Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Speckled Wood

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
13 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Woodland Garden Corby Hill NY493580 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny warm. also a vapourer moth, size and colour right flying (...)
12 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
9 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 17 Adult Celleron Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
8 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Woodland below White Scar Levens SD460852 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Hazy sunshine, hot, 4pm.
2 Sep 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Silver Meadows Nature Reserve Dubwath NY198309 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
31 Aug 2023 Speckled Wood 17 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
28 Aug 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Bridleway Ulverston SD285753 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17C. Cloudy. 44989.jpeg
4 Aug 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17C. 100% sun.
15 Jun 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 23C. 41867.jpeg
10 Jun 2023 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497263 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
23 Sep 2022 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Bardsea beach Ulverston SD292727 VC69 Westmorland Paul Haughian
21 Sep 2022 Speckled Wood 57 Adult Wakebarrow Levens SD452868 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick would have been more but mainly dull.....many faded.
11 Sep 2022 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Birkshill Garden Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
4 Sep 2022 Speckled Wood 17 Adult Wetheral Railway cutting Wetheral NY462548 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones on 900m of track alongside railway - mainly resting on arm (...)
27 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Garden Hayton NY515578 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown warm sunshine some cloud
21 Aug 2022 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY376432 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple First day with reasonable count
7 Jul 2022 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
10 Jun 2022 Speckled Wood 17 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY365498 VC70 Cumberland Ian Armstrong Overcast and windy
4 May 2022 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY365498 VC70 Cumberland Ian Armstrong Quite windy and overcast. Slight drizzle came on. 35545.jpeg
19 Apr 2022 Speckled Wood 17 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY365498 VC70 Cumberland Ian Armstrong Most flying deeper into Willow plantation
16 Sep 2021 Speckled Wood 87 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY365498 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong 13.25-13.50. 16C. Overcast, West 8mph. Cooler. Low count today.
15 Sep 2021 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
15 Sep 2021 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Aikbank Waverton NY218458 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson
8 Sep 2021 Speckled Wood 137 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY365498 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong Mid afternoon. 26oC with 100% sun with ESE breeze. Many more (...) 34381.jpeg
29 Aug 2021 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Green Bank Cartmel SD376804 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
25 Aug 2021 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD454847 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 23c
2 Aug 2021 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD456851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
24 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. 12.05-14.10..
14 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY376432 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple 32110.jpeg
5 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD454859 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC, 80% sun.
14 Sep 2020 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Crosscanonby Carr Crosscanonby NY064397 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
14 Jun 2020 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406577 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
3 May 2020 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
18 Apr 2020 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Stony Hazel Rusland SD336899 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
17 Sep 2019 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 10.50-12.20pm
25 Aug 2019 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Wetheral Cemetary Wetheral NY461542 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones 10.30 am
20 Aug 2019 Speckled Wood 7 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
30 Jul 2019 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD451774 VC69 Westmorland Linda
10 Jun 2019 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY275567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
12 May 2019 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD433871 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 15oC 100% sun
5 May 2019 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
31 Aug 2018 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD190749 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1-2pm. 100% sun.
16 Aug 2018 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve Bowness-on-Solway NY206617 VC70 Cumberland Ian Tallon 1.30 pm - 3.10 pm
11 Aug 2018 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD466851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
9 Aug 2018 Speckled Wood 17 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD450852 VC69 Westmorland Peter Howard 90%sunshine, 19 oC
30 Jul 2018 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Chamley Bank Oxen Park SD322900 VC69 Westmorland Dave Wainwright
27 Jul 2018 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD466851 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 27oC sunny
9 Jun 2018 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
27 May 2018 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Hutton Roof Burton-in-Kendal SD546777 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 80% sun.
17 Aug 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192724 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC 80% sun....but no Peacock or Red Admiral
15 Aug 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD435871 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
15 Aug 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
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. (...)
4 Aug 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD325859 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 18oC 60% sun
8 Jul 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD449773 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 180C 90% sun
17 Jun 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
11 May 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD459852 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, easterly breeze, 21deg. C. One very dark and hardly (...)
8 May 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD452885 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge Correction
8 May 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Whitbarrow-Township Plantation Levens SD452885 VC69 Westmorland Sue Bugge
4 Oct 2016 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Rawson's Wood Witherslack SD460859 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Ingleby
24 Aug 2016 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Halecat Woods Witherslack SD431832 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
15 Aug 2016 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 2 hours.
31 Jul 2016 Speckled Wood 17 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD347805 VC69 Westmorland James Bradbury
11 May 2016 Speckled Wood 7 Adult High Park Wood Witherslack SD435870 VC69 Westmorland Karen Bullimore
7 May 2016 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Witherslack Woods Witherslack SD436864 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC 50% cloudy
21 Apr 2016 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Witherslack SD459848 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC Five on flowering Laural
1 Oct 2015 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD433873 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm sunny day
15 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD433874 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick seen over 4 hours at work party
6 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 17 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434870 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 18oC and 100% sun.
24 Aug 2014 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Crow Park Whitehaven NX978177 VC70 Cumberland Irene Stephenson
26 May 2014 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD435880 VC69 Westmorland Marg and David Eastlick

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