Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Small Tortoiseshell

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
6 Sep 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 Sep 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
4 Sep 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
3 Aug 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 27 Adult Roadside verge Castle Sowerby NY384364 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon On thistles
1 Aug 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
19 Jul 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Country lane Edenhall NY558315 VC70 Cumberland Sarah Mitchell
16 Jul 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Raven's Lodge Gilpin Bridge SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Peter Young 15.00 to 16.00 Sheltered from wind, sunny periods, on buddleia
9 Jul 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544786 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips 90% sun 20c
26 Jun 2023 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
10 Sep 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Sep 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
31 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
30 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
23 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
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
17 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
12 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY082435 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
10 Aug 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Angle Tarn to Hartsop Patterdale NY419138 VC69 Westmorland Peter Ritson
30 Jul 2022 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell A sunny spell during a mainly overcast, breezy
20 Sep 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland L Swift
16 Sep 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland L Swift
9 Sep 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Whelpo Caldbeck NY307396 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong 10.30-10.50. 19C. Very humid with onercast sky. 34399.jpeg
8 Sep 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 57 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland L Swift
7 Sep 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Whelpo Caldbeck NY307396 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong Low cloud clearing with Sun showing through. Very warm. All (...) 34346.jpeg
2 Sep 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
1 Sep 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Wetheral garden Carlisle NY462549 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
26 Aug 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Seaton Seaton NY016307 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
26 Aug 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick 20 deg C, full sun, some breeze aggregated grid reference, (...)
25 Aug 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD454847 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 23c
25 Aug 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
23 Aug 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 47 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland L Swift
22 Aug 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Wetheral garden Carlisle NY462548 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones max any one time - on buddleas
4 Aug 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499266 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
2 Apr 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Bridleway Ulverston SD286755 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Basking on bare ground 30003.jpeg
17 Sep 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Garden Egremont NY012113 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson On Sedum
17 Sep 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden near Mealsgate Wigton NY206418 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
14 Sep 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Crosscanonby Carr Crosscanonby NY064397 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
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 17 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY082434 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
24 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Grange over Sands Grange over Sands SD397768 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick nectaring on Verbena rigida
24 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD466851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
19 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult River Eden Carlisle NY468557 VC70 Cumberland Larissa BM Feeding on thistles at field edge.
16 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Low Moorlands Dalston NY368506 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams On garden buddleia
2 Jul 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Bowness Common Wigton NY224598 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
26 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Bolton Wood Lane Wigton NY2543 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
26 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Hay Fell Kendal SD5494 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
24 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Swaledale Watch, Caldbeck, Carlisle NY30813967 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong Bright sunshine. Nectering on newly flowering thistle. 26977.jpeg
20 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels All on White Scabious
18 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Kingmoor NR Carlisle NY387575 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
17 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller All looked fresh
17 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Wedholme Flow Wigton NY235538 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
8 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD505930 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC full sun
7 Apr 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Mar 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Lindale Recreation Ground Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson All flying wildly together= a cloud??
19 Sep 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Eden Bridge Gardens Carlisle NY400567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
16 Sep 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Birkshill Garden Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
13 Sep 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Sep 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579251 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
3 Sep 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple 11:am warm sun, buddlieia and verbena
25 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY728065 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 28oC Full sun.
15 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Home garden Troutbeck Cumbria NY414007 VC69 Westmorland Stephen Sutton 23135.jpeg
1 Aug 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Kendal Golf Course and Fell Kendal SD505931 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 40% sun.
15 Jul 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Faulds Brow Quarry Wigton NY3040 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong A quick 15 Mins. Breezy, overcast. Very warm. 21328.jpeg
13 Jul 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Walk in St John's in the Vale St John's in the Vale NY318201 VC70 Cumberland L Swift and T Dixon Sunny
10 Jul 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
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 (...)
18 Apr 2019 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult River Lowther Whale NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
16 Sep 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 Sep 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Holehird Gardens Troutbeck Bridge NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards On Buddleja
5 Sep 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
30 Aug 2018 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
2 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Furness Abbey Barrow-in-Furness SD218717 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 90% sun....nearly all vanessids on one buddleia near (...)
1 Sep 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Holehird Gardens Windermere NY410007 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 70% sun 6.15pm!.....nearly all on the two uncut buddleias
5 Aug 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Endmoor Endmoor SD539853 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
16 Jul 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Sedgwick House Sedgwick SD508868 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell On sunny bank full of thistles.
17 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Gillingate/Anchorite corner Kendal SD513921 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC sun on remaining buddleia
7 Sep 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 27 Adult Gillingate/Anchorite corner Kendal SD513921 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 25oC with 20%of buddleia in flower.
29 Jul 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 27 Adult Allonby Allonby NY081432 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Mostly on Buddlea in mine and neighbours Gardens
6 May 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Pica Workington NY024205 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
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 (...)
29 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Halecat Garden Centre Witherslack SD433834 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick Most on Aster. 18oC Sun
29 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 27 Adult Kirkbarrow and Kendal Town Centre Kendal SD514921 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar 50% of total butterflies on group of buddleias at indicated grid (...)
19 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 17 Adult Beetham Milnthorpe SD498794 VC69 Westmorland Arthur On sedum near the Heron theatre
6 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Black Potts Track Grike Ennerdale Bridge NY083139 VC70 Cumberland Barbara Nelson On heather
13 Aug 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY725068 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
25 Jul 2014 Small Tortoiseshell 7 Adult High Borrowdale Farmstead Tebay NY558036 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick 26 deg C, 100% no wind, repeat no wind

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