Cumbria Butterfly Sightings: Small Tortoiseshell

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Back Road Lindale SD417803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson On Hebe.
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 10 Adult Sheepbarrow behind Hadwins Lindale SD419806 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson Flowers opening on bramble bank, evening sun.
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 8 Adult Winster footbridge. Lindale SD422803 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson Nettle infested fence-line.
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Killington Kendal SD594919 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick with three others over 2.5 hours Very warm in the sun, sunny (...)
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY36564987 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult St Bees Head St Bees NX956154 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson Between NX956154 and NX941148
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377430 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 3 Adult Fellside Wood Old Hutton SD562880 VC69 Westmorland Louise McGurk
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Tarraby Lane Carlisle NY405576 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Claife High Wray SD371995 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Aikbank Waverton NY217459 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 24 Adult Bird's Park Reservoir and Paddy Lane Kendal SD5392 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 12 Adult Beetham Nursery Beetham SD4989479720 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans All in the growing nursery. Some very large specimens.
14 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Home garden, Stanwix Carlisle NY400573 VC70 Cumberland William O'Brien 1st of the year here.

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