Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
21 Sep 2015 Large White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
21 Sep 2015 Painted Lady 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
21 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
21 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
21 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 14 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
1 Sep 2015 Brimstone 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minute walk in the lower quarry only.
1 Sep 2015 Common Blue 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minute walk in the lower quarry only.
1 Sep 2015 Green-veined White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minute walk in the lower quarry only.
1 Sep 2015 Painted Lady 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minute walk in the lower quarry only.
1 Sep 2015 Peacock 6 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minute walk in the lower quarry only.
1 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minute walk in the lower quarry only.
1 Sep 2015 Small Copper Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minute walk in the lower quarry only.
1 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minute walk in the lower quarry only.
1 Sep 2015 Small White 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 20 minute walk in the lower quarry only.
11 Sep 2015 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Garden 3 Flakebridge Cottages Appleby in Westmorland NY684204 VC69 Westmorland Michael Houston Photographed in the garden, on a Japanese anemone. Calm, sunny (...) 4071.jpeg
11 Sep 2015 Large White 1 Adult Haweswater Burnbanks NY500160 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
11 Sep 2015 Peacock 1 Adult Haweswater Burnbanks NY500160 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
11 Sep 2015 Small Copper 1 Adult Haweswater Burnbanks NY500160 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
21 Sep 2015 Brimstone 1 Adult Slack Head Windermere Road Grange over Sands SD410791 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick male
21 Sep 2015 Brimstone 1 Adult Risedale Hill Grange over Sands SD397766 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Buddleja in garden
21 Sep 2015 Painted Lady 1 Adult Risedale Hill Grange over Sands SD397766 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Buddleja in garden
21 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 10 Adult Risedale Hill Grange over Sands SD398764 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Buddleja in garden
21 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Risedale Hill Grange over Sands SD398764 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick On Buddleja in garden
1 Sep 2015 Peacock 1 Adult Garden LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret Eastlick On Buddleia in cool weather
1 Sep 2015 Common Blue 5 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Holme SD5479 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Difficult to id the thunder from the quarry explosions.
1 Sep 2015 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Holme SD5479 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar September sighting in good condition.
1 Sep 2015 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Holme SD5479 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar 10 species before the hailstorm arrived.
1 Sep 2015 Painted Lady 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Holme SD5479 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar 3817.jpeg
1 Sep 2015 Peacock 5 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Holme SD5479 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar 3810.jpeg
1 Sep 2015 Small Heath 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Holme SD5479 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar In very good condition
1 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Holme SD5479 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
1 Sep 2015 Small White 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Holme SD5479 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
1 Sep 2015 Wall Brown 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Holme SD5479 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar In very good condition 3814.jpeg
11 Sep 2015 Comma 1 Adult Kendal garden Kendal SD524927 VC69 Westmorland J S Frost
1 Sep 2015 Comma 1 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
1 Sep 2015 Green-veined White 1 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
1 Sep 2015 Large White 1 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
1 Sep 2015 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
1 Sep 2015 Painted Lady 1 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
1 Sep 2015 Peacock 5 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
1 Sep 2015 Scotch Argus 1 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels
1 Sep 2015 Small Heath 2 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
1 Sep 2015 Small Skipper 2 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
1 Sep 2015 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
1 Sep 2015 Small White 1 Adult Smardale Gill Kirkby Stephen NY720061 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Warm, sunny day
1 Sep 2015 Painted Lady 1 Adult Birkswood point Meathop SD460808 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
1 Sep 2015 Small Copper 4 Adult Birkswood point Meathop SD460808 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick In a small area on the estuary side of the embankment
1 Sep 2015 Wall Brown 1 Adult Birkswood point Meathop SD460808 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
21 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 1 Adult Dallam Chase Milnthorpe SD496815 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows very fresh and large-looking, on buddhleia
21 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Jack Scout Silverdale SD459736 VC60 West Lancashire Roger Fellows
21 Sep 2015 Red Admiral 1 Adult Jenny Brown's Point Silverdale SD465734 VC60 West Lancashire Roger Fellows
21 Sep 2015 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Jenny Brown's Point Silverdale SD465734 VC60 West Lancashire Roger Fellows
11 Sep 2015 Small Copper 1 Adult Chalk Beck Curthwaite Wigton NY330493 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams
11 Sep 2015 Small White 2 Adult Chalk Beck Curthwaite Wigton NY330493 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams up to 20 Small/Green-veined Whites flying in same area
11 Sep 2015 Wall Brown 1 Adult Chalk Beck Curthwaite Wigton NY328493 VC70 Cumberland Michael Williams

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