029358 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
24 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 15 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 Jul 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY3054 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller NW part of reserve.
25 May 2017 Green-veined White 25 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY2756 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
23 May 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Martin Keiller
5 Aug 2016 Green-veined White 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
15 Jun 2016 Green-veined White 5 Adult Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY255588 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
20 May 2016 Green-veined White 5 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
18 Jul 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY744079 VC69 Westmorland Martin Partridge Warm weather 21oC some cloud light breeze
11 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 5 Adult Grune Point Skinburness NY134564 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams other unidentified Whites were around
7 Jun 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Eycott Hill Nature Reserve Keswick NY391298 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
30 Jul 2020 Green-veined White 35 Adult Roadside near Bolton Park Wigton NY2541 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter The roadside verges and hedges were full of these butterflies. (...)
9 May 2020 Green-veined White 5 Adult Claife Heights area Wray SD381975 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Warm day.
22 May 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Fishgarths Wood Ambleside NY360037 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny
15 May 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Grizedale Forest Hawkshead SD337967 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very warm
9 May 2017 Green-veined White 5 Adult Township Plantation The Howe SD452884 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very sunny, warm
2 May 2014 Green-veined White 5 Adult Whitbarrow NNR Witherslack SD441870 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Pleasant walking temperature.
23 Jul 2021 Green-veined White 15 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD393768 VC69 Westmorland Mr M Chadwick 10.45 to 12.30 in sunshine and Tabout 25C. Numbers approximate
6 Jun 2016 Green-veined White 5 Adult Bowthwaite Bridge Farm Selside SD530935 VC69 Westmorland Patricia Cuttell
14 May 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD185747 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian
9 Aug 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD450852 VC69 Westmorland Peter Howard 90%sunshine, 19 oC
29 Aug 2016 Green-veined White 15 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY2253 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard mid pm; 18 degrees, breezy, sunny spells
14 Jun 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY276566 VC70 Cumberland Peter Young Looking for marsh fritillaries. Part sun, light breeze, 16-18oC (...)
21 Jul 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Woodland Garden Hayton Townhead NY515578 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny still
9 Jul 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult South Tyne Trail Garrigill NY757383 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sun 19deg. strong breeze easing. Hill House to river tees 3 (...)
27 May 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Forestry Track Kershope NY561884 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny intervals strong breeze .very sheltered from wind
27 May 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY496757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny intervals strong breeze .
10 Jun 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Orton hay meadow Orton NY6250408758 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Full sun, 25C, windy.
13 Aug 2017 Green-veined White 35 Adult Holme Holme SD5150579291 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Wheat field full of wild flowers.
1 Aug 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
29 Jul 2023 Green-veined White 5 Adult Celleron Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
15 May 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Brief sunny spell, breezy.
14 May 2022 Green-veined White 5 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD460852 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
16 Jun 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult River Lowther Whale NY576221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
25 Jul 2015 Green-veined White 5 Adult Haweswater Burnbanks NY500160 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
23 Aug 2015 Green-veined White 5 Adult Potter Fell Kendal SD510987 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels
7 Aug 2014 Green-veined White 5 Adult Carl Crag, Potter Fell Burneside SD520992 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels
23 Jun 2014 Green-veined White 5 Adult Carl Crag, Potter Fell Burneside SD520992 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels
27 May 2021 Green-veined White 5 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX996303 VC70 Cumberland Tim R Wallis
9 Aug 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Oxen Park Oxen Park SD317872 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
24 Jul 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Stock Wood Oxen Park SD311889 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
13 Jul 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD459852 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
1 Jun 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY271569 VC70 Cumberland Tom and Felix Fitter
29 Aug 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult La'al Ratty Eskdale Green SD130997 VC70 Cumberland Tom and Felix Fitter
9 Jun 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
27 May 2018 Green-veined White 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188710 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
26 Jul 2019 Green-veined White 5 Adult Bolton Fell Moss Hethersgill NY500688 VC70 Cumberland Tom Dunbar SSSI Vast moss restoration project. 5% sunshine. Late visit

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