Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
14 Jun 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Miterdale Eskdale Green NY158023 VC70 Cumberland Mike and Lyn Mills
14 Jun 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD466851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell male
14 Jun 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Faulds Brow Quarry Wigton NY340470 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong Uncommon in this area. 26542.jpeg
14 Jun 2020 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Claife High Wray SD371995 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
14 Jun 2020 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD466851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 2 other large Fritillaries seen. 26553.jpeg
14 Jun 2020 Grayling 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD466851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
14 Jun 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Killington Kendal SD594919 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick with three others over 2.5 hours Very warm in the sun, sunny (...)
14 Jun 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Fellside Wood Old Hutton SD562880 VC69 Westmorland Louise McGurk
14 Jun 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
14 Jun 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD466851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
14 Jun 2020 Large Skipper 1 Adult Bird's Park Reservoir and Paddy Lane Kendal SD5392 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
14 Jun 2020 Large Skipper 1 Adult Beetham Nursery Beetham SD4989479720 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans In the growing nursery.
14 Jun 2020 Large White 1 Adult Beetham Nursery Beetham SD4989479720 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans In the growing nursery.
14 Jun 2020 Large White 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD466851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
14 Jun 2020 Meadow Brown 1 Adult Bird's Park Reservoir and Paddy Lane Kendal SD5392 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
14 Jun 2020 Meadow Brown 31 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
14 Jun 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Aikbank Waverton NY217459 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson
14 Jun 2020 Painted Lady 1 Adult St Bees Head St Bees NX956154 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson
14 Jun 2020 Painted Lady 1 Adult Beetham Nursery Beetham SD4989479720 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans In the growing nursery.
14 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Sheepbarrow behind Hadwins Lindale SD419806 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson Flowers opening on bramble bank, evening sun.
14 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Killington Kendal SD594919 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick with three others over 2.5 hours Very warm in the sun, sunny (...)
14 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey In the garden. Looked very fresh. Paused briefly before flying (...)
14 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 9.50pm BST, dusk. Spent at least 15 mins nectaring on Red (...) 26545.jpeg
14 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377430 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
14 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Risedale Hill Grange over Sands SD397767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick In garden
14 Jun 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Bird's Park Reservoir and Paddy Lane Kendal SD5392 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
14 Jun 2020 Ringlet 1 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY406578 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first of 2020 26669.jpeg
14 Jun 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD544787 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny intervals 22c
14 Jun 2020 Small Skipper 1 Adult Fellside Wood Old Hutton SD562880 VC69 Westmorland Louise McGurk
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Claife High Wray SD371995 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Home garden, Stanwix Carlisle NY400573 VC70 Cumberland William O'Brien 1st of the year here.
14 Jun 2020 Small White 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey In the garden briefly.
14 Jun 2020 Small White 1 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377430 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
14 Jun 2020 Small White 1 Adult Aikbank Waverton NY217459 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson

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