Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
13 Aug 2020 Brown Hairstreak 1 Adult Gait Barrows Carr Bank SD477772 VC60 West Lancashire Dinesh Patel Female low in mature blackthorn adjacent to path 28665.jpeg
13 Aug 2020 Dark Green Fritillary 10 Adult Gilts Lane Quarry Crosby Ravensworth NY627113 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Feeding on Knapweed and trying to mate - warm humid day, with (...) 28675.jpeg
13 Aug 2020 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD453773 VC69 Westmorland Ian Watts 99% sun, hot. Mid-afternoon. Female ovipositing.
13 Aug 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458837 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands SD397757 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Large White 2 Adult Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands SD397757 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Meadow Brown 15 Adult Gilts Lane Quarry Crosby Ravensworth NY627113 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Feeding and flying on warm humid day, with breeze 28678.jpeg
13 Aug 2020 Peacock 20 Adult Gilts Lane Quarry Crosby Ravensworth NY627113 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Feeding on Knapweed on warm humid day, with breeze 28676.jpeg
13 Aug 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458837 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Peacock 2 Adult Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands SD397757 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Purple Hairstreak 2 Adult High Stand Plantation Armathwaite NY489479 VC70 Cumberland Peter Howard 15:15. 21 degrees, full sunshine.
13 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 2 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458837 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands SD397757 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Scotch Argus 3 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD452774 VC69 Westmorland Ian Watts 99% sun, hot. Mid-afternoon. Only males seen.
13 Aug 2020 Small Heath 100 Adult Gilts Lane Quarry Crosby Ravensworth NY627113 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Feeding and flying on warm humid day, with breeze 28679.jpeg
13 Aug 2020 Small Skipper 40 Adult Gilts Lane Quarry Crosby Ravensworth NY627113 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Feeding, flying and trying to mate on warm humid day, with (...) 28677.jpeg
13 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 10 Adult Gilts Lane Quarry Crosby Ravensworth NY627113 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Feeding and flying on warm humid day, with breeze
13 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458837 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands SD397757 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny 24c
13 Aug 2020 Wall Brown 1 Adult Garden on West Avenue Wigton NY257476 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter First one seen in garden.

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